Peter Hitchens: Leftist gadfly who found wisdom in fear of God

Peter Hitchens: Leftist gadfly who found wisdom in fear of God

The late Christopher Hitchens had no shortage of objections to Christianity. But he reserved special contempt for hell — a doctrine he believed reduced faith to fear and the divine to a “celestial dictatorship.” A God willing to resort to such primitive extortion was hardly worthy of man's admiration, let alone worship.Hitchens also certainly knew that bringing up eternal damnation was a good way to unsettle his Christian sparring partners, who …