During the one year
I underwent chemotherapy, I faced the issue of whether I would die from the
cancer. At no time did I consider God as
an answer. I am reminded of Christopher
Hitchens, who said as he was approaching death.
In his
fragmentary jottings, published in the Daily Telegraph, he wrote: ‘I am not fighting or battling cancer, it is
fighting me. My two assets were my pen and my voice.’…
Hitchens knew he was dying but
saw the funny side of all the glowing praise for his literary work. “Now so
many tributes that it also seems that rumors of my LIFE have also been greatly
exaggerated.”
Lived to see most of what’s going
to be written about me: this too is exhilarating, but hits diminishing returns
when I realize how soon it, too will be “background.
He wrote: ‘Those who say I am
being punished are saying that god can’t think of anything more vengeful than
cancer for a heavy smoker.’
…
He maintained his devout atheism after being
diagnosed with cancer, telling one interviewer: ‘No evidence or argument has
yet been presented which would change my mind. But I like surprises.
The above information was taken from the following
website. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/08/19/christopher-hitchens-last-words/
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