Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, died yesterday at the age of 62, due to complications from oesophagal cancer.
He is famous for numerous debates on the existence of God and the value of religion with a number of theologians, politicians, and other public figures, including former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The journalist, critic, and essayist also was a contributor to Vanity Fair for which he wrote the debatable "Why women aren't funny?"
Despite his polarizing opinions, he was rarely boring and highly quotable.
“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god," he wrote in The Portable Atheist. "Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realise that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
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