Christopher Hitchens

A quote attributed to the late writer Christopher Hitchens — "The suicide bombing community is entirely faith-based" — is circulating on social media. Hitchens, who died in 2011, was a leading critic of religion, and the line reflects his argument that religious belief motivates suicide terrorism. Users are sharing it alongside atheist hashtags, drawing familiar arguments about religion's role in violence.

A quote attributed to Christopher Hitchens is circulating online: "The man who prays is the one who thinks that God has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct God how to put them right." The aphorism captures Hitchens's characteristic critique of religious belief, and it is drawing both agreement from atheists and pushback from believers who see prayer differently.