Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)

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Nobody of course knows what will be his ultimate fate other than the fact that, like everyone else, he will stand before the judgment throne of God.

...and we "know" this how?

It is unfortunate that he cultivated such an atheistic celebrity because it practically cemented his obdurate rebellion against God and repentance.

Atheism isn't a rebellion against God. Atheists do not believe in God. If he were a Satanist, you could say he was rebelling against God. The above statement also hints that he might have repented but for his celebrity status. Were that his primary motive, that he valued his celebrity status over honest expressions of his beliefs, he could have publicly repented and enjoyed a lucrative career as an apologist.

Don't Strobel, McDowell and others claim to be "ex-atheists"?

So worried was Hitchens about the potential for reports of a deathbed confession that he crafted in advance a narrative to combat that sort of thing.

Your point? Some people are frightened of death. This is one of the primary reasons why religion exists in the first place. Additionally, people are known to have hallucinations in their last days, both of a reassuring and terrifying nature. His fear that he might not be in his right mind and that Christian apologists would seize on that is a valid concern.

...if he went from loving sin and hating God to loving God and hating sin, ...

Atheists don't hate God. You don't hate something unless you think it exists. I'm not sure what you mean by "loving sin".

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