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Did Christopher Hitchens believe in God?

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Christopher Hitchens did not believe in God. His book God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (2007) became a manifesto for the atheist movement. He dubbed the quartet formed by him and fellow atheists Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Daniel C. Dennett β€œthe Four Horsemen of the Counter-Apocalypse.” Even when facing a terminal illness, Hitchens remained firm in his disbelief, countering suggestions of a deathbed conversion.