christopher hitchens on anderson cooper 360 on CNN

EDIT: watch the extended edition here.

here's a snip:

AC: in a moment of doubt, isn't there... i don't know... i just find it fascinating that... even when you're alone, and you know that no one else is watching that there might be a moment where you, you know, want to hedge your bets...

CH: if that comes, it'll be when i'm very ill, when i'm half-demented, either by drugs or by pain and i won't have control over what i say. i mention this in case you eve hear a rumor later on, because these things happen and the faithful love to spread these rumors. you know, 'on his death bed, he finally...' well, i can't say that the entity that, by then, wouldn't be me, wouldn't do such a pathetic thing, but i can tell you that, not while i'm lucid, no. i could be quite sure of that.

AC: so if there is some story that, on your death bed...

CH: don't believe it. don't credit it, no.

on AC360°