Hitchens was a very smart and educated man. I dare say he is seemed very likable. More often than not, he made very good points, including those that say that mankind has corrupted religon.
He lost me when he suggests there is no God. Personally, I think he was too smart to believe that all things living got here by themselves. He was comfortable in his own skin, and comfortable proclaiming that there was no God. For whatever reason, he had trouble with faith.