Rather than demonstrating that "science" is based on evidence whereas faith isn't, ironically Christopher Hitchens showed that he didn't understand what evidence is or how it's used.
The Fool has Said in his Heart
The High Price of Epistemological Buffoonery
Despite the fact that popular science (SciPop) appears to have a compelling rationale for why hell isn't at the center of the Earth, it's very easy to demonstrate the weaknesses of this rationale.
Primary or Secondary?
Hitchens's razor is based on assuming that secondary sources of evidence, vetted and approved by Peer Review to be compliant with the popular science paradigm (SciPop), are primary sources of evidence.
Epistemological Abuse
Hitchens's razor isn't a philosophical tenet which regulates the use of evidence, it's proof of a failure to understand what evidence is and how it's used. We all have exactly the same evidence.
July 24th
Hitchens's razor is epistemological sleight-of-hand which fails to distinguish justified belief from opinion.