Fischer: 'Hitchens is in hell because God loves him'

Going a step further than , controversial right-wing radio host Bryan Fischer thought the focus should be on where the late author's afterlife will be spent.

"If Christopher Hitchens is in fact in hell, he's there because God loves him," Fischer said. "Not because God hates him, but because God loves him."

He added: "To me, it would not be a loving thing to compel someone like Christopher Hitchens to spend the rest of eternity in a place that he hated. A place that he does not want to be."

WATCH: Video from Right-Wing Watch, which was published on December 17, 2011.