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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

by Christopher Hitchens

Grand Central Publishing | May 1, 2007 | Hardcover

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell''s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris''s recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case
against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and
reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope''s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry
of the double helix.
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    Rating: 5/5

    Hitchen's Eloquence Makes Reading This Book A Engaging Cerebral Experience

    Kenneth Ryan Andres

    2 months ago

    I like that Hitchens' careful research leaves no stone unturned. I have watched a lot of Hitchens' debates on YouTube, and many of what is written in the book were already said in these debates. On addition to Hitchens discourse, he also provides his readers dozens of books and articles which he had used for his book research. All in all, if English is not your strong point, (Hitchens use a lot of unfamiliar words -- the book's vocabulary is way too rich for me) I suggest that you have a dictionary at hand (thankfully, I am using Kobo Touch which has an awesome dictionary).

    I hold a high respect for Christopher Hitchens. Many people may or may not agree with everything that he says, but he does have many persuasive argument when it comes to religion. I highly recommend this book.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Worth reading - for anyone

    Nancy Newnham

    12 months ago

    Having watched a Christopher Hitchens' lecture on YouTube, I immediately bought this book. He has a way with words, some that to be honest, I had to look up, but he invariably gets his points across with which the reader has full understanding.
    This book is for anyone and everyone - believer and non-believer alike. I admire his respect for people's choices with regard to religion as he states his case.
    My book is dog-earred and I have looked up so many references that he uses to better understand his position.
    This book makes one think, which is what I believe is one of his goals in writing it.
    A serious, controversial subject however for those searching, I highly recommend it.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Fascinating book!

    David Cavaco

    18 months ago

    Entertaining and witty book by the celebrated Christopher Hitchens on the shortcomings of religion. The book is funny and will have you reading all night. The devout should not be afraid to read this book as it might enlightened.

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    Rating: 1/5

    Terrible

    Trista

    4 years ago

    This book was really disappointing. I think that the idea of the book is intriguing but the author makes it very complicated for people to actually understand what he is trying to say. I think Christopher Hitchens is pompous and I had to stop reading the book after two chapters because it was just that bad.

    Comments on this review:
    Colin Olson

    "...the author makes it very complicated for people to actually understand what he is trying to say" - This says more about you than Hitchens "I think Christopher Hitchens is pompous" - I would say confident rather than pompous but since you admit his writing style was "complicated" you probably misinterpreted the intent of the information being given or you have a really thin definitional difference between confidence and pompous. "I had to stop reading the book after two chapters" - That tends to happen when you find books complicated, they "seem" uninteresting.

    Colin Olson

    "...the author makes it very complicated for people to actually understand what he is trying to say" - This says more about you than Hitchens "I think Christopher Hitchens is pompous" - I would say confident rather than pompous but since you admit his writing style was "complicated" you probably misinterpreted the intent of the information being given or you have a really thin definitional difference between confidence and pompous. "I had to stop reading the book after two chapters" - That tends to happen when you find books complicated, they "seem" uninteresting.

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In the tradition of Bertrand Russell''s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris''s recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case
against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and
reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope''s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry
of the double helix.

About the Author

Chistopher Hitchens is widely published polemicist and frequent radio and TV commentator. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School in New York. He is currently living in
Washington, DC.

Hardcover

320 Pages, 6.39 x 9.32 x 1.07 in

May 1, 2007

Grand Central Publishing

English


0446579807
9780446579803

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"America''s foremost literary pugilist."
--"The Village Voice"

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