God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 04, 2008 Type: User Review |
God, revisited
Hitchens is the master at making atheists' 'beliefs' believable. Without the familiar histrionics of the intolerant and faith-based believers, he --if somewhat pedantically--sets forth hundreds of objective facts from the earliest religious...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 02, 2008 Type: User Review |
My Favorite Contrarian Takes on the Lord
I would just like to say that one must read Hitchens for what he is: a contrarian. In terms of the subject matter itself, I might contest his thesis that "Religion poisons everything" by pointing out that religion is a rather broad topic that...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 23, 2008 Type: User Review |
Talk Radio for Atheists
Unlike Dawkins' The God Delusion or Dennett's Breaking the Spell, Hitchens makes no effort to be conciliatory towards religionists. Even though, he has many good points, I doubt that many religionists could get past the strident tone. Hitchens...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 16, 2008 Type: User Review |
A very fun read
No matter what else you can say about this book, it was fun to read.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great research book
This author has done extensive research to support his belief or lack thereof. I found it very interesting and informative and in tune with my beliefs.
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