God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens
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Author: Christopher HitchensEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-06
ISBN: 0446697966
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Twelve
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Book Review: Andy's Knowledge Extended
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked this book. It was well orchestrated and well written. On the contrary I did not like that every single argument was simply an attack on how religious people act poorly, and not as much on religion as a whole. Hitchens made too few of arguments for his point, and too many against his opposition (religion); more balance would have made the text seem less repetitive. But, as a whole, this was a fantastic source of information for someone who is interested in politics, and is not sure about their opinion on secularism or not. By the end of this book, you will be secularist. If you are looking for a book to affirm your belief in atheism, a book to scientifically enlighten yourself as a believer, or are looking for a book to take you off the fence of agnosticism, read Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion instead. The thesis is more a political argument against religion, and not a scientific compilation of information.
Summary of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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 caseagainst 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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