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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 200 EAN: 9780446579803 ISBN: 0446579807 Label: Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group Manufacturer: Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 307 Publication Date: May 01, 2007 Publisher: Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group Studio: Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Anger and MistakesI read this book hoping for some new evidence, reason, logic and science. But instead I quickly found two mistakes: one is Abraham (of the Bible fame, not our president) is alleged to threaten suicide (it was murder, actually, of his son), and the comment 'rebuilding of the 2nd Temple' Actually it is the rebuilding of the 1st temple (the 2nd temple was considered a disappointment compared to King Solomon's original temple). According to the author Jesus was a false Messiah and possibly wasn't born. ... Read More Rating: - hitchens is not GreatAssume that the worst book does not exist. Now imagine in your mind what the worst book would be if it existed. Clearly if that book exists in reality, it is worse than the worst book in your mind. But you were imagining the worst book, and we just found a book that is worse than the worst book. This is a contradiction, so the worst book exists, and it is christopher hitchens "god is not great." This was like reading someone's Live Journal. hitchens goes on and on, telling all these anecdotal stories ... Read More Rating: - This is an argument?Simply put, Hitchens manages to write about 300 pages without actually making an argument. As a religious person who has actually talked to atheists, I know that atheist "arguments" regarding religion tend to fall into two categories: actual logical arguments and whining about the evils of religion. Hitchens's book falls firmly in the second camp. None of what he presents is truly "new" to me, and as a result I found the book to be far from stimulating. It didn't make me think through ... Read More Rating:  - God is not GreatHitchen's book God is not Great is a thought provoking book that shows much of the violence that has been caused by people of faith. Hitchen's give historical, as well as personal examples of how religion has caused chaos, and even great ignorance around the world. personally, I am a believer in God, but I found myself agree with many of the things Hitchen's was writing about in his book. For instance, the claim that many people make on knowing God's intention, but not understanding the origin of the universe. ... Read More Rating: - just plain badjust plain bad...I;ve heard two year olds have better arguments aginst God than this guy... |
