Christopher Hitchens

Hitchens takes on his biggest subject yet--the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. With insight and wit, he describes the ways in which religion is man-made, immoral, and repressive and argues for a new enlightenment through science and reason. (World Religions)

How Religion Poisons Everything

God is Not Great

"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher.

Rick Powell

"The argument with faith is the foundation and origin of all arguments, because it is the beginning—but not the end—of all arguments about philosophy, science, history, and human nature. It is also the beginning—but by no means the end—of all disputes about the good life and the just city." (Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything)

my introduction to atheism. hitchens has balls of steel. not a great book to bring out to read

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Michael Springer

I don't know why I keep adding books that I'm "currently reading." "Currently reading" means I take the book out while I'm on the light rail so that I can avoid making eye contact with anyone. 

But I've actually made much more progress with this one than the other books on my currently reading shelf, so I may actually finish it. In May. WHEN I'M FINISHED WITH MY DEGREE, BITCHES!

Anthony

I really enjoyed Christopher's take on religion. It allowed me to learn a lot of new things as well as develop stronger opinions against religion. I've never been religious and this is a good book for anyone to read if they are on the fence about such topics.

AJSingh

Hitchens is a good writer and well spoken but reduces "religion" to a very simplistic caricature. I was really hoping for a well thought out discussion about the concept of God.

Jade Flynn

This book should be taught alongside religious texts in all schools, across all countries. I wonder if these men knew the repercussions their words would have many moons later would they have dared writing these stories in the first place. I've been watching Christopher Hitchens for many years now and I urge you to do the same, regardless of if you are religious or not. A great mind gone too soon. Favourite chapters - A Note on Health, Arguments from Design, Religion as an Original Sin, Is Religion Child Abuse and The Resistance of the Rational.

Wiktoria Balcerak

In god is Not Great Hitchens turned his formidable eloquence and rhetorical energy to the most controversial issue in the world: God and religion. The result is a devastating critique of religious faith god Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without 'him'.

God Is Not Great

Tanner Hearne

Christopher Hitchens is sharp and accurate in his critique of religion. His expertise comes from being well-traveled and knowledgeable about many types of people and places. I can get behind most of Hitchens' ideas, except his root argument—which is his subtitle. Religion, in my opinion, does not poison everything. Ignorance, refusing to become educated, and pride poison everything. It just so happens that many forms of religiosity are founded upon those poisonous principles.

God is Not Great How Religion Poisons Everything

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