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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:  - Please do not make fools of yourselves rating without readingHitchens does an excellent job of laying out, in very simple terms and concepts, the real role of religion in our society. From his analisys of the origins of religion to his very interesting examples of failed religions or some amazing facts about religious celebrities like Mother Theresa, Hitchens presents a face of religion that many people may never have seen. It is not a frontal attack on Christianity; it has a very good chapter on Islam that christians will love. Read More Rating: - Hitchens Is Thought ProvokingThe following is a review of the Christopher Hitchens book "God is not Great." The setting for the writing of the review is beautiful Door County. The weather turned out to be in the 70's and 80's all week. Each morning I would rise and write a little bit while listening to my Mp3 player and drinking caramel flavored coffee. The first morning I rose at about 7am, stepped out onto the porch and spotted a doe. She was feeding on a plant near the path at the foot of the large deck. A pristine morning was ... Read More Rating: - Informative and persuasiveHitchens is an extremely sharp, erudite, and well-qualified author on the subject of religion. Having had several encounters with different faiths in his life, he is a journalist who has witnessed first-hand the effects of religious belief around the world. He also has intimate knowledge of religious traditions through history, as well as of important thinkers. In this book he chronicles how throughout human history, religion has been the bringer of more suffering, fear, and misery than any other force. ... Read More Rating:  - The War on Religion - A never ending conflictit comes to no surprise that these anti-religious loons are trying to convert as many people to atheism and humanism when events like 9/11 were sparked by religious fundamentalism. It is fundamentalism that is the problem, not religion itself. However, these people who have limited understanding of God seek to do damage which is not supposed to be the role of individuals but rather a collective of people who seek to prove that they are right and everyone else who is not like them is wrong. These secular ... Read More Rating: - This book is not about GodWhatever this book is about, it's not about God. It's about the author, first and foremost, which is perhaps a very exciting subject for the author himself, but not necessarily for his intended audience. It is also about the religion, primarily about the organized religion. I would suggest that an appropriate title for this book should be either 'Christopher Hitchens Is Great' or 'Organized Religion Is Not Great'. Boring, inconsequential and meaningless is all I can say about this book. |
