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'Here is the point about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief
is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not hold our
convictions dogmatically. We believe with certainty that an ethical life
can be lived without religion. And we know for a fact that the corollary
holds true - that religion has caused innumerable people not just to
conduct themselves no beter than others, but to award themselves permission
to behave in ways that would make a brothel-keeper or an ethnic cleanser
raise an eyebrow.' From the introduction to God Is Not Great.

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian,
Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. In a series
of acute readings of the major religious texts, he demonstrates the ways in
which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts
the very origins of the cosmos. With robust 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.

God is Not Great marvels at the possibility of society without religion,
arguing that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged
humanity. Hitchens proposes instead that the world might be a great deal
better off without `him'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1815 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-10
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

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'A serious and deeply felt book, totally consistent with his
beliefs of a lifetime. And God should be flattered: unlike most of those
clamoring for his attention, Hitchens treats him like an adult.'

Esquire US
'Thank God for Christopher Hitchens. For he has written the finest
of the down-with-God books.'

Johann Hari, The Independent
Dazzling... It shows Hitchens can still intellectually get it up, and
how...

Customer Reviews

Man made God, not the other way around!
I just want to add two points; Firstly, if people want to argue with anything in this book, please make sure you have actually READ it first! I find many people dismissing this book based on the strength of their faiths and yet they are in my opinion afraid of what Hitchens has to say. Secondly, on a personal note, this is my favourite book, along with Stephen Hawking's Brief history of time, both of which I have now read 3 times and regularly flick to random chapters for some enlightening entertainment.

Summary: open your mind and educate yourself. This book is now MY Bible! Thanks Mr. Hitchens :-) Oh and upon Hitchens' recommendation, I also read The Brothers Karamazov and you may want to as well...

why two stars?
well I will tell you. Lucky for Mr Hutchins God is Good, God is forgiving and will forgive him and the other sad lost souls who have added their own poor comments. Yes but only after they have tasted the fires of hell for a little while, so as to allow them to consider their folly in not believing in a compassionate God in the first place.

Unhinged
Hitchens is a genocidal lunatic whose obsessive hatred of religion in general and Islam in particular has made him not only a prominent cheerleader for the invasion and destruction of Iraq but also a proponent for the elimination of Islam using any means necessary. Check out his views for yourself and then decide if you wish to contribute towards his income.