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Dewey 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 Sales Rank: 1186 Studio: Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group Related Items:
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:  - reads more like 'WHY I DONT LIKE RELIGION'It goes on for 300 pages.Some of the oldest philosophies are HINDU/BUDDIST.He offers 8 pages of text ovet 9 pages of the book and while he may have a publishing deal/best seller[s] HE DOESNT GET THOSE 2 RELIGIONS! He also doesnt seem to know much of the real history of the dreaded UNITED NATIONS. Atheism is a belief system.It might have better to offer than this. HE ATTEMPTS TO TAKE 6000? YEARS OF HINDUISM AND REDUCE IT TO 'OSHO'...the druggie with rajnesshpurim in oregon and the ... Read More Rating:  - A 101 for the beginner atheistAfter reading Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion last year, I wanted to give a few other atheist manifestos a read - not really with the intent of learning anything particularly new, but just out of interest in the different views. Dawkins' was heavily scientific, to be expected from a scientist, so I assumed - rightly - that Hitchens' would lean more towards the historical and philosophical. Although there's nothing new or particularly inspiring here, he does have a way with words and uses his sharp ... Read More Rating: - Disappointed with DeliveryAs an Atheist familiar also with the works of Harris and Dawkins, I found Hitchens attempt to be quite disappointing in comparison. The primary problem was not content but in his organization and delivery. He writes they way you would expect a journalist... the longer book format doesn't work for him. I reread some of Dawkins' just to make sure my memory wasn't faulty, and it was clear that Dawkins' style is much better organized and coherent. Hitchens seems to jump all over the place. I also didn't ... Read More Rating:  - don't be put off by the titleI would have preferred to give a 3.5... I don't like the title, its cumbersome and a little um, fierce. That being said, I do agree with the title, just not sure it should be the title. I liked this book; its one of the easier reads of the atheist/anti religion books that have come out in the last couple of years. The points I appreciated the most: religious indoctrination of children is abuse, there is no "eastern" solution, religion doesn't make people behave better. I would ... Read More Rating:  - Clarifies one's thoughts...If it's sound ideas you're after, God is Not Great has more than can be absorbed in a single read-through. I'm persuaded by God is Not Great that any good that religion might accomplish can be better achieved without religion and, conversely, the worst evils will arise from religious belief, as they always have. Hitchens strengthens my view of faith as a barrier to clear thinking. It was refreshing to see his clinical treatment of religion in America, something Americans can't seem ... Read More |
