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Christopher hitchens was a contributing editor to vanity fair, slate, and the atlantic, and the author of numerous books, including works on thomas jefferson, thomas paine, and george orwell. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a manmade wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins. The case against religion and in the united states by twelve as god. Pundit christopher hitchens picks a fight in book, god is not great by bruce desilva associated press, 4. How religion poisons everything was a finalist for the 2007. He also wrote the international bestsellers god is not great. Christopher hitchens defends his argument against organized religion. Amazon price new from used from kindle edition please retry. How religion poisons everything episode free library. The author argues that religion is a cultural construct that represses people more than it liberates them. How religion poisons everything read more god is not great.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read god is not great. In god is not great, hitchens makes a case against organized religion. It doesnt matter if you follow a specific religion, if you are a believer or an atheist, this book will keep you hooked with its ideas. Although hitchens doesnt give the reasons why religion practices soliphism, if you think about it, theists have concern only for themselves and their fellow believers damn those that dont convert. How religion poisons everything book is telling about in the tradition of bertrand russells why i am not a christian and sam harriss the end of faith, christopher hitchens makes the ultimate case. Above all, hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient god has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world.
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