Pre-Owned God Is Not Great : How Religion Poisons Everything (Hardcover) 9780446579803

from jimrgill

It's difficult to imagine a more comprehensive, erudite, focused, and-yes-entertaining analysis of all the reasons why religion is ultimately useless and dangerous. Hitchens' deconstruction of religion is founded upon sharp analysis of history, psychology, philosophy, and other forms of intellect...

from Devil_llama

As usual, Hitchens satisfies with a snappy writing style, at times eloquent and passionate, at other times sneering. Some of his arguments fall flat, and sometimes he lets a few of his political views interfere with his main thesis, but overall, it's a satisfying read for anyone who is fighting a...

from tuckerresearch

It is fun to read Hitchens, and this book is no disappointment. His sparkling wit, his urbane literary references, the razor-slash of his acid pen. Oh, but Hitchens makes no arguments not made by Voltaire or Paine centuries ago, perhaps with some science thrown in via Dawkins and other neo-Darwin...

from nlavery

I am a liberal, lefty, atheist, and I am proud of the fact that my political GPS places me pretty close to Ghandi. I have conscientiously read the New and Old testaments (a number of times) and struggled through the Koran (in English, I'm afraid). Chris Hitchens' book is a refreshing reminder of ...

from liehtzu

I know I'm betraying my prejudices here - and Hitchens was preaching to the, ahem, converted - but this is one of the truly great dissections of superstition of the modern era. Let's hope, as the author suggests, that it hearkens an era of renewed Enlightenment. The only reason I didn't give it f...