God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons EverythingChristopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. 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. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Avis d'utilisateur - pelmel - LibraryThingArguments presented for the humanist case, the need to confront our comfortable consensus that religious beliefs should be respected, a respect that sometimes rubs up against legal rights of the individual. Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - rsairs - LibraryThingI'm sure I'm not alone in being one of those Christians who enjoyed Hitchens. I liked his style, candor, pugnacity. What a fun and rewarding evening it might have been to sit down and match wits, and ... Consulter l'avis complet
