Knowledge (XXG)

God Is Not Great

Source 📝

303:, describing some as people who have never believed, and others as those who have separately discarded religious traditions. He asserts that atheists who disagree with each other will eventually side together on whatever the evidence most strongly supports. He discusses why human beings have a tendency towards being "faithful" and argues that religion will remain entrenched in the human consciousness as long as human beings cannot overcome their primitive fears, particularly that of their own 38: 3883: 3871: 3940: 643:—cannot agree on anything of importance", "the gospels are most certainly not literal truth", and there is "little or no evidence for the life of Jesus". To Hitchens, the best argument for the "highly questionable existence of Jesus", however, is biblical inconsistency, explaining the "very attempts to bend and stretch the story may be inverse proof that someone of later significance 3957: 1336:, criticized the book as "intellectually shameful". White, an atheist critic of religion, asserted that "one enormous problem with Hitchens’s book is that it reduces religion to a series of criminal anecdotes. In the process, however, virtually all of the real history of religious thought, as well as historical and textual scholarship, is simply ignored as if it never existed." 3923: 837:. Hitchens says that no supernatural miracles occur, nor have occurred in history. He says that evidence of miracles is fabricated, or based on the unreliable testimony of people who are mistaken or biased. He notes that no verifiable miracle has been documented since cameras have become commonplace. Hitchens uses a specific purported miracle by 3895: 1180:, Matt Buchanan dubbed it "a thundering 300-page cannonade; a thrillingly fearless, impressively wide-ranging, thoroughly bilious and angry book against the idea of God"; Buchanan found the work to be "easily the most impressive of the present crop of atheistic and anti-theistic books: clever, broad, witty and brilliantly argued". 1071:. He appreciates the difference between totalitarianism and despotism, with the former being absolutist systems that demand total surrender of the private lives and personalities of their subjects. On this definition of totalitarianism, Hitchens finds the totalitarian principle laden in many non-secular states and regimes. 865:, the founder of Mormonism, citing a March 1826 Bainbridge, New York court examination accusing him of being a "disorderly person and impostor" who Hitchens claims admitted there that he had supernatural powers and was "defrauding citizens". Four years later Smith claimed to obtain gold tablets containing the 1249:" and criticized Hitchens's condemnation of religion altogether, writing that "If this is religion, then by all means we should have less of it. But the only people who believe that religion is about believing blindly in a God who blesses and curses on demand and sees science and reason as spawns of 1123:
Hitchens argues that the human race no longer needs religion to the extent it has in the past. He says the time has come for science and reason to take a more prominent role in the life of individuals and larger cultures; that de-emphasizing religion will improve the quality of life of individuals,
973:
being passive. One of two things may happen: those who are innocently credulous may become easy prey for those who are less scrupulous and who seek to "lead" and "inspire" them. Or those whose credulity has led their own society into stagnation may seek a solution, not in true self-examination, but
432:
and other traditional pets and characters be "removed from the innocent gaze of their children". Hitchens suggests that the pork prohibition found in Semitic religions may be based in the proscription of human sacrifice, extended to pigs because of the similarities in appearance and flavor between
1213:, without so much as a pretense of logical order or scholarly rigor". Hart says "On matters of simple historical and textual fact, moreover, Hitchens' book is so extraordinarily crowded with errors that one soon gives up counting them." Hart claims that Hitchens conflates the histories of the 1146:, lauded Hitchens's "logical flourishes and conundrums, many of them entertaining to the nonbeliever". He concluded that "Hitchens has outfoxed the Hitchens watchers by writing a serious and deeply felt book, totally consistent with his beliefs of a lifetime". 1074:
He analyzes those examples of immorality, and shows that although the individual leaders may have been atheist or agnostic, that religion played a key role in these events, and religious people and religious leaders fully participated in the wars and crimes.
548:—"It works well enough without that hypothesis"—to demonstrate that we do not need God to explain things; he claims that religion becomes obsolete as an explanation when it becomes optional or one among many different beliefs. He concludes that the 354:
He gives detailed descriptions of the tense social and political situations within these cities, which he personally experienced and attributes to religion. He has thus "not found it a prudent rule to seek help as the prayer meeting breaks up."
257:, and that accordingly it "ought to have a great deal on its conscience". He supports his position with a mixture of personal stories, documented historical anecdotes and critical analysis of religious texts. His commentary focuses mainly on the 713:
mentions one that did occur—without the onerous requirement for people to return to their places of birth", it was undertaken "six years after the birth of Jesus is supposed to have taken place". He also notes that Herod died in 4 BC, and that
797:, and, if this be the case, that the lesson has ever since been completely misunderstood. Closing the chapter, he suggests that advocates of religion have faith alone to rely on—nothing else—and calls on them to "be brave enough" to admit it. 1063:. He says "it is interesting that people of faith now seek defensively to say they are no worse than fascists or Nazis or Stalinists". Hitchens began his rebuttal by tracing the understanding of the Nazis or Stalinists, to the concept of 552:
is not just one leap; it is a leap repeatedly made, and a leap that becomes more difficult to take the more it is taken: which is why so many religionists now feel the need to move beyond mere faith and cite evidence for their beliefs.
662:. Comparing the Testaments, he considers the New Testament "also a work of crude carpentry, hammered together long after its purported events, and full of improvised attempts to make things come out right". He points out that, while 565:
are used to making people feel like lowly sinners, encouraging low self-esteem, while at the same time leading them to believe that their creator genuinely cares for them, thus inflating their sense of self-importance. He says that
925:
as a conceit that asks adherents to "put their reason to sleep, and to discard their minds along with their sandals" in chapter fourteen, which focuses on maladaptive and immiserating Hindu and Buddhist feudalism and violence in
1115:, except for Socrates and Newton. He says that religious advocates have attempted to misrepresent some of these icons as religious, and describes how some of these individuals fought against the negative influences of religion. 869:. When the neighbor's skeptical wife buried 116 pages of the translation and challenged Smith to reproduce it, Smith claimed God, knowing this would happen, told him to instead translate a different section of the same plates. 614:
which Moses received from God. He notes that Moses "continually makes demented pronouncements ('He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord')."
1718: 1299:
on controversial points and overlooking alternative scholarly positions, and felt that Hitchens's understanding of biblical studies was "flawed at best." "or Hitchens, it is sufficient to dismiss the most extreme,
3620: 2958: 570:
to some extent has a "natural advantage", being that it was contrived many centuries before the modern age of human reason and scientific understanding, and discusses a few examples as well as so-called miracles.
322:: if he were alone in an unfamiliar city at night, and a group of strangers began to approach him, would he feel safer, or less safe, knowing that these men had just come from a prayer meeting? Hitchens answers: 1945: 3305: 2426: 1308:
to demonstrate not only that the Bible itself is thoroughly flawed, false, and poisonous but that God does not exist." Hamblin felt that he misrepresented the Bible "at the level of a confused
1849: 1318:
attacked the accuracy of Hitchens's claims in a lengthy essay, describing it as "crammed to the bursting point with errors, and the striking thing about this is that the errors are always,
2883: 817:, and that the Koran's origin was not supernatural. He contends that the religion was fabricated by Muhammad or his followers and that it was borrowed from other religious texts, and the 785:
Hitchens points out the problematic implications of the scriptural proclamation "he that is without sin among you, let him cast a first stone" with regard to the practical legislation of
969:
It ought to be possible for me to pursue my studies and researches in one house, and for the Buddhist to spin his wheel in another. But contempt for the intellect has a strange way of
2681: 1162:(1927), with Hitchens using "elegant yet biting prose". He concludes that "Hitchens has nothing new to say, although it must be acknowledged that he says it exceptionally well". 3375: 2965: 1531:
Hitchens, p. 40: ""Porcophobia - and porcophilia - thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the 'holy texts' do more than hint."
1059:
Chapter seventeen addresses the most common counter-argument that Hitchens says he hears, namely that the most immoral acts in human history were performed by atheists like
965:
Hitchens seeks to answer the question "How might one easily prove that 'Eastern' faith was identical with the unverifiable assumptions of 'Western' religion?" He concludes:
473:
are ineffective, which, he argues, contributed to the death toll. He notes with examples that some in both the Catholic and the Muslim communities believe irrationally that
666:
considered some of the New Testament events to be historically verifiable, Mencken maintained that "most of them ... show unmistakable signs of having been tampered with".
1708: 315:
Hitchens lays out his central thesis for this chapter: religion is not content with claims about the next world and must seek to interfere with the lives of nonbelievers.
3720: 397: 639:
but those words do not appear in this chapter or this book. Hitchens does argue that the "multiple authors—none of whom published anything until many decades after the
877:
Chapter twelve discusses the termination of several religions, to illustrate that some religions are not everlasting, as they claim. The religions addressed include
2378: 3249: 3071: 2041: 1222: 1870: 3091: 2436: 1937: 1914: 1751: 598:
is "an ill-carpentered fiction, bolted into place well after the non-events that it fails to describe convincingly or even plausibly". He points out that when
2328: 2184: 350:. In each case ... I would feel immediately threatened if I thought that the group of men approaching me in the dusk were coming from a religious observance. 2241: 954:
documentary. He suggests that the BBC has no longer a "standard of fairness". He suggests that image of "imperial-way buddhism" is not that of the original
849:
Chapter eleven discusses how religions form, and claims that most religions are founded by corrupt, immoral individuals. The chapter specifically discusses
4047: 3086: 265:. The book sold well and received mixed reviews, with some critics finding historical inaccuracies in the text and some finding the book highly important. 540:
Hitchens begins by saying that the strong faith that could stand up to any form of reason is long gone. He compares the popular knowledge of the world in
307:. He concludes by saying that he would not want to eradicate religion if the faithful would "leave him alone", but ultimately they are incapable of this. 3042: 2759: 2754: 3081: 1888: 2446: 1839: 4007: 3274: 3076: 1322:, in Hitchens’s favor. In many cases, Hitchens is 180 degrees wrong. He is so far wrong that, if he moved at all, he would be coming back toward 1312:", failing to contextualise it. Hamblin concluded that the book "should certainly not be seen as reasonable grounds for rejecting belief in God". 3445: 1279:. Referencing a number of scientists with religious faith, Gould wrote, "Either half my colleagues are enormously stupid, or else the science of 782:
faced with arguments against the logic or factualness of the Bible "could simply burn or silence anybody who asked any inconvenient questions".
376:. He criticises several public figures for laying the blame for the incident on Rushdie himself. He also writes about the events following the 4002: 2067: 3911: 2401: 3502: 2722: 2141: 2098: 1976: 1420: 790: 137: 789:: "if only the non-sinners have the right to punish, then how could an imperfect society ever determine how to prosecute offenders?" Of the 380:, describing how religion, particularly major religious figures, allowed matters to "deteriorate in the interval between the removal of the 2937: 2920: 1350: 1124:
and assist the progress of civilization. It is in effect a rallying call to atheists to fight the theocratic encroachment on free society.
4022: 3987: 3368: 2949: 2421: 2371: 1040: 603: 578:
had taken a slightly different course, there would be no guarantee at all that organisms remotely like humans would ever have existed.
4017: 3628: 3242: 2215: 821:
was taken from common maxims and sayings which developed throughout Arabia and Persia at the time. He identifies similarities between
1264:
Responding to Hitchens's claim that "all attempts to reconcile faith with science and reason are consigned to failure and ridicule",
942:, and details his observations of a "brisk fleecing" and the unstable devotees witnessed during the author's staged pilgrimage to an 4042: 3636: 3269: 3207: 2764: 2312: 2286: 771: 764: 591: 4012: 2669: 2563: 2416: 574:
He discusses the design arguments, using examples such as the human body wearing out in old age as bad design. He writes that if
974:
in blaming others for their backwardness. Both these things happened in the most consecratedly "spiritual" society of them all."
4027: 3982: 2649: 2568: 2480: 913:, to support his claim that non-religious people battle for moral causes with as much vigor and effect as religious advocates. 2654: 2463: 2364: 1142: 674: 478: 3451: 4037: 3458: 3333: 3235: 2932: 935: 3861: 3997: 3652: 3340: 3000: 2925: 2512: 2033: 906: 159: 3298: 2979: 2915: 2806: 2601: 2532: 1874: 528:. He concludes the chapter writing of the religious "wish for obliteration"—for a death in the form of the day of the 778:" and "a Christ of faith". He states that the "feebleness" of the Bible is a result of the fact that until recently, 1906: 1739: 3676: 3326: 2993: 2871: 2431: 1385: 2231: 2176: 2829: 2693: 2676: 2517: 2411: 1183: 1176: 1002: 751:
were not at all historical records, and that they had multiple authors, all being written many decades after the
723: 525: 3929: 3828: 3800: 3495: 3175: 3049: 2781: 2659: 2636: 1254: 1158: 425: 893:
Hitchens addresses the question of whether religious people behave more virtuously than non-religious people (
3595: 3212: 3187: 3063: 2502: 2451: 1604: 318:
In this vein, Hitchens addresses a hypothetical question that he was asked while on a panel with radio host
80: 1892: 3760: 3752: 3660: 3361: 3312: 3192: 2834: 2727: 2715: 2644: 2553: 2548: 2507: 822: 2208:
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything: Christopher Hitchens: 9780446579803: Amazon.com: Books
3715: 3692: 3319: 3056: 2972: 2878: 2824: 2703: 2616: 2475: 2458: 2406: 2387: 1329: 1291: 756: 296: 199: 69: 4032: 3792: 3784: 3684: 3570: 3488: 3428: 3258: 3197: 3182: 3138: 3121: 3014: 2841: 2801: 2786: 2769: 2698: 2688: 2596: 2522: 2497: 2492: 2441: 2296: 2266: 841:
to show how miracles can become perceived as true, when in fact they are based on myth or falsehood.
752: 640: 377: 195: 51: 2063: 3992: 3469: 3421: 2900: 2856: 2851: 2742: 2558: 1301: 1241: 1171:
as a "pleasingly intemperate assault on organized religion" that "like-minded readers will enjoy".
786: 702: 670: 562: 258: 37: 1968: 3710: 3347: 2907: 2846: 2816: 2776: 2621: 2606: 2591: 2470: 2236: 2132: 2089: 2001: 1844: 1315: 1305: 1286: 1269: 1200: 983:
Chapter 15 discusses five aspects of religions that Hitchens maintains are "positively immoral":
760: 624: 450: 372: 367: 223: 213: 2005: 631:
in the Gospels, a number of sources on the Internet attribute the controversial quote "Jesus is
3899: 3768: 3744: 3590: 3555: 3170: 3007: 2866: 2308: 2282: 2211: 2150: 2107: 1416: 1296: 1283:
is fully compatible with conventional religious beliefs—and equally compatible with atheism."
1276: 441:
Hitchens explains how some religions can be hostile to disease treatment. He writes that many
417: 262: 144: 132: 1410: 654:
in the Old Testament with its prediction that "a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son" (see
3776: 3644: 3612: 3530: 3403: 3354: 3035: 3028: 3021: 2664: 2350: 2304: 1713: 1333: 1236: 1153: 628: 611: 594:, stating that many of the "gruesome, disordered events ... never took place". He says the 413: 170: 3875: 3848: 3565: 3545: 3535: 3291: 3160: 3143: 2861: 1265: 1226: 1188: 1137: 1088: 1064: 939: 910: 740: 690: 458: 429: 2796: 3946: 229:
Hitchens posited that organized religion is "violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to
3550: 3464: 2749: 1273: 1218: 1167: 1104: 1096: 955: 866: 854: 744: 651: 541: 385: 363: 203: 813:. Hitchens asserts that there is no evidence for any of the "miraculous" claims about 3976: 3818: 3585: 3202: 2895: 2890: 2271: 1309: 1258: 1230: 1214: 1149: 1068: 1060: 882: 838: 663: 659: 549: 486: 482: 446: 319: 3882: 2093: 1607:: "If a man have a stubborn and unruly son the people of the city shall stone him." 287:
Hitchens writes that, at the age of nine, he began to question the teachings of his
3887: 3843: 3838: 3833: 2791: 2737: 2732: 2710: 2278: 2136: 2010: 1205: 1108: 1100: 1048: 1044: 959: 902: 862: 774:, while extensively covered by other authors, have never been explained except as " 686: 567: 501: 254: 2527: 1344:
The book was published on May 1, 2007, and within a week had reached No. 2 on the
2342: 3540: 3511: 3133: 3106: 1036: 794: 655: 632: 607: 587: 292: 246: 17: 3870: 1709:"3. Mormonism: A Racket Becomes a Religion in Fighting Words: God Is Not Great" 3823: 3560: 3525: 3111: 1747: 1345: 850: 779: 755:—and, moreover, that they do not agree on anything "of importance" (e.g., the 736: 728: 595: 529: 421: 2154: 2111: 3737: 2485: 1280: 1210: 1112: 1023: 991: 931: 898: 878: 858: 715: 698: 575: 343: 242: 234: 117: 113: 109: 1245:
considered Hitchens correct on many points but found the book "maddeningly
512:, and complete the action by taking his penis in my mouth, sucking off the 326:
Just to stay within the letter 'B', I have actually had that experience in
1022:
The imposition of impossible tasks or rules (including unhealthy views of
3580: 3396: 3389: 3165: 3128: 1246: 1111:. Hitchens claims that many of these people were atheists, agnostics, or 1092: 1084: 1006: 894: 814: 775: 710: 706: 682: 513: 509: 490: 339: 250: 151: 2356: 1051:. He criticizes the way that adults use religion to terrorize children. 801:
Chapter Nine: The Koran Is Borrowed From Both Jewish and Christian Myths
3575: 3227: 3116: 922: 834: 732: 545: 401: 381: 347: 327: 300: 238: 1083:
Chapter eighteen discusses several important intellectuals, including
392:
Chapter Three: A Short Digression On The Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham
2575: 1013: 995: 943: 829:
Chapter Ten: The Tawdriness Of The Miraculous And The Decline Of Hell
818: 748: 521: 497: 470: 466: 442: 335: 331: 270: 230: 3963: 958:, and looks at the Japanese Buddhists who joined the Axis forces in 619:
Chapter Eight: The "New" Testament Exceeds The Evil Of The "Old" One
544:'s time to what we now know about the world. He uses the example of 1079:
Chapter Eighteen: A Finer Tradition: The Resistance Of The Rational
2611: 2336: 1871:"Dallas News, "Hitchens blames religion for -- well, you name it"" 1250: 1152:
considered the book to be the best piece of atheist writing since
927: 810: 806: 694: 678: 599: 517: 505: 454: 437:
Chapter Four: A Note On Health, To Which Religion May Be Hazardous
409: 405: 359: 304: 288: 1119:
Chapter Nineteen: In Conclusion: The Need for a New Enlightenment
705:). He says that there is no record by any Roman historian of any 2626: 2094:"The Most Misunderstood Book: christopher hitchens on the Bible" 1017: 947: 602:
orders parents to have their children stoned to death (see also
3484: 3231: 2360: 516:, and spitting out the amputated flap along with a mouthful of 3480: 1047:, and imposition of fear of healthy sexual activities such as 951: 474: 462: 3905: 2064:"Stephen Jay Gould "Impeaching a Self-Appointed Judge," 1992" 1764:
Joseph Smith was brought to trial in 1826 for 'glasslooking'.
921:
Hitchens dismisses the idea of seeking enlightenment through
658:), pointing out where the stories converge, Old Testament to 416:. He reports that even today, Muslim zealots demand that the 145: 1067:
probably first used by Victor Serge and then popularized by
793:, the author contends that Jesus thus forgives her of sheer 731:
film about the death of Jesus ... produced by an Australian
772:
many "contradictions and illiteracies" of the New Testament
743:
sect". In Hitchens's view, the film attempts tirelessly to
536:
Chapter Five: The Metaphysical Claims of Religion Are False
889:
Chapter Thirteen: Does Religion Make People Behave Better?
171: 610:) it is probably a violation of at least one of the very 987:
Presenting a false picture of the world to the credulous
222:, but was republished by Atlantic Books in 2017 with no 261:, although it also touches on other religions, such as 202:. It was originally published in the United Kingdom by 1412:
The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason
747:. He claims that Gibson did not realize that the four 3859: 1840:"Michael Kinsley, The New York Times Review of Books" 825:, and notes several plagiarisms of the Jewish faith. 524:", and denounces the traditional African practice of 268:
The title of the book negates the Muslim affirmation
3811: 3729: 3703: 3604: 3518: 3438: 3413: 3283: 3151: 3100: 2948: 2815: 2635: 2584: 2541: 2394: 1938:"God is Not Great: how religion poisons everything" 1386:"god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" 169: 157: 143: 131: 123: 104: 96: 86: 75: 65: 57: 47: 2270: 709:census, and that, although "the Jewish chronicler 3721:Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science 2273:God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 2177:"Christopher Hitchens' lies do atheism no favors" 1295:criticized Hitchens for implying unanimity among 1233:were burned alive when both men died of old age. 1035:Hitchens discusses how religion has been used to 582:Chapter Seven: The Nightmare Of The Old Testament 219:God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 917:Chapter Fourteen: There Is No "Eastern" Solution 809:, and examines the origin of its holy book, the 1889:"Critical Praise, God Is Not Great (Hardcover)" 967: 493:because it undermines their position of power. 324: 291:instructor, and began to see critical flaws in 2884:Christian thought on persecution and tolerance 1223:the early church destroyed ancient pagan texts 1203:, reviewing the book in the Christian journal 791:adulterous woman whom Jesus saved from stoning 3496: 3243: 2372: 2137:"Editor's Introduction, God and Mr. Hitchens" 845:Chapter Eleven: Religion's Corrupt Beginnings 739:", who "adheres to a crackpot and schismatic 718:was not governor of Syria during his tenure. 408:. He says that this proscription is not just 8: 1384:Institute, Christian Research (2009-06-11). 979:Chapter Fifteen: Religion As An Original Sin 30: 3376:Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography 1055:Chapter Seventeen: An Objection Anticipated 481:are punishment for sexual sin—particularly 209:God Is Not Great: The Case Against Religion 3503: 3489: 3481: 3250: 3236: 3228: 3043:The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster 2379: 2365: 2357: 1221:, restates the discredited assertion that 1192:called the book "elegant but derivative". 370:because of the contents of Rushdie's book 194:) is a 2007 book by author and journalist 36: 29: 1031:Chapter Sixteen: Is Religion Child Abuse? 1007:harming innocent people to atone for sins 934:. It touches on the lucrative careers of 873:Chapter Twelve: A Coda: How Religions End 669:Hitchens also outlines the inaccuracy in 1707:Hitchens, Christopher (April 27, 2007), 1306:inerrantist interpretations of the Bible 1209:, interpreted the book as a "rollicking 400:("porcophobia" as Hitchens calls it) in 3918: 3866: 1996: 1994: 1367: 504:that would have him "take a baby boy's 489:," and opines that they are hostile to 200:makes a case against organized religion 1721:from the original on February 22, 2014 805:Chapter nine assesses the religion of 274:, which translates as "God is great". 2187:from the original on 17 February 2016 2142:Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2099:Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1661:Quoted in Hitchens 2007, pp. 109-110. 485:. He describes religious leaders as " 7: 2070:from the original on 1 February 2014 1967:Cowley, Jason (September 23, 2011). 1351:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 950:, which was undertaken as part of a 745:blame the death of Jesus on the Jews 677:three world events of the time with 592:inconsistencies in the Old Testament 42:Cover of the U.S. hard-cover edition 3369:Thomas Jefferson: Author of America 2044:from the original on March 10, 2017 1979:from the original on April 28, 2019 1754:from the original on 8 January 2014 1358:Bestseller list in its third week. 604:List of capital crimes in the Torah 4048:Works about the Christ myth theory 3629:Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism 1948:from the original on March 7, 2017 1917:from the original on March 7, 2017 844: 557:Chapter Six: Arguments From Design 25: 2032:Prothero, Stephen (May 6, 2007). 299:. He discusses people who become 27:2007 book by Christopher Hitchens 3955: 3938: 3921: 3893: 3881: 3869: 2447:Unification Church in Japan 2232:"New York Times Bestseller list" 1415:. Prometheus Books. p. 39. 994:to appease gods (such as by the 681:'s birth: the census ordered by 2244:from the original on 2015-10-17 1936:Buchanan, Matt (May 25, 2007). 1852:from the original on 2017-04-20 4008:Books critical of Christianity 3072:Books critical of Christianity 2206:Hitchens, Christopher (2007). 2175:White, Curtis (23 June 2013). 1143:The New York Times Book Review 905:). He uses the battle against 701:as governor of Syria (see the 283:Chapter One: Putting It Mildly 1: 4003:Books by Christopher Hitchens 3459:The Trials of Henry Kissinger 3334:Letters to a Young Contrarian 3092:Books critical of Scientology 770:He further contends that the 635:for adults"' to Hitchens and 461:'s response to the spread of 457:to spread. He discusses the 3653:Letter to a Christian Nation 3341:The Trial of Henry Kissinger 3001:Letter to a Christian Nation 1740:"Joseph Smith: Legal issues" 1390:Christian Research Institute 1354:), and reached No. 1 on the 1039:. He cites examples such as 907:slavery in the United States 650:Hitchens first connects the 362:issued on author and friend 295:arguments, most notably the 249:, contemptuous of women and 212:and in the United States by 79:Twelve Books imprint of the 3299:Blood, Class, and Nostalgia 3087:Books critical of Mormonism 1784:Hitchens 2007, pp. 195–204. 1670:Hitchens 2007, pp. 110-112. 606:) for indiscipline (citing 508:in my hand, cut around the 311:Chapter Two: Religion Kills 4064: 4023:Books critical of religion 3988:American non-fiction books 3677:God: The Failed Hypothesis 3327:Unacknowledged Legislation 2994:God: The Failed Hypothesis 2980:God in the Age of Science? 1829:Hitchens 2007, p. 231-252. 398:prohibition on eating pigs 4018:Books critical of Judaism 3265: 3082:Books critical of Judaism 2427:Latter Day Saint movement 1942:The Sydney Morning Herald 1576:Hitchens 2007, pp. 66-67. 1549:Hitchens 2007, pp. 45-46. 1540:Hitchens 2007, pp. 44-45. 1513:Hitchens 2007, pp. 37-41. 1348:bestsellers list (behind 1177:The Sydney Morning Herald 724:The Passion of the Christ 627:and the possibility of a 526:female genital mutilation 35: 4043:Twelve (publisher) books 3829:Flying Spaghetti Monster 3801:The Evolution of Atheism 3050:Why I Am Not a Christian 2637:Religious discrimination 2343:Exclusive Excerpts from 1603:Probably a reference to 1165:The book was praised in 1159:Why I Am Not a Christian 4013:Books critical of Islam 3596:Michael Schmidt-Salomon 3306:The Missionary Position 3188:Criticism of monotheism 3077:Books critical of Islam 3064:The Demon-Haunted World 2921:Anti-Christian violence 2452:Westboro Baptist Church 2066:. Stephenjaygould.org. 853:, Pentecostal minister 396:Hitchens discusses the 188:(sometimes stylized as 81:Hachette Book Group USA 4028:English-language books 3983:2007 non-fiction books 3761:The Irrational Atheist 3362:Love, Poverty, and War 3313:Prepared for the Worst 2508:New religious movement 1820:Hitchens 2007, p. 230. 1811:Hitchens 2007, p. 230. 1802:Hitchens 2007, p. 203. 1793:Hitchens 2007, p. 200. 1775:Hitchens 2007, p. 204. 1697:Hitchens 2007, p. 122. 1688:Hitchens 2007, p. 121. 1679:Hitchens 2007, p. 115) 1652:Hitchens 2007, p. 114. 1634:Hitchens 2007, p. 120. 1625:Hitchens 2007, p. 111. 1616:Hitchens 2007, p. 106. 1594:Hitchens 2007, p. 104. 1585:Hitchens 2007, p. 102. 1409:Stenger, V.J. (2009). 1037:cause harm to children 990:The doctrine of blood 976: 833:Chapter ten discusses 823:Islam and Christianity 469:, telling people that 433:pork and human flesh. 358:He discusses the 1989 352: 3910:at Knowledge (XXG)'s 3753:The Dawkins Delusion? 3716:Pitchstone Publishing 3661:The Root of All Evil? 3320:No One Left to Lie To 3139:Nontheistic religions 3057:Why I Am Not a Muslim 2973:Christianity Unveiled 2437:Seventh-day Adventist 2388:Criticism of religion 2297:Hitchens, Christopher 2267:Hitchens, Christopher 1643:Hitchens 2007, p. 127 1567:Hitchens 2007, p. 47. 1558:Hitchens 2007, p. 49. 1522:Hitchens 2007, p. 41. 1504:Hitchens 2007, p. 31. 1486:Hitchens 2007, p. 28. 1477:Hitchens 2007, p. 18. 1468:Hitchens 2007, p. 17. 1459:Hitchens 2007, p. 13. 861:. Hitchens discusses 384:and the overthrow of 253:toward children" and 70:Criticism of religion 4038:Atlantic Books books 3793:The Rage Against God 3785:Unscientific America 3685:The Portable Atheist 3571:Christopher Hitchens 3429:The Portable Atheist 3259:Christopher Hitchens 3183:Criticism of atheism 3015:The Blind Watchmaker 2597:Charles Taze Russell 2442:Unification movement 1605:Deuteronomy 21:18–21 1495:Hitchens 2007, p. 28 1450:Hitchens 2007, p. 5. 1441:Hitchens 2007, p. 3. 1374:Hitchens 2011, p. 9. 1257:and their atheistic 735:and ham actor named 623:On the subject of a 378:September 11 attacks 297:argument from design 196:Christopher Hitchens 52:Christopher Hitchens 3998:Books about atheism 3422:Blaming the Victims 2564:Mormon sacred texts 2422:Jehovah's Witnesses 2133:Peterson, Daniel C. 2038:The Washington Post 2006:"Believe It or Not" 2002:Hart, David Bentley 1242:The Washington Post 1225:, and asserts that 940:Sathyanarayana Raju 787:retributive justice 721:Hitchens refers to 703:Census of Quirinius 563:Abrahamic religions 561:Hitchens says that 453:, and thus allowed 259:Abrahamic religions 32: 3711:The Clergy Project 3637:Breaking the Spell 3348:Why Orwell Matters 2966:Breaking the Spell 2908:Sectarian violence 2817:Religious violence 2765:Oriental Orthodoxy 2622:Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 2481:Twelver Shia Islam 2301:Hitch-22: A Memoir 2237:The New York Times 2092:(1 January 2009). 1969:"The War on Error" 1907:"God Is Not Great" 1845:The New York Times 1744:FairMormon Answers 1316:Daniel C. Peterson 1287:William J. Hamblin 1270:Hoover Institution 1201:David Bentley Hart 1128:Critical reception 1041:genital mutilation 1018:eternal punishment 936:Chandra Mohan Jain 795:sexual promiscuity 761:genealogy of Jesus 496:He criticises the 404:, also adopted by 373:The Satanic Verses 368:Ayatollah Khomeini 177:BL2775.3 .H58 2007 3857: 3856: 3769:Atheist Delusions 3621:Atheist Manifesto 3591:Victor J. Stenger 3556:Rebecca Goldstein 3478: 3477: 3225: 3224: 3008:The Age of Reason 2959:Atheist Manifesto 2760:Eastern Orthodoxy 2723:Jehovah's Witness 2682:post–Cold War era 2585:Religious figures 2464:Swaminarayan sect 2305:Allen & Unwin 1913:. March 1, 2007. 1422:978-1-61592-344-1 1297:biblical scholars 1277:Stephen Jay Gould 1196:Negative critique 1133:Positive critique 763:). He cites many 637:God Is Not Great, 418:Three Little Pigs 263:Eastern religions 181: 180: 138:978-0-446-57980-3 97:Publication place 31:God Is Not Great 16:(Redirected from 4055: 3968: 3960: 3959: 3958: 3951: 3943: 3942: 3941: 3934: 3926: 3925: 3924: 3914: 3908:God Is Not Great 3898: 3897: 3896: 3886: 3885: 3874: 3873: 3865: 3777:The Case for God 3669:God Is Not Great 3645:The God Delusion 3613:The End of Faith 3531:Peter Boghossian 3505: 3498: 3491: 3482: 3470:Hitchens's razor 3383:God Is Not Great 3355:A Long Short War 3252: 3245: 3238: 3229: 3036:The God Delusion 3029:The End of Faith 3022:The Caged Virgin 2987:God Is Not Great 2381: 2374: 2367: 2358: 2345:God Is Not Great 2331:God is Not Great 2329:FARMS Review of 2317: 2291: 2276: 2253: 2252: 2250: 2249: 2228: 2222: 2221: 2203: 2197: 2196: 2194: 2192: 2172: 2166: 2165: 2163: 2161: 2129: 2123: 2122: 2120: 2118: 2090:Hamblin, William 2086: 2080: 2079: 2077: 2075: 2060: 2054: 2053: 2051: 2049: 2034:"The Unbeliever" 2029: 2023: 2022: 2020: 2018: 1998: 1989: 1988: 1986: 1984: 1964: 1958: 1957: 1955: 1953: 1933: 1927: 1926: 1924: 1922: 1903: 1897: 1896: 1891:. Archived from 1885: 1879: 1878: 1873:. Archived from 1867: 1861: 1860: 1858: 1857: 1836: 1830: 1827: 1821: 1818: 1812: 1809: 1803: 1800: 1794: 1791: 1785: 1782: 1776: 1773: 1767: 1766: 1761: 1759: 1736: 1730: 1729: 1728: 1726: 1704: 1698: 1695: 1689: 1686: 1680: 1677: 1671: 1668: 1662: 1659: 1653: 1650: 1644: 1641: 1635: 1632: 1626: 1623: 1617: 1614: 1608: 1601: 1595: 1592: 1586: 1583: 1577: 1574: 1568: 1565: 1559: 1556: 1550: 1547: 1541: 1538: 1532: 1529: 1523: 1520: 1514: 1511: 1505: 1502: 1496: 1493: 1487: 1484: 1478: 1475: 1469: 1466: 1460: 1457: 1451: 1448: 1442: 1439: 1433: 1432: 1430: 1429: 1406: 1400: 1399: 1397: 1396: 1381: 1375: 1372: 1237:Stephen Prothero 1154:Bertrand Russell 1012:The doctrine of 1001:The doctrine of 629:historical Jesus 191:god is not Great 185:God Is Not Great 173: 147: 88:Publication date 40: 33: 21: 18:God is not Great 4063: 4062: 4058: 4057: 4056: 4054: 4053: 4052: 3973: 3972: 3971: 3961: 3956: 3954: 3944: 3939: 3937: 3927: 3922: 3920: 3917: 3913:sister projects 3912: 3904: 3894: 3892: 3880: 3868: 3860: 3858: 3853: 3849:Regressive left 3807: 3725: 3699: 3600: 3566:Ayaan Hirsi Ali 3546:Richard Dawkins 3536:Greta Christina 3514: 3509: 3479: 3474: 3434: 3409: 3292:Imperial Spoils 3279: 3275:Political views 3261: 3256: 3226: 3221: 3220: 3219: 3176:In Christianity 3147: 3144:Parody religion 3096: 2944: 2811: 2670:Catholic Church 2631: 2580: 2542:Religious texts 2537: 2390: 2385: 2325: 2315: 2295: 2289: 2265: 2262: 2257: 2256: 2247: 2245: 2230: 2229: 2225: 2218: 2205: 2204: 2200: 2190: 2188: 2174: 2173: 2169: 2159: 2157: 2131: 2130: 2126: 2116: 2114: 2088: 2087: 2083: 2073: 2071: 2062: 2061: 2057: 2047: 2045: 2031: 2030: 2026: 2016: 2014: 2000: 1999: 1992: 1982: 1980: 1973:Financial Times 1966: 1965: 1961: 1951: 1949: 1935: 1934: 1930: 1920: 1918: 1905: 1904: 1900: 1887: 1886: 1882: 1869: 1868: 1864: 1855: 1853: 1848:. 13 May 2007. 1838: 1837: 1833: 1828: 1824: 1819: 1815: 1810: 1806: 1801: 1797: 1792: 1788: 1783: 1779: 1774: 1770: 1757: 1755: 1738: 1737: 1733: 1724: 1722: 1706: 1705: 1701: 1696: 1692: 1687: 1683: 1678: 1674: 1669: 1665: 1660: 1656: 1651: 1647: 1642: 1638: 1633: 1629: 1624: 1620: 1615: 1611: 1602: 1598: 1593: 1589: 1584: 1580: 1575: 1571: 1566: 1562: 1557: 1553: 1548: 1544: 1539: 1535: 1530: 1526: 1521: 1517: 1512: 1508: 1503: 1499: 1494: 1490: 1485: 1481: 1476: 1472: 1467: 1463: 1458: 1454: 1449: 1445: 1440: 1436: 1427: 1425: 1423: 1408: 1407: 1403: 1394: 1392: 1383: 1382: 1378: 1373: 1369: 1364: 1342: 1266:Peter Berkowitz 1255:fundamentalists 1253:are unlettered 1227:Myles Coverdale 1198: 1189:Financial Times 1138:Michael Kinsley 1135: 1130: 1121: 1089:Albert Einstein 1081: 1065:totalitarianism 1057: 1033: 981: 919: 911:Abraham Lincoln 891: 875: 847: 831: 803: 689:, the reign of 621: 586:Hitchens lists 584: 559: 538: 459:Catholic Church 439: 430:Winnie-the-Pooh 394: 313: 285: 280: 245:and hostile to 162: 105:Media type 89: 43: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 4061: 4059: 4051: 4050: 4045: 4040: 4035: 4030: 4025: 4020: 4015: 4010: 4005: 4000: 3995: 3990: 3985: 3975: 3974: 3970: 3969: 3952: 3950:from Wikiquote 3935: 3906: 3903: 3902: 3890: 3878: 3855: 3854: 3852: 3851: 3846: 3841: 3836: 3831: 3826: 3821: 3815: 3813: 3809: 3808: 3806: 3805: 3797: 3789: 3781: 3773: 3765: 3757: 3749: 3745:Darwin's Angel 3741: 3733: 3731: 3727: 3726: 3724: 3723: 3718: 3713: 3707: 3705: 3701: 3700: 3698: 3697: 3689: 3681: 3673: 3665: 3657: 3649: 3641: 3633: 3625: 3617: 3608: 3606: 3602: 3601: 3599: 3598: 3593: 3588: 3583: 3578: 3573: 3568: 3563: 3558: 3553: 3551:Daniel Dennett 3548: 3543: 3538: 3533: 3528: 3522: 3520: 3516: 3515: 3510: 3508: 3507: 3500: 3493: 3485: 3476: 3475: 3473: 3472: 3467: 3465:Peter Hitchens 3462: 3455: 3448: 3446:57901 Hitchens 3442: 3440: 3436: 3435: 3433: 3432: 3425: 3417: 3415: 3411: 3410: 3408: 3407: 3400: 3393: 3386: 3379: 3372: 3365: 3358: 3351: 3344: 3337: 3330: 3323: 3316: 3309: 3302: 3295: 3287: 3285: 3281: 3280: 3278: 3277: 3272: 3266: 3263: 3262: 3257: 3255: 3254: 3247: 3240: 3232: 3223: 3222: 3218: 3217: 3216: 3215: 3210: 3200: 3195: 3190: 3185: 3180: 3179: 3178: 3173: 3163: 3157: 3156: 3155: 3153: 3152:Related topics 3149: 3148: 3146: 3141: 3136: 3131: 3126: 3125: 3124: 3114: 3109: 3104: 3102: 3098: 3097: 3095: 3094: 3089: 3084: 3079: 3074: 3068: 3067: 3060: 3053: 3046: 3039: 3032: 3025: 3018: 3011: 3004: 2997: 2990: 2983: 2976: 2969: 2962: 2954: 2952: 2946: 2945: 2943: 2942: 2941: 2940: 2935: 2930: 2929: 2928: 2923: 2910: 2905: 2904: 2903: 2898: 2888: 2887: 2886: 2876: 2875: 2874: 2869: 2864: 2859: 2849: 2844: 2839: 2838: 2837: 2827: 2821: 2819: 2813: 2812: 2810: 2809: 2804: 2799: 2794: 2789: 2784: 2779: 2774: 2773: 2772: 2762: 2757: 2752: 2747: 2746: 2745: 2740: 2735: 2725: 2720: 2719: 2718: 2708: 2707: 2706: 2696: 2691: 2686: 2685: 2684: 2674: 2673: 2672: 2662: 2657: 2652: 2647: 2641: 2639: 2633: 2632: 2630: 2629: 2624: 2619: 2614: 2609: 2604: 2599: 2594: 2588: 2586: 2582: 2581: 2579: 2578: 2573: 2572: 2571: 2569:Book of Mormon 2561: 2556: 2551: 2545: 2543: 2539: 2538: 2536: 2535: 2533:Zoroastrianism 2530: 2525: 2520: 2515: 2510: 2505: 2500: 2495: 2490: 2489: 2488: 2483: 2478: 2468: 2467: 2466: 2456: 2455: 2454: 2449: 2444: 2439: 2434: 2429: 2424: 2419: 2409: 2404: 2398: 2396: 2392: 2391: 2386: 2384: 2383: 2376: 2369: 2361: 2355: 2354: 2340: 2324: 2323:External links 2321: 2320: 2319: 2313: 2293: 2287: 2261: 2258: 2255: 2254: 2223: 2217:978-0446579803 2216: 2198: 2167: 2124: 2081: 2055: 2024: 1990: 1959: 1928: 1911:Kirkus Reviews 1898: 1895:on 2007-08-27. 1880: 1877:on 2007-09-27. 1862: 1831: 1822: 1813: 1804: 1795: 1786: 1777: 1768: 1731: 1699: 1690: 1681: 1672: 1663: 1654: 1645: 1636: 1627: 1618: 1609: 1596: 1587: 1578: 1569: 1560: 1551: 1542: 1533: 1524: 1515: 1506: 1497: 1488: 1479: 1470: 1461: 1452: 1443: 1434: 1421: 1401: 1376: 1366: 1365: 1363: 1360: 1356:New York Times 1341: 1338: 1274:paleontologist 1197: 1194: 1168:Kirkus Reviews 1134: 1131: 1129: 1126: 1120: 1117: 1105:Charles Darwin 1097:Baruch Spinoza 1080: 1077: 1056: 1053: 1032: 1029: 1028: 1027: 1020: 1014:eternal reward 1010: 999: 988: 980: 977: 956:Gautama Buddha 918: 915: 890: 887: 874: 871: 867:Book of Mormon 855:Marjoe Gortner 846: 843: 830: 827: 802: 799: 767:of this type. 765:contradictions 685:of the entire 673:'s attempt to 652:Book of Isaiah 647:indeed born". 625:mythical Jesus 620: 617: 583: 580: 558: 555: 542:Thomas Aquinas 537: 534: 438: 435: 393: 390: 386:Saddam Hussein 364:Salman Rushdie 312: 309: 284: 281: 279: 276: 241:, invested in 204:Atlantic Books 179: 178: 175: 167: 166: 163: 158: 155: 154: 149: 141: 140: 135: 129: 128: 125: 121: 120: 106: 102: 101: 100:United States 98: 94: 93: 90: 87: 84: 83: 77: 73: 72: 67: 63: 62: 59: 55: 54: 49: 45: 44: 41: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4060: 4049: 4046: 4044: 4041: 4039: 4036: 4034: 4031: 4029: 4026: 4024: 4021: 4019: 4016: 4014: 4011: 4009: 4006: 4004: 4001: 3999: 3996: 3994: 3991: 3989: 3986: 3984: 3981: 3980: 3978: 3967:from Wikidata 3966: 3965: 3953: 3949: 3948: 3936: 3932: 3931: 3919: 3915: 3909: 3901: 3891: 3889: 3884: 3879: 3877: 3872: 3867: 3863: 3850: 3847: 3845: 3842: 3840: 3837: 3835: 3832: 3830: 3827: 3825: 3822: 3820: 3819:Blasphemy Day 3817: 3816: 3814: 3810: 3803: 3802: 3798: 3795: 3794: 3790: 3787: 3786: 3782: 3779: 3778: 3774: 3771: 3770: 3766: 3763: 3762: 3758: 3755: 3754: 3750: 3747: 3746: 3742: 3739: 3735: 3734: 3732: 3728: 3722: 3719: 3717: 3714: 3712: 3709: 3708: 3706: 3702: 3695: 3694: 3690: 3687: 3686: 3682: 3679: 3678: 3674: 3671: 3670: 3666: 3663: 3662: 3658: 3655: 3654: 3650: 3647: 3646: 3642: 3639: 3638: 3634: 3631: 3630: 3626: 3623: 3622: 3618: 3615: 3614: 3610: 3609: 3607: 3603: 3597: 3594: 3592: 3589: 3587: 3586:Michel Onfray 3584: 3582: 3579: 3577: 3574: 3572: 3569: 3567: 3564: 3562: 3559: 3557: 3554: 3552: 3549: 3547: 3544: 3542: 3539: 3537: 3534: 3532: 3529: 3527: 3524: 3523: 3521: 3517: 3513: 3506: 3501: 3499: 3494: 3492: 3487: 3486: 3483: 3471: 3468: 3466: 3463: 3461: 3460: 3456: 3454: 3453: 3449: 3447: 3444: 3443: 3441: 3437: 3431: 3430: 3426: 3424: 3423: 3419: 3418: 3416: 3412: 3406: 3405: 3401: 3399: 3398: 3394: 3392: 3391: 3387: 3385: 3384: 3380: 3378: 3377: 3373: 3371: 3370: 3366: 3364: 3363: 3359: 3357: 3356: 3352: 3350: 3349: 3345: 3343: 3342: 3338: 3336: 3335: 3331: 3329: 3328: 3324: 3322: 3321: 3317: 3315: 3314: 3310: 3308: 3307: 3303: 3301: 3300: 3296: 3294: 3293: 3289: 3288: 3286: 3284:Works written 3282: 3276: 3273: 3271: 3268: 3267: 3264: 3260: 3253: 3248: 3246: 3241: 3239: 3234: 3233: 3230: 3214: 3211: 3209: 3206: 3205: 3204: 3203:Superstitions 3201: 3199: 3196: 3194: 3191: 3189: 3186: 3184: 3181: 3177: 3174: 3172: 3169: 3168: 3167: 3164: 3162: 3159: 3158: 3154: 3150: 3145: 3142: 3140: 3137: 3135: 3132: 3130: 3127: 3123: 3120: 3119: 3118: 3115: 3113: 3110: 3108: 3105: 3103: 3099: 3093: 3090: 3088: 3085: 3083: 3080: 3078: 3075: 3073: 3070: 3069: 3066: 3065: 3061: 3059: 3058: 3054: 3052: 3051: 3047: 3045: 3044: 3040: 3038: 3037: 3033: 3031: 3030: 3026: 3024: 3023: 3019: 3017: 3016: 3012: 3010: 3009: 3005: 3003: 3002: 2998: 2996: 2995: 2991: 2989: 2988: 2984: 2982: 2981: 2977: 2975: 2974: 2970: 2968: 2967: 2963: 2961: 2960: 2956: 2955: 2953: 2951: 2947: 2939: 2936: 2934: 2931: 2927: 2924: 2922: 2919: 2918: 2917: 2914: 2913: 2911: 2909: 2906: 2902: 2899: 2897: 2894: 2893: 2892: 2889: 2885: 2882: 2881: 2880: 2877: 2873: 2870: 2868: 2865: 2863: 2860: 2858: 2855: 2854: 2853: 2850: 2848: 2845: 2843: 2840: 2836: 2833: 2832: 2831: 2828: 2826: 2823: 2822: 2820: 2818: 2814: 2808: 2805: 2803: 2800: 2798: 2795: 2793: 2790: 2788: 2785: 2783: 2780: 2778: 2777:Protestantism 2775: 2771: 2768: 2767: 2766: 2763: 2761: 2758: 2756: 2753: 2751: 2748: 2744: 2741: 2739: 2736: 2734: 2731: 2730: 2729: 2726: 2724: 2721: 2717: 2714: 2713: 2712: 2709: 2705: 2702: 2701: 2700: 2697: 2695: 2692: 2690: 2687: 2683: 2680: 2679: 2678: 2675: 2671: 2668: 2667: 2666: 2663: 2661: 2658: 2656: 2653: 2651: 2648: 2646: 2643: 2642: 2640: 2638: 2634: 2628: 2625: 2623: 2620: 2618: 2615: 2613: 2610: 2608: 2605: 2603: 2600: 2598: 2595: 2593: 2590: 2589: 2587: 2583: 2577: 2574: 2570: 2567: 2566: 2565: 2562: 2560: 2557: 2555: 2552: 2550: 2547: 2546: 2544: 2540: 2534: 2531: 2529: 2526: 2524: 2521: 2519: 2516: 2514: 2511: 2509: 2506: 2504: 2501: 2499: 2496: 2494: 2491: 2487: 2484: 2482: 2479: 2477: 2474: 2473: 2472: 2469: 2465: 2462: 2461: 2460: 2457: 2453: 2450: 2448: 2445: 2443: 2440: 2438: 2435: 2433: 2432:Protestantism 2430: 2428: 2425: 2423: 2420: 2418: 2415: 2414: 2413: 2410: 2408: 2405: 2403: 2400: 2399: 2397: 2393: 2389: 2382: 2377: 2375: 2370: 2368: 2363: 2362: 2359: 2353: 2352: 2347: 2346: 2341: 2339: 2338: 2333: 2332: 2327: 2326: 2322: 2316: 2314:9781742376042 2310: 2306: 2302: 2298: 2294: 2290: 2288:9780446579803 2284: 2280: 2275: 2274: 2268: 2264: 2263: 2259: 2243: 2239: 2238: 2233: 2227: 2224: 2219: 2213: 2209: 2202: 2199: 2186: 2182: 2178: 2171: 2168: 2156: 2152: 2148: 2144: 2143: 2138: 2134: 2128: 2125: 2113: 2109: 2105: 2101: 2100: 2095: 2091: 2085: 2082: 2069: 2065: 2059: 2056: 2043: 2039: 2035: 2028: 2025: 2013: 2012: 2007: 2003: 1997: 1995: 1991: 1978: 1974: 1970: 1963: 1960: 1947: 1943: 1939: 1932: 1929: 1916: 1912: 1908: 1902: 1899: 1894: 1890: 1884: 1881: 1876: 1872: 1866: 1863: 1851: 1847: 1846: 1841: 1835: 1832: 1826: 1823: 1817: 1814: 1808: 1805: 1799: 1796: 1790: 1787: 1781: 1778: 1772: 1769: 1765: 1753: 1749: 1745: 1741: 1735: 1732: 1720: 1716: 1715: 1710: 1703: 1700: 1694: 1691: 1685: 1682: 1676: 1673: 1667: 1664: 1658: 1655: 1649: 1646: 1640: 1637: 1631: 1628: 1622: 1619: 1613: 1610: 1606: 1600: 1597: 1591: 1588: 1582: 1579: 1573: 1570: 1564: 1561: 1555: 1552: 1546: 1543: 1537: 1534: 1528: 1525: 1519: 1516: 1510: 1507: 1501: 1498: 1492: 1489: 1483: 1480: 1474: 1471: 1465: 1462: 1456: 1453: 1447: 1444: 1438: 1435: 1424: 1418: 1414: 1413: 1405: 1402: 1391: 1387: 1380: 1377: 1371: 1368: 1361: 1359: 1357: 1353: 1352: 1347: 1340:Sales history 1339: 1337: 1335: 1332:, writing in 1331: 1327: 1325: 1321: 1317: 1313: 1311: 1310:undergraduate 1307: 1303: 1298: 1294: 1293: 1288: 1284: 1282: 1278: 1275: 1271: 1267: 1262: 1260: 1259:doppelgangers 1256: 1252: 1248: 1244: 1243: 1238: 1234: 1232: 1231:John Wycliffe 1228: 1224: 1220: 1216: 1212: 1208: 1207: 1202: 1195: 1193: 1191: 1190: 1185: 1181: 1179: 1178: 1172: 1170: 1169: 1163: 1161: 1160: 1155: 1151: 1150:Bruce DeSilva 1147: 1145: 1144: 1139: 1132: 1127: 1125: 1118: 1116: 1114: 1110: 1106: 1102: 1098: 1094: 1090: 1086: 1078: 1076: 1072: 1070: 1069:Hannah Arendt 1066: 1062: 1061:Joseph Stalin 1054: 1052: 1050: 1046: 1042: 1038: 1030: 1025: 1021: 1019: 1015: 1011: 1008: 1004: 1000: 997: 993: 989: 986: 985: 984: 978: 975: 972: 966: 963: 961: 957: 953: 949: 945: 941: 937: 933: 929: 924: 916: 914: 912: 908: 904: 900: 896: 888: 886: 884: 883:Sabbatai Sevi 880: 872: 870: 868: 864: 860: 856: 852: 842: 840: 839:Mother Teresa 836: 828: 826: 824: 820: 816: 812: 808: 800: 798: 796: 792: 788: 783: 781: 777: 773: 768: 766: 762: 758: 754: 750: 746: 742: 738: 734: 730: 726: 725: 719: 717: 712: 708: 704: 700: 696: 692: 688: 684: 680: 676: 672: 667: 665: 664:H. L. Mencken 661: 657: 653: 648: 646: 642: 638: 634: 630: 626: 618: 616: 613: 609: 605: 601: 597: 593: 589: 581: 579: 577: 572: 569: 564: 556: 554: 551: 550:leap of faith 547: 543: 535: 533: 531: 527: 523: 519: 515: 511: 507: 503: 499: 494: 492: 488: 487:faith healers 484: 483:homosexuality 480: 476: 472: 468: 464: 460: 456: 452: 448: 447:polio vaccine 444: 436: 434: 431: 427: 423: 419: 415: 411: 407: 403: 399: 391: 389: 387: 383: 379: 375: 374: 369: 365: 361: 356: 351: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 323: 321: 320:Dennis Prager 316: 310: 308: 306: 302: 298: 294: 290: 282: 277: 275: 273: 272: 266: 264: 260: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 232: 227: 225: 221: 220: 215: 211: 210: 205: 201: 197: 193: 192: 187: 186: 176: 174: 172:LC Class 168: 164: 161: 160:Dewey Decimal 156: 153: 150: 148: 142: 139: 136: 134: 130: 126: 122: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 85: 82: 78: 74: 71: 68: 64: 60: 56: 53: 50: 46: 39: 34: 19: 3962: 3945: 3933:from Commons 3928: 3907: 3844:Reason Rally 3839:RationalWiki 3834:Out Campaign 3799: 3791: 3783: 3775: 3767: 3759: 3751: 3743: 3704:Institutions 3691: 3683: 3675: 3668: 3667: 3659: 3651: 3643: 3635: 3627: 3619: 3611: 3457: 3452:Hell's Angel 3450: 3427: 3420: 3414:Works edited 3402: 3395: 3388: 3382: 3381: 3374: 3367: 3360: 3353: 3346: 3339: 3332: 3325: 3318: 3311: 3304: 3297: 3290: 3270:Bibliography 3062: 3055: 3048: 3041: 3034: 3027: 3020: 3013: 3006: 2999: 2992: 2986: 2985: 2978: 2971: 2964: 2957: 2830:Christianity 2807:Zorostianism 2738:Anti-Judaism 2733:Antisemitism 2677:Christianity 2655:BahĂĄ'i Faith 2412:Christianity 2402:Bahåˈí Faith 2349: 2344: 2335: 2330: 2300: 2279:Twelve Books 2277:, New York: 2272: 2246:. Retrieved 2235: 2226: 2207: 2201: 2189:. Retrieved 2180: 2170: 2158:. Retrieved 2146: 2140: 2127: 2115:. Retrieved 2106:(2): 94–95. 2103: 2097: 2084: 2072:. Retrieved 2058: 2046:. Retrieved 2037: 2027: 2015:. Retrieved 2011:First Things 2009: 2004:(May 2010). 1981:. Retrieved 1972: 1962: 1950:. Retrieved 1941: 1931: 1919:. Retrieved 1910: 1901: 1893:the original 1883: 1875:the original 1865: 1854:. Retrieved 1843: 1834: 1825: 1816: 1807: 1798: 1789: 1780: 1771: 1763: 1756:, retrieved 1743: 1734: 1723:, retrieved 1712: 1702: 1693: 1684: 1675: 1666: 1657: 1648: 1639: 1630: 1621: 1612: 1599: 1590: 1581: 1572: 1563: 1554: 1545: 1536: 1527: 1518: 1509: 1500: 1491: 1482: 1473: 1464: 1455: 1446: 1437: 1426:. Retrieved 1411: 1404: 1393:. Retrieved 1389: 1379: 1370: 1355: 1349: 1343: 1330:Curtis White 1328: 1323: 1319: 1314: 1302:literalistic 1292:FARMS Review 1290: 1285: 1263: 1240: 1235: 1219:4th crusades 1206:First Things 1204: 1199: 1187: 1184:Jason Cowley 1182: 1175: 1173: 1166: 1164: 1157: 1148: 1141: 1136: 1122: 1109:Isaac Newton 1101:Thomas Paine 1082: 1073: 1058: 1049:masturbation 1045:circumcision 1034: 982: 970: 968: 964: 960:World War II 920: 903:freethinkers 892: 876: 863:Joseph Smith 848: 832: 804: 784: 769: 757:virgin birth 722: 720: 697:and that of 668: 649: 644: 636: 622: 612:commandments 588:anachronisms 585: 573: 568:superstition 560: 539: 502:circumcision 495: 440: 395: 371: 357: 353: 325: 317: 314: 286: 271:Allahu akbar 269: 267: 247:free inquiry 228: 218: 217: 208: 207: 198:in which he 190: 189: 184: 183: 182: 4033:New Atheism 3605:Major works 3541:Jerry Coyne 3512:New Atheism 3134:New Atheism 3107:Agnosticism 2912:By country 2879:Persecution 2792:Sunni Islam 2755:Neopaganism 2743:Persecution 2716:Persecution 2704:Persecution 2665:Catholicism 2602:Ellen White 2518:Scientology 2513:Neopaganism 2395:By religion 2191:15 February 1758:28 February 1725:February 5, 851:cargo cults 753:crucifixion 687:Roman world 675:triangulate 656:Isaiah 7:14 641:Crucifixion 633:Santa Claus 608:Deuteronomy 92:May 1, 2007 3993:Antitheism 3977:Categories 3947:Quotations 3900:Philosophy 3824:Ex-Muslims 3730:Opposition 3561:Sam Harris 3526:Dan Barker 3519:Key people 3112:Antitheism 2901:In Judaism 2797:Shia Islam 2694:Falun Gong 2503:Monotheism 2303:, Sydney: 2260:References 2248:2017-02-21 2210:. Twelve. 1856:2017-02-21 1748:FairMormon 1428:2023-08-25 1395:2023-08-25 1113:pantheists 780:Christians 737:Mel Gibson 729:soap-opera 691:King Herod 596:Pentateuch 530:Apocalypse 500:ritual of 451:conspiracy 422:Miss Piggy 293:apologetic 3738:Go God Go 3404:Mortality 3193:Sexuality 3122:Criticism 3101:Movements 2926:In Odisha 2857:Christian 2852:Terrorism 2835:Mormonism 2782:Rastafari 2750:Mormonism 2645:Ahmadiyya 2528:Yazdânism 2486:Wahhabism 2181:salon.com 2155:2156-8022 2112:2156-8022 2074:5 January 1983:April 28, 1281:Darwinism 1211:burlesque 1024:sexuality 1003:atonement 992:sacrifice 932:Sri Lanka 899:agnostics 879:Millerism 859:Mormonism 716:Quirinius 699:Quirinius 576:evolution 344:Bethlehem 305:mortality 255:sectarian 243:ignorance 235:tribalism 118:audiobook 114:paperback 110:hardcover 76:Publisher 3876:Religion 3740:" (2006) 3581:PZ Myers 3397:Arguably 3390:Hitch-22 3171:In Islam 3166:Apostasy 2938:Pakistan 2896:In Islam 2825:Buddhism 2699:Hinduism 2660:Buddhism 2617:Muhammad 2476:Islamism 2459:Hinduism 2417:Catholic 2407:Buddhism 2299:(2011), 2269:(2007), 2242:Archived 2185:Archived 2160:30 April 2135:(2007). 2117:30 April 2068:Archived 2048:March 6, 2042:Archived 2017:30 April 1977:Archived 1952:March 6, 1946:Archived 1921:March 6, 1915:Archived 1850:Archived 1752:archived 1719:archived 1247:dogmatic 1093:Voltaire 1085:Socrates 895:atheists 835:miracles 815:Muhammad 776:metaphor 759:and the 741:Catholic 711:Josephus 707:Augustan 683:Augustus 514:foreskin 491:medicine 445:saw the 410:Biblical 340:Belgrade 301:atheists 251:coercive 224:subtitle 152:70630426 58:Language 3862:Portals 3812:Related 3693:Godless 3576:TJ Kirk 3198:Slavery 3129:Cārvāka 3117:Atheism 2933:Nigeria 2867:Islamic 2842:Judaism 2787:Sikhism 2728:Judaism 2650:Atheism 2523:Sikhism 2498:Judaism 2493:Jainism 1289:of the 1272:quotes 1268:of the 1186:in the 923:nirvana 749:Gospels 733:fascist 546:Laplace 510:prepuce 471:condoms 443:Muslims 414:dietary 402:Judaism 382:Taliban 366:by the 348:Baghdad 328:Belfast 278:Summary 239:bigotry 116:), and 108:Print ( 66:Subject 61:English 3804:(2015) 3796:(2010) 3788:(2009) 3780:(2009) 3772:(2009) 3764:(2008) 3756:(2007) 3748:(2007) 3696:(2008) 3688:(2007) 3680:(2007) 3672:(2007) 3664:(2006) 3656:(2006) 3648:(2006) 3640:(2006) 3632:(2005) 3624:(2005) 3616:(2004) 3213:Jewish 3208:Muslim 2872:Jewish 2802:Sufism 2576:Talmud 2559:Hadith 2311:  2285:  2214:  2153:  2110:  1419:  1346:Amazon 1320:always 1304:, and 1107:, and 996:Aztecs 944:ashram 909:, and 857:, and 819:hadith 727:as "a 522:saliva 498:Jewish 467:Africa 426:Piglet 336:Bombay 332:Beirut 237:, and 231:racism 214:Twelve 165:200 22 48:Author 3930:Media 3888:Books 3439:Other 3161:Abuse 2950:Books 2916:India 2862:Hindu 2847:Islam 2770:Copts 2711:Islam 2689:Druze 2612:Moses 2607:Jesus 2592:Aisha 2554:Quran 2549:Bible 2471:Islam 2351:Slate 2337:FARMS 2149:(2). 1714:Slate 1362:Notes 1334:Salon 1324:right 1251:Satan 1140:, in 928:Tibet 901:, or 811:Quran 807:Islam 695:Judea 679:Jesus 600:Moses 518:blood 506:penis 455:polio 449:as a 428:from 406:Islam 360:fatwa 289:Bible 124:Pages 3964:Data 2627:Saul 2309:ISBN 2283:ISBN 2212:ISBN 2193:2016 2162:2021 2151:ISSN 2119:2021 2108:ISSN 2076:2014 2050:2017 2019:2021 1985:2019 1954:2017 1923:2017 1760:2014 1727:2014 1417:ISBN 1229:and 1217:and 948:Pune 938:and 930:and 881:and 671:Luke 590:and 520:and 477:and 346:and 146:OCLC 133:ISBN 112:and 2891:War 1326:." 1261:." 1239:of 1215:1st 1174:In 1156:'s 1043:or 1016:or 971:not 952:BBC 946:in 693:in 660:New 645:was 479:HPV 475:HIV 465:in 463:HIV 412:or 388:". 216:as 206:as 127:307 3979:: 2348:- 2334:- 2307:, 2281:, 2240:. 2234:. 2183:. 2179:. 2147:19 2145:. 2139:. 2104:21 2102:. 2096:. 2040:. 2036:. 2008:. 1993:^ 1975:. 1971:. 1944:. 1940:. 1909:. 1842:. 1762:, 1750:, 1746:, 1742:, 1717:, 1711:, 1388:. 1103:, 1099:, 1095:, 1091:, 1087:, 962:. 897:, 885:. 532:. 424:, 420:, 342:, 338:, 334:, 330:, 233:, 226:. 3916:: 3864:: 3736:" 3504:e 3497:t 3490:v 3251:e 3244:t 3237:v 2380:e 2373:t 2366:v 2318:. 2292:. 2251:. 2220:. 2195:. 2164:. 2121:. 2078:. 2052:. 2021:. 1987:. 1956:. 1925:. 1859:. 1431:. 1398:. 1026:) 1009:) 1005:( 998:) 20:)

Index

God is not Great

Christopher Hitchens
Criticism of religion
Hachette Book Group USA
hardcover
paperback
audiobook
ISBN
978-0-446-57980-3
OCLC
70630426
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
Christopher Hitchens
makes a case against organized religion
Atlantic Books
Twelve
subtitle
racism
tribalism
bigotry
ignorance
free inquiry
coercive
sectarian
Abrahamic religions
Eastern religions
Allahu akbar
Bible

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.

↑