false 1157799 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181482863m/1157799.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181482863s/1157799.jpg 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.]]> 43369 21 3442838 book 1 5 2007 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything total:4710|5:1198|4:1789|3:1219|2:385|1:119| 4710 17692 8415 1088 3956 3.80 8370 1598 4087048 94602 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.75 4545 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.]]> 2007 3 21 false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 04 18:15:44 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:45:55 -0800 2009
1) If you are a believer, this book isn't likely to c...more...]]> 5336617 112150 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 5 13 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 02:06:44 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:47:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7294924 472694 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 5 10 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 02:01:32 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 17 06:54:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 7850791 372363 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 3 14 false Tue Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 17 14:01:36 -0700 2007 Wed May 28 15:00:32 -0700 2008
Simply stated, Hitchens puts into words all the reasons I shy away from organized religion. The prejudices, sexism, the overall foolishness...

At the same time, he seems oblivious to the fact that there are religiou...more...]]> 27830774 162116 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 3 12 false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 01:59:40 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 12:40:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3977783 240328 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 3 9 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 11:56:56 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:26:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5199584 211534 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 3 7 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 19:26:17 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 18:58:33 -0700 2007
The chapter on Eastern r...more...]]> 2923001 91110 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 1 7 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 18:24:16 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:12:35 -0800 2009 God is not Great is written by a fundamentalist atheist. Christopher Hitchens...more...]]> 13296609 188406 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 5 7 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 12:22:42 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 12:45:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4281354 263388 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 3 6 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 08 16:32:19 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 09:05:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3890768 242699 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 5 6 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 01:47:51 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:09:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 16972244 945136 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 4 6 false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 04 07:21:06 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 25 15:00:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5273651 182193 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 4 5 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 23:25:38 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:35:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12288431 743812 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 2 5 false Fri Jan 11 17:28:40 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 00:45:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 9177991 275649 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 1 4 false Thu Nov 15 20:17:01 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 03 14:53:14 -0700 2008
Hitchens laments that the faithful (of whatever persuasion) "have believed what the priests and rabbis and imams tell them about what the unbelievers think" (10), and (it follows) he rages that priests, rabbis and imams would presume to know or ...more...]]> 8963932 308912 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 3 4 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 11 11:41:04 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 12:14:05 -0800 2007 Breaking the Spell and Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion, and the treatment lacks their qualifications as scientists and philosophers, although Hitchens is also smart and witty. He has collected a trove of anecdotes and str...more...]]> 3349278 58564 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 2 4 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 09:56:38 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:27:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1833060 90096 1000754 1843545861 9781843545866 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180118734m/1000754.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180118734s/1000754.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1000754.God_Is_Not_Great_The_Case_Against_Religion 3.71 24
]]> 2007 3 4 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 19:09:11 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 19:27:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5609755 103056 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 4 3 false Mon Sep 03 19:18:01 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:40:06 -0800 2009
His two main targets are Islam an...more...]]> 2182603 142956 43369 0446579807 9780446579803 1043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534m/43369.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_Is_Not_Great_How_Religion_Poisons_Everything 3.76 4710 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.]]> 2007 2 3 false Tue Aug 21 12:04:01 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 15:59:09 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 20:10:29 -0700 2007 The End of Faith, and I liked that, so I picked this one up after the NYT gave it a good review.

What's good: It...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1157799