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    <body><![CDATA[Great book overall with excellent, solid points to support not only atheism but the idea of religion (in particular, the three main monotheistic religions) as being oppressive on numerous levels. The book includes historical and textual evidence to support the claims and hypotheses made and is not a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55924353">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It seems the Atheist community is more afraid of Christians than I thought. I read the book in hopes of gaining some insight as to how an Atheist mind derives things like morals, purpose, and direction. What I ended up with was a heap of strawman arguments against Christianity in a vain attempt to m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21623322">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just starting this book but I was amazed to see that my public library system stocks five times more books arguing against atheism for every one book for atheism.<br/><br/>I agree with one of the first reviewers who said this about the book:  &quot;I felt that the author's tone is similar to those...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32423906">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is very similar to God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens in that a good deal of the material covered overlaps, but it is from the perspective of a French Philosopher which made it a little more interesting for me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[each of the monotheistic faiths--islam, christianity, judaism--is not only indefensible, but pernicious, unless you judiciously select from the texts.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned a lot about atheism from the French perspective. There is some great philosophical references that I was not aware of. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reality - beautiful elegant and succinct ]]></body>
    
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