God Is Not Great

Christopher Hitchens was one of the best that there was but his arguments and positions are still worth a read

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If exploring Atheism as an Ideology Best way to start it

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Christopher Hitchens is one those people who had experienced the world more than most of the human beings. He had been to the lands where many of us restrict ourselves from going. He had learned a lot of history, religion and psychology. Only very less humans in history had fed their curiousity as much as Hitchens. Hitchens had used his experience and knowledge as bricks to build a beautiful monument called "God is not great", which I believe, would definitely be read and admired by many in epochs that's to follow. This book deserves the tag "Mind blowing".

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If God is great, then why did he put hatred and misery among his people? why does he feel jealous if someone doesn't bow to him? truly even if god exists, he is not great at all !

Having finished reading this book the first thing I would point out to a potential reader is that the subtitle provides a better description than the main title. Hitchens goes to great length to point out the many and varied crimes of institutionalized religion. This is something that not even the most devout Catholic would deny. The crusades, the inquisitions, burning people alive and other horrible and immoral acts fill the history of religion like a syringe filled with poison. Hitchens' main point, and also something that I thing most people of any religion would agree with, is that these acts shouldn't be forgotten or forgiven simply because they were done in the name of any particular religion. Immoral acts are immoral no matter who does them. Indeed in the varied reviews that people have given of this book, critical reviews nearly always forget to even mention these crimes and immoral acts. They might get caught up with something as pedantic as the wording of a scriptural quote. To me this seems like a rather pathetic argument. It's much like a murderer in court saying "Look, forget about him saying I killed all those people - he said I wore brown shoes when I was clearly wearing black!". It picks at minute details to distract from the larger ones. That's not to say that reasonable religious readers will agree with this book wholeheartedly. Hitchens makes no attempts to hide the fact that he does not believe in God, and feels there is absolutely no compelling reason to do so. He even goes on to point out that if you were to practice your religion and beliefs in the comfort of your own home, he wouldn't have the slightest problem with it. He does, however, object to the god described in the old testament as an immoral monster. Overall there is a lot to take from this book, regardless of your personal views on the matter. Its focus is perhaps less controversial than The God Delusion in that the crimes detailed are a matter of historical record and considered horrific mistakes even by the most conservative of church-goers. If I had to make only one complaint about this book it would be that I didn't always feel that the examples given fell exactly in the subject of the particular chapter where they were placed. The examples were compelling and important to know about, but sometimes I feel they would have been better used at different points in the book to support some other argument. I would recommend this book to anybody regardless of their beliefs if only so that they can be aware of the wrong that can be done in the name of religion and do their best to avoid it ever happening again.

Um grande estudo mostrando porque religião não tem nada de divino ou sobrenatural, tendo sido contruida por seres humanos. E que causou e continua causando um mal imenso!

Not an easy read. Almost every chapter needs re reading to understand fully the depth of the authors knowledge and understanding of the subject. Loving every page, a truly amazing book.

Although Hitchens harshly critiques not just Christianity and its logical fallacies but all religions; which is exactly what this book is, an intelligent conglomerate of arguments written and conveyed in a highly; precise, organized, emotionless and pitiless way; the way Hitchens always criticized religion and its speakers. This book, in my opinion, demonstrates his ability to also write and organize most of his ideas and opinions into a singular piece of work, which includes all elements from his myriad speeches and letters; in other words this book is Hithcen's way of presenting all of his arguments outside of a specific time framework, where he is not bound by debate constraints and any other impediments. This book will ensure that his legacy as one of the most prominent atheists with Richard Dawkins will last for a long time and its arguments used by a plethora of atheists against their religious counterparts.

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