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Nov 19, 2008 christopher hitchens, a contributing editor to vanity fair, slate, and the atlantic, authored numerous books, including works on thomas jefferson, thomas paine, and george orwell. It attempts to explain the dangerous implications of religious thought and the reasons why faith still exists today. The argument started with the release of hitchens book, god is not great. The first edition of the novel was published in 2001, and was written by christopher hitchens. Christopher hitchens, one of the most controversial and compelling voices in angloamerican journalism, has twice visited the hauenstein center once to give a talk on thomas jefferson, and once to debate his brother, peter hitchens, on subjects ranging from religion to the iraq war. How religion poisons everything, christopher hitchens. Free download or read online letters to a young contrarian pdf epub book. It attempts to explain the dangerous implications of religious thought and. God is not great is undoubtedly the most boisterously entertaining contribution to the atheism debate. From the opening page he showed his approach with the example of the otherwise apparently admirable christian lady mrs jean watts, who played a pleasant part in hitchens childhood until she overstepped the mark and suggested that god made vegetation green so it would be easier on the human eye. In god is not great christopher hitchens undertook an unrelenting attack on religion. How religion poisons everything, and edited the portable atheist. How religion poisons everything audiobook written by christopher hitchens. The depth which hitchens tackles religion and its ramifications is matched by a compelling narrative style that has become the authors signature.
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He was the author of numerous books, including works on thomas jefferson, thomas paine, george orwell, mother theresa, henry kissinger and bill and hillary clinton, as well as the international bestseller and national book award nominee, god is not. Hitchens was known as a polemicist and contrarian and his. It was great 10 years ago, and its still great today. God is not great christopher hitchens audio book p2 duration. Hitchens was also a political observer, whose bestselling books the most famous being god is not great made him a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. How religion poisons everything paperback april 6, 2009.
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