Recommended by Sam Harris, and 1 others. See all reviews
Ranked #2 in Atheism, Ranked #4 in Religion — see more rankings.
In the tradition of 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... more
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... more
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Sam Harris You can get the benefit of both his voice and his writing if you listen to [this audiobook]. (Source)
Rankings by Category
God Is Not Great is ranked in the following categories:
- #70 in Apologetics
- #39 in Controversial
- #49 in Critical Thinking
- #92 in Documentaries
- #15 in God
- #87 in Philosophy
- #18 in Reasoning
- #61 in Social
- #58 in Thought