No One Left to Lie to - Christopher Hitchens

God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens

God Is Not Great is a timely and elegant broadside against religious faith from perhaps Britain s leading intellectual figure. With clarity, vigour, and characteristic wit, Christopher Hitchens deconstructs the numerous reasons for belief in God, pointing out their myriad logical flaws and factual missteps as he goes. Quite surprisingly, considering the subject matter, Hitchens is able to both present familiar arguments in new and interesting ways and also to bring new arguments to the table. In one particularly noteworthy passage he recounts an occasion where he was asked by a noted American radio personality the question (paraphrased) "If you were walking ...

The Missionary Position - Christopher Hitchens

This book is great. I was traveling in Kathmandu, Nepal, went into a bookstore and this title grabbed me. I wondered why I never heard of the book in the US. Upon looking further I discovered the idea of the book was an essay attacking Catholicism. When Jose Saramago won the Nobel Prize for literature the Vatican issued a statement against the award, and anything that can rile up the Catholic hierarchy certainly demands our attention. Hitchens book elaborates on the problem with religion: that it discounts all those who do not practice the given religion. The Abrahamaic religions do not teach us how to live with honor. Mother Theresa saves mythical souls, and gives purpose to suffering, ...