I didn't self-identify as an atheist until I read 'God is not Great' and I didn't even know who Christopher Hitchens was when I first read it. I just stumbled upon the book while browsing a book store and thought it would be a good read. While I liked what the book had to say, it was really Hitchens' ability to articulate that really impressed me. The world lost an articulate, outspoken atheist, a great debater, but most of a all, a great writer.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
