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God Is Not Great
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Worth picking up?
Persuade me. "Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes Religion."
-Steven Weinberg 
Interesting.
I like the book, but there is nothing in there that would make me become an atheist if I were a theist. But a good read none the less.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you 
It's more of a criticism of organised religion (i.e. anti-theism, anti-religion) than a pro-atheist book. It's very well written though.
Hmm, okay. How's Hitchen's' writing in terms of difficulty? I understand most college-level writing... I'm just making sure I'm not going to be spending 15 bucks on a book that I can't fully understand.
His position is very simple.
God is bullshit but "religion" is real and it is very dangerous in the hands of the ignorant twits who swear by it. I doubt you'll have any trouble following his writing. But here is the preview from Google.books so you can see for yourself. http://books.google.com/books?id=8kgjU4w...q=&f=false 
Hitchens is a great author, he puts his point across very well with little bias.
I haven't read it in a while but I remember some points that are slightly biased. It is a great read nonetheless 
"God is dead" - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Faith is what you have in things that DON'T exist. - Homer J. Simpson 
Good book, very funny in places.
Hitchins vitriol at religions is well thought out and eloquent. You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.  RE: God Is Not Great
March 6, 2010 at 6:25 am
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2010 at 6:26 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(February 26, 2010 at 11:45 pm)Arivaderchi Wrote: Hmm, okay. How's Hitchen's' writing in terms of difficulty? I understand most college-level writing... I'm just making sure I'm not going to be spending 15 bucks on a book that I can't fully understand. I doubt that will be a problem. The guy is a journalist. The literacy is about senior high school level at best. Yes,I've read it.It's a polemic, not a philosophical treatise. I didn't notice any new or profound thinking,and don't agree with much of his anti religion position. I find much of Hitchens rather shallow,simplistic and emotional. Dawkins is better, as long as he sticks to his discipline. Do I recommend reading Hitchens? I guess, as long as you don't spend any money. I'd recommend Bertrand Russell 'Why I Am Not a Christian' as a good place to start instead. |
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