god is not Great by Christopher HitchensChapter Four - A Note on Health, to Which Religion Can Be Hazardous
Returning to the discussion of Hitchens’s book, we pick up at Chapter Four, skipping the third, as it was only a couple pages designed to discuss the common religious prohibitions on pork.
Chapter four’s title implies that its [...]
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god is not Great by Christopher HitchensChapter Two - Religion Kills
The second chapter of Hitchens’ book opens with his suggestion that the reader imagine that there really is a perfectly benevolent God, one who loves and cares for you while promising eternal reward if you will love Him. Hitchens then asks, “Why does such [...]
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I have begun to read Christopher Hitchens’ book, god is not Great, after allowing it to rest comfortably on my bookshelf for nearly a year. As I went through the first chapter, I was surprised at how many sentences I underlined. Normally, as I read any given book, only a few lines seem [...]
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