Christopher Hitchens - God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Pros: hilarious, poignant, almost poetic in its choice of words and arguments

Cons: not for everybody

The Bottom Line: This is a highly readable book expressing a very passionate, literate, argument in favor of atheism.

Review: This is an awesome book. In a season when atheist manifestos are suddenly of interest, Christopher Hitchens has written a book that nukes the competition, not so much because he invents such great and novel arguments for atheism but because he writes ...

Pros: An Eloquent description of the negatives that religion at times has brought on humanity.

Cons: He comes across at times as overly angry & there are some factual errors.

The Bottom Line: This book shows the negative impact religious zealotry has often had on history. However, the author does not defend the secular persecutions of the religious folks either.

Review: First, I'm an agnostic who is too humble to dogmatically agree with the secualr atheists completely. However, this terse book does truly slap the religiously dogmatic and fanatical in the face with a cold fish of undeniable historical facts! Mr. ...

Pros: An excellent and challenging read: both in concepts and language.

Cons: A bit brash at times for zealot believers.

The Bottom Line: A great challenge to the 21st century - a great baptismal gift for the open minded and skeptics in your life.

Review: Hitchens lays a solid foundation to bolster the stunning title of this tome, that will make find its place along Voltaire and Camus as a must read for every serious skeptic and thinker. I received this book as a "Christmas" gift - I'll let that irony ...

Pros: A lot of interesting information, eloquent and insightful writing, amusing at times

Cons: Can be quite angry and acerbic. A few factual errors.

The Bottom Line: If you find anything in The God Delusion at all offensive, do not read this book!

Review: …it is what all know and will admit as readily to be the fact--that in the temples adulteries are arranged, that at the altars pimping is practised, that often in the houses of the temple-keepers and priests, under the sacrificial fillets, and ...

Pros: Lots of cool info for history buffs.

Cons: Gets a bit long-winded at times.

Review: GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING by CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS is a fascinating read. If you believe in God, he's not out to turn you into an atheist, but he gives a pretty compelling argument that organized religion is one of the most ...

Pros: controversial subject matter, some entertainment

Cons: writer arrogance/self-importance, repeated argument clips rather than a developing argument

The Bottom Line: This isn't the book that will teach you how to become an atheist. It will just make you chuckle a bit.

Review: Christopher Hitchen's "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" is an unapologetically, acerbic stab at the celebration and reverence of modern-day Christianity. His book recently celebrated its best-seller status. "God is Not Great" is ...