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The book argues that religious beliefs and institutions can be harmful, offers case-based critiques of major faith texts, and challenges claims of morality, design, revelation, and divine authority. It also addresses secularism, secular resistance, and the possibility of a renewed Enlightenment, supported by references, acknowledgments, and an index.","GOD is NOT GREAT  \nalso by C h r istophe r Hit c he n s  \nBOOKS  \nHostage to History: Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger Blood, Class and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles Why Orwell Matters No One Left to Lie To:  \nThe Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton Letters to a Young Contrarian The Trial of Henry Kissinger Thomas Jefferson: Author of America Thomas Paine’s “Rights of Man”: A Biography  \nPAMPHLETS  \nKarl Marx and the Paris Commune The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain’s Favorite Fetish The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq  \nCOLLECTED ESSAYS  \nPrepared for the Worst: Essays and Minority Reports For the Sake of Argument Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays  \nCOLLABORATIONS  \nJames Callaghan: The Road to Number Ten (with Peter Kellner)  \nBlaming the Victims (edited with Edward Said) When the Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds (photographs by Ed Kashi) International Territory: The United Nations  \n(photographs by Adam Bartos)  \nGOD is NOT GREAT  \nHow Religion Poisons Everything  \nChristopher Hitchens  \nFirst published in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin in 2007  \nThis edition published by arrangement with Warner Books, Inc., New York, New York, USA. All rights reserved.  \nCopyright © Christopher Hitchens 2007  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10 per cent of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act.  \nAllen & Unwin  \n83 Alexander Street Crows Nest NSW 2065  \nAustralia  \nPhone: (61 2) 8425 0100  \nFax: (61 2) 9906 2218  \nEmail: [info@allenandunwin.com](info@allenandunwin.com)  \nWeb: [www.allenandunwin.com](www.allenandunwin.com)  \nNational Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:  \nHitchens, Christopher.  \nGod is not great : how religion poisons everything.  \nIncludes index.  \nISBN 978 1 74175 222 9.  \n1. Irreligion and sociology. 2. Religion and civilization.  \n3. Religion and culture. I. Title.  \n201.5  \nPrinted and bound in Australia by Griffin Press 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nFor Ian McEwan In serene recollection of La Refulgencia  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nCo n t e n ts  \nOne Putting It Mildly 1  \nTwo Religion Kills 15  \nThree A Short Digression on the Pig;  \nor, Why Heaven Hates Ham 37  \nFour A Note on Health,  \nto Which Religion Can Be Hazardous 43  \nFive The Metaphysical Claims of Religion Are False 63  \nSix Arguments from Design 73  \nSeven Revelation:  \nThe Nightmare of the “Old” Testament 97  \nEight The “New” Testament Exceeds the Evil of the “Old” One 109  \nNine The Koran Is Borrowed from Both Jewish and Christian Myths 123  \nTen The Tawdriness of the Miraculous  \nand the Decline of Hell 139  \nEleven “The Lowly Stamp of Their Origin”:  \nReligion’s Corrupt Beginnings 155  \nTwelve A Coda: How Religions End 169  \nThirteen Does Religion Make People Behave Better? 173  \nFourteen There Is No “Eastern” Solution 195  \nFifteen Religion as an Original Sin 205  \nSixteen Is Religion Child Abuse? 217  \nSeventeen An Objection Anticipated:  \nThe Last-Ditch “Case” Against Secularism 229  \nEighteen A Finer Tradition:  \nThe Resistance of the Rational 253  \nNineteen In Conclusion:  \nThe Need for a New Enlightenment 277  \nAcknowledgments 285  \nReferences 287  \nIndex 295  \nGOD is NOT GREAT","cbCaieI59RVflTuI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieI59RVflTuI","pdf",1764824,4,1,318,"English","en",105,"# One Putting It Mildly\n# Two Religion Kills\n# Three A Short Digression on the Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham\n# Four A Note on Health, to Which Religion Can Be Hazardous\n# Five The Metaphysical Claims of Religion Are False\n# Six Arguments from Design\n# Seven Revelation: The Nightmare of the “Old” Testament\n# Eight The “New” Testament Exceeds the Evil of the “Old” One\n# Nine The Koran Is Borrowed from Both Jewish and Christian Myths\n# Ten The Tawdriness of the Miraculous and the Decline of Hell\n# Eleven “The Lowly Stamp of 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