In God, Distrust

'God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything'

How could Christ have died for our sins, when supposedly he also did not die at all? Did the Jews not know that murder and adultery were wrong before they received the Ten Commandments, and if they did know, why was this such a wonderful gift? On a more somber note, how can the "argument from design" (that only some kind of "intelligence" could have designed anything as perfect as a human being) be reconciled with the religious practice of female genital ... Full Story »

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Jami Dwyer
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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

This review has Hitchens' number -- contrarian screeds. Mention of Kinsley and Hitchens' prior relationship through Slate might make this seem less like a plea to read his friend's book. It never occurred to me while he was so busily and loudly getting it SO wrong on Iraq (this is sadly not mentioned), but this review suggests that if you agree with Hitchens, as I do regarding religious fanatics, it must be very pleasant indeed to read a bombastic contrarian screed.

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