02218cam a2200349 a 4500 14449933 OSt 20160308020005.0 060713s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng 2006023039 9780446579803 0446579807 (OCoLC)ocm70630426 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP VPL NSB JED C#P DLC BL2775.3 .H58 2007 200 22 Hitchens, Christopher. 21800 God is not great : how religion poisons everything / Christopher Hitchens. 1st ed. New York : Twelve, 2007. 307 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index. Putting it mildly -- Religion kills -- A short digression on the pig, or, Why Heaven hates ham -- A note on health, to which religion can be hazardous -- The metaphysical claims of religion are false -- Arguments from design -- Revelation : the nightmare of the Old Testament -- The New Testament exceeds the evil of the Old one -- The Koran is borrowed from both Jewish and Christian myths -- The tawdriness of the miraculous and the decline of Hell -- "The lowly stamp of their origin" : religion's corrupt beginnings -- A coda : how religions end -- Does religion make people behave better? -- There is no "Eastern" solution -- Religion as an original sin -- Is religion child abuse? -- An objection anticipated : the last-ditch "case" against secularism -- A finer tradition : the resistance of the rational -- In conclusion : the need for a new Enlightenment. "A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher. Religion Controversial literature. 21801 Rationalism. 21802 Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006023039-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2006023039-b.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 4 57595 57569 0 0 lcc 0 0 GEN CPL CPL GEN 2013-07-15 Donation 15.00 7 1 BL 2775.3 .H58 2007 R27515Y3232 2019-09-26 00:00:00 2018-07-16 1 2013-07-15 BK