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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 211.8
EAN: 9780306816086
ISBN: 0306816083
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: November 05, 2007
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Sales Rank: 1771
Studio: Da Capo Press
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From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages--with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influential voices--past and present--that have shaped his side of the current (and raging) God/no-god debate. With Hitchens as your erudite and witty guide, you'll be led through a wealth of philosophy, literature, and scientific inquiry, including generous portions of the words of Lucretius, Benedict de Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Mark Twain, George Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Emma Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and many others well-known and lesser known. And they're all set in context and commented upon as only Christopher Hitchens--"political and literary journalist extraordinaire" (Los Angeles Times)--can.
Atheist? Believer? Uncertain? No matter: The Portable Atheist will speak to you and engage you every step of the way.
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Your thirst for answers can only truly be quenched within the Bible. God's inspired, infalliable, and inerrant Word holds answers to scientific questions throughout. Besides creation, the Bible explains truths from the sciences of genetics, isotasy, agriculture, astronomy, paleontology anatomy, medicine, and many more! All of them thousands of years before man discovered them on their own.
The Bible tells us that we were created to give praise to our Heavenly Father. Once you realize ... Read More
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So much of this book is moving, personal and witty. It includes a brilliant article by Michael Shermer www.michaelshermer.com about how God made it look like evolution happened in such a convincing way to test our faith. Daniel Dennett wrote about how an accident left him close to death (obviously, he recovered, thanks to a caring medical staff) and what this says about human goodness. Old and unexpected writers, such as Mark Twain and Omar Khayyam, are fascinating reading. These present facets of ... Read More
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Christopher Hitchens is a formidable writer who has dared to enmesh himself in the business of religion and politics, and has plenty of polemic writings suited for criticisms or apologetics (depending on one's worldview,) but his choices for this anthology are priceless. Living in the heartland of the Bible Belt, I find it difficult to sport mixed company in my home and have this title on my bookshelf, but I will nonetheless do precisely that because far from betraying some "fundamentalism" of non ... Read More
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Just like the Bible can also be appreciated by non-believers, due to its impact on world history, it is not required to be an atheist to appreciate this anti-religious anthology.
First of all, what I liked about it was that it was actually of a less polemical nature than Hitchens' own writings. Sure, there are polemics in it, but there are also several more personal - vulnerable, if you will - accounts of struggles with belief and unbelief, such as the excerpt from Darwin's autobiography, ... Read More
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the "Essential" guide as it's handle goes, isn't nearly strong enough language to describe what a great mini-anthology Mr. Hitchens has created.
No longer are we in an age where fairness in regards to the god question is required. Zealots and religious ignorance continuously attempt to control civilization- no longer can we allow this! Hitchens, best of luck and thanx for the great read!
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