God is not great :
by Hitchens, Christopher
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Twelve (New York ) Physical details: 307 p. 24 cm. ISBN:9780446579803; 0446579807. Year: 2007| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 200 - 299 | Book Cart | 200 Hit (Browse shelf) | Available | 89963 |
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.
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