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And here is the point, about myself and my cothinkers. How religion poisons everything kindle edition by hitchens, christopher. Christopher hitchens audio books, best sellers, author bio. Christopher hitchens apchad rachman god is not great. In the tradition of bertrand russells why i am not a christian and sam harriss recent bestseller, the end of faith, christopher hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right. God is not great christopher hitchens audio book p1. How religion poisons everything ebook written by christopher hitchens. Mother teresa in theory and practice, in which he criticizes the beloved nobel peace prize winner and no one left to lie to. God is not great christopher hitchens audio book p1 youtube.
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Sign up for audiobooks to receive the latest from the audiobooks world. In god is not great, christopher hitchens takes on his biggest subject yet. May 01, 2007 the authors have created a sort of antibook of virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. In god is not great, hitchens not only demonstrates that religion is manmadeand made badlyhe laughs the whole monstrosity to rubble. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, christopher hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is manmade, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos.
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