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Christopher hitchens was a world renowned and oftcontroversial philosopher, journalist, novelist and debater that spent the majority of his life involved in debates with those whose views he disagreed with, providing lectures and appearing on talk shows regularly throughout his professional career. In fact, it sometimes seems as if existence is just one of the bones hitchens wants to pick with god and not even the most important. At its center lies a broader attack against those who. 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. I purchased god is not great from the local bookstore to the visible dismay of the cashier, kept it in its paper bag on the car ride home, and then hid it under my bed until, on a day when my parents were out. Christopher hitchens has been hailed as one of the most brilliant journalists of our time ukobserver. Christopher hitchens was a contributing editor to vanity fair, slate, and the atlantic, and the author of numerous books, including works on thomas jefferson, thomas paine, and george orwell. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Kevin myers irish independent christopher hitchens is a master craftsman of argument.
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