Archive for August, 2008
Hitchens – God is not Great XII
Listen to the MP3 Continuing my extended review of Christopher Hitchens’, “God Is Not Great,” after the first two examples in chapter four, which, as I have show fail to make Hitchens’ claim that religion is hazardous to health, Hitchens proceeds on a tour of the strange and obscure; the practice of some Islamic […]
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Listen to the MP3 Last time in my extended review of Christopher Hitchens, “God Is Not Great” I discussed the opening example in Hitchens’ Chapter on how religion can be hazardous to health. Even if it did not have the problems that I pointed out last time, Hitchens admits that this is an isolated […]
Read More..>>Hitchens – God is not Great X
Listen to the MP3 Continuing my extended review of Christopher Hitchens, “God Is Not Great” brings be to Chapter Four, which is called, “A Note on Health, to which Religion Can be Hazardous.” In one sense is completely true. That some religious beliefs can be has hazardous to your health, is a statement few […]
Read More..>>Hitchens – God Is Not Great IX
Listen to the MP3 This week I continue my extended review of Christopher Hitchens, “God Is Not Great.” In Chapter Three, Hitchens addresses the question of why Jews and Muslims will not eat pork. This question does not directly concern Christianity, but the overall discussion deserves some comment. In this short chapter Hitchens quickly […]
Read More..>>Hitchens – God Is Not Great VIII
Listen to the MP3 This week I continue my extended review of Christopher Hitchens, “God Is Not Great.” Following his comments on happiness and Mother Teresa that I discussed last week, the bulk of the second chapter consists of a response to an argument made by Dennis Prager. As presented by Hitchens, “I was to […]
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