god is not Great; How Religion Poisons Everything

[@artieoreo]

Christopher Hitchens is incredibly brilliant. And correct.

[@P1959H]

Sycophancy is not dead

[@yukihirasouma4691]

What do you mean? Destroying the west?

[@KieranKelly-o8x]

An excellent book, my vocabulary is not that extensive but I learnt many new wonderful words from this book. Some religious claims are astonishingly ignorant baseless and ridiculous, I think all the thousands of gods are man invented and most religions contain the same myths but I'm a live and let live person so whatever makes you feel a better person crack on but I do wish believers would stop mis using over using the word truth and trying to get as much money as possible

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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[@electricmanist]

It is when you challenge anything/everything spiritual, then it becomes abundantly clear your awareness is limited. Perhaps that applies to everyone of us one time or another. However, while some grow past this stage, other remain steadfastly stuck fast to negativity and purposeless !

[@gknight4719]

At one minute and twenty seconds, he actually said god holds every thing together, either he is referring to the attraction of protons and electrons, or god designed things that he had to hold together with his mind? WTF.

[@notbarba]

some of these comments are really rude! as an atheist i believe in kindness and a beautifully mysterious universe! love your thoughts ❤

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

Thank you for your comment. Note: I am not an atheist. I review books. This book was written by an intelligent thinker who brought the truth to light.

[@RichFinn-ue2yw]

It's no secret that people become atheist BECAUSE they have morals. You read about the evil shit religious people have done in the name of God....and it ain't hard to realize they are full of shit.

[@electricmanist]

However, if everything is without purpose (as you would suggest) where is the value of what you think or believe.? How can an atheist believe that kindness and beauty has any meaning or purpose in a sea of total purposelessness .? Sounds to me "like trying to put a foot in both camps" !!

[@notbarba]

@@electricmanist is your life purpose to satisfy your god? because mine is to be kind to others, loving and being loved, and do what makes me happiest. i don't need a god to be a good person with a life purpose

[@Descyphal]

Christfer Hitchison is a good Arthur. Bigsterer than almost everything.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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[@chookskapow]

I read it. I watched many of the debates that he participated in while publicising the book. I wanted to support his argument. I found it packed with largely irrevelent ad hominem attacks. Basically, a book of personal vendetta which amounted to a publication with a short shelf life. Overall, a disappointing effort from whom I expected more.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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[@electricmanist]

I would agree with your comments regarding book sales ! Somehow though, whether for argumentative purposes or a distorted logic , Mr Hitchens does his best to maintain a steady income (and notoriety) based merely upon his suppositions.

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[@Sue-xv8os]

This book is available at your library.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

No idea. I bought it on Kindle. The link to purchase is in the description below.

[@rabokarabekian409]

Religion has indeed been used perniciously. However, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao used appeals to pride for the destruction they caused. Consider the thought that if there were no religion, some other sort of fantasies will be leveraged to get power over the sheeple. As for Hitchens, recall he said he didn't care if people wanted to play with their toys. He only objected to being expected to also play with their toys.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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[@fredblake6135]

The Gnostics have been saying that "god is not great" for over 2,000 years. Religion is a mixed bag.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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[@markkazda6413]

Thank you very much!

[@garythompson9452]

I will get the book. Thanks for your review.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@garythompson9452]

​@@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments Cheers Roy. Ordered a second-hand copy from E-bay.

[@P1959H]

Are you buying it to challenge your convictions, or reaffirm them? If the latter, you have just wasted some good money.

[@garythompson9452]

@@P1959H I watched a few interviews with Mr Hitchens and thought I would buy the book. Fascinated by how people get brainwashed into believing. I do not belong to any religion.

[@P1959H]

@@garythompson9452 good, I hope you enjoy it. But two points. First, don't be lulled into lazily thinking that faith is always the product of 'brainwashing' (whatever that is) and therefore to be dismissed, and that unbelievers are never brainwashed. In reading Hitchens, you may be brainwashing yourself. Second, you - like Hitchens - are a person of faith. The only difference is the object of your faith. Perhaps yours is in yourself, or (God forbid) Hitchens.

[@MRituals]

It is a great book. All of Hitchens' books are good.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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[@stevegoad4133]

My favorite book.

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[@SamShama-m8g]

Relogon has confused mankind

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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[@mr.t114]

I think humans are confused all by themselves, they don´t need any help with it.

[@zeroonetime]

IN TIME WE TRUST. period

[@electricmanist]

Ah time.---- One moment its fleetingly here, the next moment its forever gone. So what exactly do you trust ?

[@zeroonetime]

@@electricmanist I trust the TIME unknown. I grew on the TREE of knowledge, now I thrive on the fruit of WISDOM.

[@mandolinJo]

James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. KJV

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[@omelborpon3159]

Religion is not logical - Spock

[@ohidhasan4516]

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[@GoogleSucks-i1d]

I dont think any of the thousands of gods exist. If some or one exist then, depending on the god, they range from being a jerk to a monster and not worth any of my attention.

[@ThefrenchFranz]

Well, the universe does exist. How can it have appeared by himself? Such a perfect and complex organisation, and no designer?

[@electricmanist]

@@ThefrenchFranz Absolutely,. Nothing comes from nothing !! That is an absolute. Only the misguided believe that something comes/originates from nothing.

[@tobberfutooagain2628]

Miss the Ol’Hitch…

[@electricmanist]

So if he has 'permanently' gone, what exactly were his values ? Ephemeral perhaps like a mist in the morning sun ?

[@vrijmens]

God will not be mocked.

[@joeblack8915]

It makes me laugh that these God-botherers are so smug, yet they're so desperate to 'prove' their twaddle. Well, show some actual proof rather than offer up the same tired old religious psychobabble. After all, the onus is on you to prove what you claim to be true. Yes, an omnipotent god that supposedly created everything did he not? Good, so when I see people suffering in pain, and then eventually die from whatever disease they've suffered from, I can blame this wonderful god for having created the disease. Now just think of the billions throughout human history who have suffered that same fate? A god that stood by and watched despots throughout history kill millions upon millions, along with the wars, starvation, etc, etc - and never once throughout that history has he lifted an omnipotent finger to stop or alleviate one single thing. Who in their right mind would not stop any of that if they possessed such omnipotence? I certainly would. After all, what better way to prove that you exist as a kind, loving god?? The answer is simple. There is no god, omnipotent or otherwise. All that exists are the deluded lunatics who think the rest of us should follow suit. And who is this devil character? Ah yes, the fallen angel who God cast out of heaven. So why does he possess such power? Isn't god the all-powerful one?? He could have saved himself a lot of trouble by ending his existence in the first place with a wave of his mighty hand, could he not? But no, he merely 'cast him out'. 🤣 As for my earlier claim of knowing who to blame, I don't actually blame God. After all, what’s the point of blaming something that doesn't exist or ever has? Good luck with your delusion, for that's all it is.

[@vrijmens]

@@joeblack8915 thank you. God bless you.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

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@@vrijmens Thank you for your comment. God Bless you and your family.

[@P1959H]

I could say 'Christopher Hitcherson' - you've really got to grips with that book. The better point is that Christian believers do not believe in the god Christopher Hitchens did not believe in. He had a good mind, a plummy English accent, a good turn of phrase, a decent education, all of which led too many to think he spoke with papal infallibility. He did land some good blows (think Mother Teresa and clerical sexual abuse) but failed to do enough research on others (Billy Graham - only partly right). Rely on his conclusions at your peril.

[@bettyboohadapoo]

and what may I ask has been your own conclusions? No doubt you've done all your own research and published?

[@P1959H]

@@bettyboohadapoo correct. I have no-one to do my research for me, so I do it all myself. As for 'published' - every man and his dog thinks he is 'published' these days just because he's posted something on social media etc. Be that as it may, I do have professional and personal articles published by journals etc, but I suspect that will not be enough to persuade you from your apparent scepticism. As for my conclusions, they are set out in my original post. To repeat: Hitchens got it right when he was shooting fish in a barrel, but anyone can do that. I have watched videos of him talking to nodding dogs who were lapping up what they wanted to hear, and were impressed because it was delivered with a snarky venom that scratched their itch. Rely on him at your peril.

[@bettyboohadapoo]

@@P1959H If you could hold back looking down your nose for one second and perhaps stand down from your pew, rely on him at your peril? Dear...... what dangers exist? That we make think freely, form our own opinion perhaps? I'll bet my cotton socks that you have some witty little way of remaining a closeted agnostic critic. Betcha.

[@P1959H]

@@bettyboohadapoo I seem to have rattled you, which was not my intention. I write as a Christian believer and a lawyer. I have reflected on the evidence for and against the resurrection. I find the case for it compelling. Feel free to engage with me on it if you wish. If it happened, this world has not heard the last of Jesus Christ, but it has heard the last of Christopher Hitchens. It's your call.

[@bettyboohadapoo]

@@P1959H I think Twain coined it best, It is easier to fool someone than convince them they have been fooled. Good luck with your lawyer attitude for "the case" and the wishful evidence. I think we have heard as much as we can stomach from said JC and the iron age writings. No doubt your doubts help you search for the ultimate understanding of your existence, and I wish you and your invisible friend well.

[@panmichael5271]

Mighty Zeus is the only god you need to concern yourself with.

[@joeblack8915]

Nah, I prefer Woden myself (the English version of Odin, from whose name we get 'Wednesday' (Wodensday). In fact, most of the days of the week are from Anglo-Saxon (Old English) - Sunday (day of the Sun), Monday (day of the moon), Tuesday (named after Tiw, a god of war), Wednesday (already explained), Thursday (after Thunor, god of lightning, amongst other things), Friday (after Frig, goddess of love). Saturday doesn't have an Anglo-Saxon equivalent, and comes from the Roman 'Saturnalia'.

[@xray-wz3gw]

God is not religion.

[@michelangelope830]

Someone wrote "Theology+fascism=religion". 15 likes. Goes without saying these people are atheist. What is theology? What is fascism? What is religion? I know atheism is a logical fallacy that assumes God is the religious idea of the creator of the creation to conclude wrongly no creator exists because a particular idea of God doesn’t exist. What would be the future of atheism if atheists continue to refuse to ask for proof that the Quran was memorized? I want to know if the Quran was memorized or not. I want to know the truth. Why did you believe the Quran was memorized?. Theology is philosophy or rational thinking and fascism is the opposite, like religion, like atheism. Emergency. I am a poet and artist searching for beauty and tranquility in a horrible world. Thank you.

[@bettyboohadapoo]

From poet to poet here are some words of comfort for you to consider: We have 3 deaths, the first when you body ceases to function, the 2nd, when we are laid to rest, buried, burnt etc. the 3rd is when in the not too distant future, our name is uttered for the very last time.

[@TJ-kk5zf]

I thought Larry Bud Melman was dead

[@michaelotwell8112]

Believing in a universal something out there keeping us together is one thing, but evidence is another. I don’t believe anything without evidence.

[@petervandervlies6427]

Can you give me evidence for living by evidence?

[@gknight4719]

@@petervandervlies6427 Really?? evidence is every where, do you not use your senses so you do not walk into a moving car? is that not keeping you living longer?

[@petervandervlies6427]

@@gknight4719 no,sorry. That's not evidence. Try harder.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

There is no evidence.

[@petervandervlies6427]

@@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments you say that there is no evidence. Do you have evidence for that?

[@mr.t114]

"Some of these comments are really rude", well comments are not and will not be tailored after any individuals personal preferences, it´s nuts just that.

[@petervandervlies6427]

Waste of money and time.

[@itswagon]

Your knowledge and influence of religion on as population is very incomplete and faulty and therefore your proclamations and preachings are equally faulty. You are naive.

[@GoogleSucks-i1d]

You are inherently wrong on one key fact. This guy IS NOT PREACHING. He is simply presenting facts and you are in denial of some part of reality. Religious people preach and this is simply due to the fact that they have ZERO evidence to back up any of their claims. You are obviously a religious zealot since you don't know the difference between facts and reality vs. religion and preaching.

[@007Hutchings]

@tiswagon Why not give some examples instead of “NUH UH!”

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

It's not my knowledge. I am reviewing a book.

[@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments]

If you would like examples, please read the book.

[@ThefrenchFranz]

@@RoyMurrysReviewsandComments "It's not my knowledge" oh, come on: you are deliberately promoting a book, why deny you like his point of view? And how about reviewing "the reason is for god", by Timothy Keller, to make a balance?