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050	0	0	_aBL2775.3 _b.H58 2007
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100	1		_aHitchens, Christopher.
245	1	0	_aGod is not great : _bhow religion poisons everything / _cChristopher Hitchens.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bTwelve, _c2007.
300			_a307 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.
505	0		_aPutting 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.
520			_a"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher.
650		0	_aReligion _vControversial literature.
650		0	_aRationalism.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006023039-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2006023039-b.html
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