Bůh není veliký - O tom, jak náboženství všechno zničí – Hitchens Christopher (2018)

You hold in your hands a book by an author regarded as one of the most brilliant journalists of our time (London Observer), in which the discussion about the role of religion in public life takes on a completely new form. Christopher Hitchens addresses the most pressing question of our time with unique expertise and intelligence: the destructive power of religion in the world. In this impressive polemic with believers, Hitchens presents fundamental arguments against religion (and in favor of a more secular approach to life) in the form of a detailed and informed interpretation of major religious texts. Hitchens tells us a story about his own dangerous experiences with religion and describes his spiritual journey towards a secular view of the world, based on science and reason. It is a world where the heavens are replaced by breathtaking images of the universe captured by the Hubble telescope, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix of DNA. God did not create us, he writes. We created God. Religion, Hitchens explains, offers a distorted view of our origins, our essence, and the universe. By instilling it in children, we harm them and endanger our world. It does not matter at all whether you have spent your whole life...