About this title: The gloves come off in this electric exchange, originally hosted by Christianity Today, as leading atheist Christopher Hitchens (author of God Is Not Great) and Christian apologist Douglas Wilson (author of Letter from a Christian Citizen) go head-to-head on this divisive question. The result is entertaining and provocative -- a glimpse into the ongoing debate.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canon Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781591280699ISBN:1591280699
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 4.99 by 8 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00072 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: CANON PR
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781591280538ISBN:1591280532
Description: New. The gloves come off in this electric exchange, originally hosted by Christianity Today, as leading atheist Christopher Hitchens (author of God Is Not Great) and Christian apologist Douglas Wilson (author of Letter from a Christian Citizen) go head-to... read more
"Read this online when it was first published in serial form by Christianity Today. Pretty good, but at times I felt like they were talking past one another more than directly engaging."
"Imagine a highly condensed, unedited version of God is not Great. It doesn't contain the highly polished prose, the impactful arguments, or much of the smarmy wit that makes Hitchens a joy to read, but it still contains enough to get some basic points across. Now imagine this poor facsimile of the book interspersed with the trifling prattle of an extremely confident believer.
Wilson wheels out every Christian's favorite decrepit chestnuts, including "But if there's no god then bad people don't get punished like I think they should," "Why is there something rather than nothing?" (obviously because magic man done it), "Without god, even this very argument we're having is pointless because nothing has any meaning," and even "Where do non-religious folk get their morals?" (the same place religious folk do, and luckily for all of us, it sure ain't the bible). In the final section when Wilson begins with the standard line about how Hitchens should come back to fold and forgive those who caused him to leave the church (because surely it's not possible that Hitchens simply looked at the teachings and decided they were nonsense), I had had enough. This stuff is neither fun to read nor enlightening. The best thing about this book is its brevity."
"This is a short book based on the debate between Hitchens and Wilson a few years ago that was hosted by Christianity Today. It is a brief back and forth, so necessarily limited in scope. But it does demonstrate clearly the divide between atheism and Christianity. Wilson says it well, when he distills the atheist creed to, "There is no God. And I hate him.""
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