The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
by Christopher Hitchens
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Author: Christopher HitchensEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-06
ISBN: 0306816083
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: "Intelligent believers"??
Summary: 5 Stars
I just love the PW review of this collection; it unintentionally but so smartly and clearly demonstrates the problem of those who profess to have "faith." The reviewer claims to love the collection, the authors, etc., but remains critical because the specific content of the collection, and by implication, atheists in general, reject a form of fundamentalism or faith that "intelligent believers" have long since discarded. Surely the very concept "intelligent believer" (at least those words put together in that order) are an oxymoron; to the contrary, anyone of intelligence would not believe because "taking it on faith" means believing in something without evidence, substantiation or support. Therefore, those who profess such belief do so without intelligence! Moreover, by implication, such a person cannot be critical of someone who "believes" in, say, the most absurd thing the imagination can concock, say, the tooth fairy or the easter bunny. It is time to take the next step in evolution and jettison the mystical explanation ("god") now that science has finally progressed and triumphed.
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