Christopher Hitchens is the author of a book called "god is not Great: how religion poisons everything". First off notice the small G in GOD.

It is a best seller and had earned Mr. Hitchens around one million dollars plus.

24 years ago Mr. Hitchens came to America from Great Britain, but it took him until 2007 to become a naturalized citizen,{at the Jefferson Memorial} I wonder what took him so long? In his book Hitchens maintains that religion has "serious ethical dilemmas" that would be better handled by reading and following the works of such great authors as, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Shiller, Dostoyevsky, George Eliot and Alexis De Tocqueville, to name a few, he claims that their writings, not the holy books and scriptures are what the human race NEEDS to rely on. He does fail to point out that many of these authors were powerfully influenced by religious teachings.

Needless to say Hitchens and his fellow non believers hold to the Darwin school of thought, Hitchens takes that so far as to deny that one of the greatest teachers of all time Jesus of Nazareth never existed at all.

I personally have always wonder why it is that people of faith contribute to charities much, much more than unbelievers do, time and money. Could it be that religion has something to do with charity and good will towards men?

While discussing the reaction to his book Hitchens mentions the polite reception he receives at churches and synagogues, in spite of the anger bordering on rage for anyone that disagrees with his book or his stance on religion no matter how politely put. Meanwhile he overlooks the blood thirsty and homicidal ways of Islam and completely lets them off the hook, comparing their behavior with that of Christians during the crusades and the inquisition.

While reading Hitchens book I was struck by the amount of sheer hatred he has not just for religion, but for God and for anyone that practices religion in any form. If you want to see what we people of faith are up against read this book. It will arm you with the weapons needed to stay firmly rooted in your faith. Remember we are people of GOD and should behave that way, even though we don't all the time.