How Good is Christopher Hitchens' "God is Not Great"?

In order to widen my open-mindedness I plan to get this book which seems kind of interesting when I noticed it at nearby bookstore. But I would like some opinions from those who have read it first whether or not its worth buying?

Do you plan to buy it regardless of the heavy reviews you're bound to get?

Originally Posted by Gaidin

Do you plan to buy it regardless of the heavy reviews you're bound to get?

I plan to buy it if people say the book is well written and actually shows that the writer knows what he is talking about.

Originally Posted by jankren

I plan to buy it if people say the book is well written and actually shows that the writer knows what he is talking about.

I haven't had a chance to read it myself yet, but according to the major review on amazon(well...the only one easily visible at the time), it's sort of the fundamental atheistic view.

If this is about expanding your open-mindedness it can't hurt to have a taste of that view regardless of the kind of rants you will probably hear about it here, possibly from both sides. You may not even agree with it when you're done. The book seems to be more a viewpoint than an analysis, and that should be kept in mind.

i didn't like 'the god delusion' because it moved away from biology to religion. however Hitchens is not Dawkins and i think he is one of the best speakers i have ever seen, i might get it myself.

The God Delusion was a specific logical exploration of the reasons that Theists give for the existence of their god. There's not really a way to keep that in biology.

i know that but i think it went away from what Dawkins was so good at and it really suffered for it.

Originally Posted by Gary88

i know that but i think it went away from what Dawkins was so good at and it really suffered for it.

Really? Because Scientists kind of have to know their way around logic in order to be able to handle their own fields. And Dawkins never really painted it as a biology lesson.

well lets not take this off hitchens but i just thought it turned in to rambling atheist and not brilliant writing.

Okay, off I go to Barnes & Nobles. LOL