nerd teacher [books] reviewed God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
One of the More Readable Horsemen, but That's a Low Bar
1 star
Reading these books does one thing for me: It helps me better understand why so many of the 'educated' atheists that were drawn to the New Atheist movement failed to engage with the actual reality of the world around them... and it's because these "horsemen" failed to do so. They fail to engage with history that denies them their point, and they fail to engage with societal and political issues that add nuance to things they discuss.
And while Hitchens did better at it that his compatriots, he still does it quite a lot and to a distracting point.
Reading these books does one thing for me: It helps me better understand why so many of the 'educated' atheists that were drawn to the New Atheist movement failed to engage with the actual reality of the world around them... and it's because these "horsemen" failed to do so. They fail to engage with history that denies them their point, and they fail to engage with societal and political issues that add nuance to things they discuss.
And while Hitchens did better at it that his compatriots, he still does it quite a lot and to a distracting point.
