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CHAPTER ONE
Putting It Mildly
CHAPTER TWO
Religion Kills
CHAPTER THREE
A Short Digression on the Pig;
or, Why Heaven Hates Ham
CHAPTER FOUR
A Note on Health, to Which Religion Can Be Hazardous
CHAPTER FIVE
The Metaphysical Claims of Religion Are False
CHAPTER SIX
Arguments from Design
CHAPTER SEVEN
Revelation: The Nightmare of the “Old” Testament
CHAPTER EIGHT
The “New” Testament Exceeds the Evil of the “Old” One
CHAPTER NINE
The Koran Is Borrowed from Both Jewish and Christian Myths
CHAPTER TEN
The Tawdriness of the Miraculous and the Decline of Hell
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“The Lowly Stamp of Their Origin”: Religion’s Corrupt Beginnings
CHAPTER TWELVE
A Coda: How Religions End
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Does Religion Make People Behave Better?
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
There Is No “Eastern” a Solution
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Religion as an Original Sin
BLOOD SACRIFICE
ATONEMENT
ETERNAL PUNISHMENT AND IMPOSSIBLE TASKS
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Is Religion Child Abuse?
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
An Objection Anticipated: The Last-Ditch “Case” Against Secularism
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A Finer Tradition: The Resistance of the Rational
CHAPTER NINETEEN
In Conclusion: The Need for a New Enlightenment
Acknowledgments
REFERENCES
CHAPTER TWO
RELIGION KILLS
CHAPTER FOUR
A NOTE ON HEALTH, TO WHICH RELIGION CAN BE HAZARDOUS
CHAPTER FIVE
THE METAPHYSICAL CLAIMS OF RELIGION ARE FALSE
CHAPTER SIX
ARGUMENTS FROM DESIGN
CHAPTER SEVEN
REVELATION: THE NIGHTMARE OF THE “OLD” TESTAMENT
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE “NEW” TESTAMENT EXCEEDS THE EVIL OF THE “OLD” ONE
CHAPTER NINE
THE KORAN IS BORROWED FROM BOTH JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MYTHS
CHAPTER TEN
THE TAWDRINESS OF THE MIRACULOUS AND THE DECLINE OF HELL
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“THE LOWLY STAMP OF THEIR ORIGIN”: RELIGION’S CORRUPT BEGINNINGS
CHAPTER TWELVE
A CODA: HOW RELIGIONS END
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
DOES RELIGION MAKE PEOPLE BEHAVE BETTER?
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
IS RELIGION CHILD ABUSE?
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
AN OBJECTION ANTICIPATED: THE LAST-DITCH “CASE” AGAINST SECULARISM
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A FINER TRADITION: THE RESISTANCE OF THE RATIONAL
CHAPTER NINETEEN
IN CONCLUSION: THE NEED FOR A NEW ENLIGHTENMENT
ABOUT TWELVE
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Also by Christopher Hitchens