Is Christopher Hitchens a brilliant author or a raging lunatic? He just might be a little of both. Christopher Hitchens is an outspoken atheist and antitheist, and he describes himself as a believer in the Enlightenment values of secularism, humanism and reason. He is also the author of several best selling books. ... http://www.squidoo.com/Christopher-Hitchens Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:28:10 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Thu, 22 May 2008 02:38:21 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Christopher-Hitchens Is Christopher Hitchens a brilliant author or a raging lunatic? He just might be a little of both. Christopher Hitchens is an outspoken atheist and antitheist, and he describes himself as a believer in the Enlightenment values of secularism, humanism and reason. He is also the author of several best selling books. In 2001 he made the claim that organized religion is "violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children." in "Letters to a Young Contrarian". Christopher Hitchens then came out with his most controversial book of all in 2007 when he released his best selling book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" Thu, 22 May 2008 02:38:21 -0600