I Don't Believe in Atheists

By: Chris Hedges

Narrated by: Chris Hedges

The New York Times best-selling author speaks out against those who attack religion to advance their own agenda: global capitalism, intolerance, and imperial projects.

There are two radical and dangerous sides to the debate on faith and religion in America: Christian fundamentalists, who see religious faith as their exclusive prerogative, and New Atheists, who brand all religious belief as irrational. Too often, the religious majority - those committed to tolerance and compassion as well as their faith - are caught in the middle.

Chris Hedges critiques the mindset that rages against religion and faith. He accuses the New Atheists - led by Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens - of promoting a belief system that is not, as they claim, based on reason and science, but on a simplified worldview of us vs. them, intolerance toward behaviors that are not understood, and the false myths of human progress and moral superiority. Ultimately, he makes way for new, moderate voices to join the debate. This is a timely, compelling work for anyone who wants to understand the true state of the battle about faith today.

©2008 Chris Hedges (P)2008 HighBridge Company

Critic reviews

"Chris Hedges reminds us that the point of religion is not to make us disdain those who think differently but rather to help us become decent, responsive, and moral human beings." ( 0, The Oprah Magazine)

Almost there...

I found this book at Barnes and Noble and picked it up because I was taken with the title and it's NOT because I am/consider myself to be a Christian. Like him, I am disallusioned with the state of both the church, which comes mostly from it's ties to the current andministration, and the way it is attacked by "athiests" who like to lump everybody of a certain faith in the same group.

He says a lot of things that I agree with, but then again that's the problem. I'm not hearing a single idea on how to FIX things. He's just complaining that one side trusts in a mythology and the other side thinks reason and techonology will perfect society but he hasn't said, in the three hours or I've listened to thus far, how e fix them.

Personally, I think you need a little bit of both. We are God's creation, religon and technology are our inventions.

He's a good writer never devolving into name calling, although he comes close. He's very even handed in his criticisms, but, again, there's not a single idea to grasp.

If there was just one this book might be better. But without it, he becomes just another professional malcontent.

Good book by a great author.

I don't fully agree with everything Chris Hedges says in this book but it made me question some of my beliefs.

Thought provoking

I dig it, expresses thoughts many will find familiar but not often so well articulated. Some arguments the author doesn't sufficiently describe and these left me wanting a bit more but overall a well crafted book that will give me plenty to ponder.

Individual ethics vs. being absorbed by external forces

Amazing discussion on importance of developing and understanding one's own system of ethics. Why we should attend to this despite so many forces in modern world that tell us it is irrelevant to our lives.

Good book, disappointing listen

I think Chris Hedges is an incredible writer and thinker and I recommend all his books.
He is NOT a good narrator though, I think I would rather have a computer read it because then the pace would be consistent. It actually breaks my heart to say this but want to save others from trying to listen to this book rather than reading it occularly. I wish he hadn't narrated his other books so I could listen to them but I can't stand it.