A wonderfully thought provoking book. The premise being that while one can understand the roots of faith in a god, science and human reason have taken us beyond the need to believe in a god that controls our fates; we know better now than to believe in impossible miracles or to lay our trust in something that cannot exist. Beyond that, organized religion - and Hitchens hammers all organized religions, Christian, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim, and pantheism - stands in the way of science, politics, medicine, and human advancement. Hitchens puts to paper what many of us know and understand already, but most are afraid of saying out loud. Though the writing dragged and confused at points, it's still the best written argument against blind faith that I've come across.