The claim is often made that the Bible is just a man-made book full of contradictions, and not the inspired word of God that Christians believe it to be. One of the key proponents of this view is best-selling author, Christopher Hitchens.

In 2007, Hitchens wrote God Is Not Great, attempting to discredit all religions. His conclusion? “Religion poisons everything. As well as a menace to civilization, it has become a threat to human survival.” However, there are some flaws to Hitchens' arguments.

Misconceptions of Genesis and Ten Commandments

Hitchens writes, “How can it be proven in one paragraph that this book [Genesis] was written by ignorant men and not by any god? Because man is given ‘dominion’ over all beasts, food and fish. But no dinosaurs or plesiosaurs or pterodactyls are specified, because the authors did not know of their existence.”