A review by pagesandcc
10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help by Benjamin Wiker

medium-paced

2.0

I can't believe I am rating the first book I read this year this low. But oh well, I should've researched more and looking at the author's other works must've clued me in already. That extra star was for the entertainment value. This is full of conservative BS and anti-atheism sentiment. At some point it almost seems that the author equates atheism = amorality = evil, or at least doing whatever you can to achieve your goal regardless if it is right or wrong. Granted I haven't read most (if not all) books mentioned here, I kind of expected most of the books in this list. Bottom line is: ideas have power. And when these ideas are expressed and consumed by a certain type of person, it has the potential to blow up and cause havoc to a lot of people's lives. So yeah: words can literally kill.