More of Hitchens nasty Bitchin'

Christopher Hitchens has another outrageous offering in the realm of new non-fiction that seems to be gathering strength in the bookstores as well as public libraries. God is Not Great is another volume in his expanding set of Atheist Manifestos. Another term for them is anti-religious rants. What Hitchens so glibly seems to have forgotten is that Elder Care, Hospitals, Orphanages, Schools, and public charity were originally created by the religious institutions of the world. But charity, from the Latin word caritas, an idea that was created by religious thought, is exactly what is missing from Hitchens' work.
What his works demonstrate is a thinly veiled misanthropism and utter lack of charity towards the majority of the Human Race. In fact, it would seem that if God is Love, Hitchens knowledge on the subject is either completely lacking, or he has set his camp in the opposing army. Whether one prefers to use the concepts of Philia, Eros, or Agape... it can be observed that Hitchens writing contains allusions to "none of the above". He has turned himself into another of the journalistic Frankensteins of the Twentieth Century that include such notorious figures as H.L. Mencken who made tirades against God but ultimately proved to be against most of humankind. Many consider the word bigot too weak in describing his idealogy.
What Hitchens, Mencken, and their ilk prove is exactly what was so wonderfully described by G.K. Chesterton many decades ago. Chesterton wrote that it was the most vocal of the Material Humanists who were so anti-human, while those who were most deeply religious were also those who were so completely human. It could be that the words human and humility enjoy the same roots. Hitchens seems to disbelieve in humility as much as he does in the Almighty.