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title: "Video: Can Civilization Survive Without God? A Conversation with Christopher and Peter Hitchens"
description: "Christopher Hitchens is the author of more than 10 books, including his recent memoir Hitch-22 and the best-selling manifesto God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Peter is the author of four books including The Abolition of Britain, a major seller in that country, and the recently published The Rage Against God: How Atheism […]"
date: "2010-10-12"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2010/10/12/video-can-civilization-survive-without-god-a-conversation-with-christopher-and-peter-hitchens/"
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# Video: Can Civilization Survive Without God? A Conversation with Christopher and Peter Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens is the author of more than 10 books, including his recent memoir Hitch-22 and the best-selling manifesto God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Peter is the author of four books including The Abolition of Britain, a major seller in that country, and the recently published The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith, which he wrote to counter Christopher's book, God Is Not Great. At a luncheon for journalists, the Pew Forum invited the Hitchens brothers to address the question of whether civilization needs God. Video courtesy of CNN.

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[Read the full transcript >>](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/Belief-in-God/Can-Civilization-Survive-Without-God-.aspx)