Godbothering is a very interesting book and one which I read piecemeal. Each of the "thoughts" is brief and I found it useful to go away and think about it before reading the next one.
The book has one inaccuracy which I have noticed. Stalin was a mass murderer of millions but he did not rename St Petersburg. That was done in 1914 when it became Petrograd. St Petersburg was not changed because of a dislike of saints but because it was thought to be a German-sounding name. Petrograd maintained the homage to Peter the Great who founded the city.
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