 David Bentley Hart, achirangarira bhuku racho mumagazini yechiKristu First Things, akadudzira bhuku racho sokutamba kunonakidza, kusina kunyange kuedzesera kurongeka kwokunzwisisa kana kuti kunyatsooma kwedzidzo. Hart anoti: Panyaya dzechokwadi chenhau dzapasi nezvemashoko, uyezve, bhuku raHitchens rakazara zvikuru nezvikanganiso zvokuti munhu anokurumidza kurega kuzviverenga. Hart anotaura kuti Hitchens anobatanidza nhoroondo dzehondo yokutanga neyechina, rinodzokorora kutaura kwave kuchirambwa kwenguva refu kwokuti chechi yapakuvamba yakaparadza manyoro ekare echihedheni, uye rinosimbisa kuti Myles Coverdale naJohn Wycliffe vakapiswa vari vapenyu apo varume vose vari vaviri vakafa nokukwegura. 