The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins | The Apple & The Talking Snake

The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins | Enlightening

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The God Delusion

	The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Mariner Books, 2008 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 1267 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Apple & The Talking Snake

Let me start off by warding off those closed minded Fundamentalist thinkers, you can't change your mind nor can you fully comprehend what you are reading. These people believe in: Vampires, Werewolves, burning Witches, Ghouls, Ghosts, Incubus, Succubus, Demons, Angels&Devils, Beelzebub, human sacrifice(Old Testament), offering their daughters up for gang rape(Sodom Old Testament), rivers turning to blood, raining frogs, boils, wholesale murder(death of the first born), Jonah(a man living in a whale), sun rotating around the earth, The Great Flood, The Ark, a Virgin Birth, Lazurus raising from the dead(I wonder whatever happened to him anyway), Resurrection of Jesus(bodysnatchers probably), Praying to non existant Entities(schizophrenia, or talking to yourself), The Whore of Babylon(great title), Lilith(Adams evil ex-wife), Garden of Eden, A Talking Snake(O Brother!), Rampant Inscest(Old Testament, where else do you think all the people came from after Adam and Eve were thrown out of Eden), Women the reason for all Evil in the world(The Bible), The Apple(any scientist will tell you that apple trees don't exist in that part of the world)ect. ect. ect. The list could be endless. I want to say that this book 'The God Delusion' had a profound effect on the way I will tolerate people who choose self imposed ignorance and fear of the unknown(called Faith)over scientific fact. These childish people should be shunned as potentially dangerous(as history has shown so)to intelligent free thinking individuals. Atheist's try to work, learn, live and love in a dangerous world, but unfortunately were surrounded by superstitious, zealous, hate mongering yokels who would do anything...even kill(bombing abortion clinics, shooting Doctors) or impose anything, politics...(teaching creationism, prayer in schools, we walked with dinosaurs, hate gay people ect.) to make you or your children fit into their Idea club. Religion is a choice, though not a smart one. Richard Dawkins you are a brilliant, articulate, literate man and I will read anything and everything you've ever written.

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Enlightening

"The God Delusion" was an interesting read. Dawkins covered all the bases of his arguments...sometimes making the book seem very academic. Nonetheless, it's worth your investment.

Excellent.

Evolution vs Design.
I would rather take some biology classes than
waste my time inside churches.
For halucination purposes, some drugs as less dangerous
and less bloody than any "God"

A must-read

This book is very instructive and a must-read whether you believe in God or not. I liked it most for its underlying deep humanism, although the author is at times too agressive in his rhetoric.

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A lost but valiant cause

I remember picking up this book in the mall awhile ago and i found myself rereading it quite recently. This book is quite magnificent and does great justice to a man not only of great intellectual renown but also (in my opinion) moral integrity.

I am and atheist, so i must admit it was like preaching to the choir but it is nice to find a book that is great at articulating the real grievances non-believers have against not only religion but the expectaton of reverance of those who are "believers". This books speaks a about the both the extreme lack of proof for a theistic god (as opposed to a deistic god, which is really just an enlightenment last minute rescue of the God idea). The book attacks so many fundamental pillars inherent to all religions and it is especially enjoyable (although not by the other side) the sense of rage one can feel coming off the pages (how could atheists not be a little ticked off at what has been going on?)

I have only two complaints. The first is that this is a failed attempt. Dawkins as a scientists speaks the language of reason and logic. The failure of this approach however is that religion at the end of the day does not attempt to prove itself through logic. Faith is the argument made without or despite evidence to the contrary. It can survive the onslaught of reason. The second is that Dawkins seems to care little for discussing theological doctrine spending much more time focused on the conception of God himself. This to me reflects the ultimate flaw of many of the books on religion. Many religious people (i speak from personal experience) put far more faith into religion itself then the idea of god. Therefore ignoring the discussion of particular religious doctrine ignores a vastly important aspect of the debate. One cannot argue with Religion with addressing the Trinity (i'm not saying he doesnt at all) or the Jewish conception of Chosennes. This book is definitely recommended though.

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