The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins | Flawed and Judgemental

The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins | The GOD Delusion

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The God Delusion

	The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Houghton Mifflin, 2006 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 1267 reviews view larger image
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Flawed and Judgemental

Overall, the book was decent, but a couple huge points that really knock it down. First, the author clearly has an ax to grind with Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The book could be re-titled "Why I dislike Theistic Religions originating in the Middle East." Second, he dodges a huge philosophical angle. Assume God does not want to be proven. He/She has the power to prevent His/Her creations from 'proving' His/Her existence. The theory is that God wants His/Her creations to worship Him/Her of their own free will. If you could prove God, there wouldn't be a decision to make. Everyone would worship God as their creator. Some would call that belief in God, 'faith.' Therefore, a 'proof' can never happen. Ultimately, Atheism is 'fanatical' because it is based on faith because the central hypothesis cannot be proved.

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The GOD Delusion

What a disappointment. I was expecting a serious argument that would challenge belief in God. The book is full of sarcasm, patronizing conjecture, anecdotal reports and straw man agruments. I was expecting more from a man of science. These are the same arguments that he accuses his debunkers of using.

I don't know if Thomas Jefferson was an atheist or not. Why are his beliefs significant to the argument? There may be high churchmen who hold their own faith in contempt, but who are they? Not one name is named. If the book of Judas is not part of the christian cannon, why was is quoted as if it were?

The whole book is full of sloppy arguments. It is not worth purchasing.

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