The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins

The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins | Deluded no more

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The God Delusion

	The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Houghton Mifflin, 2006 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 1207 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.

With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.

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very interesting

Very interesting book. I was told every day that the Bible was FACT, raised in a Catholic school, etc. It is good to see the other side of the argument. Freed my mind!

I hope this doesn't send me straight to hell!

God, if you don't want me to publish this give me a sign, lightning, wind - something...

Alright, You've spoken...

Deluded no more

If you have doubts about religion versus science then read this book. It is clear and cites good evidence to support it's claims. A book to read several times.

"God"-forbid we think for ourselves!

Although this book was a bit winded, it for the most part sailed through all the usual arguments that we atheists have in our beliefs ( or lack there-of) towards a "God" (do you still have to capitalize that word when it doesn't mean anything to you).

I must say that I think I have read enough about Darwinism. I would like to hear what a few astrophysysicts have to say on the matter.

Anyway, good read but be prepared some really long, boardering on run-on, sentences.

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This is "been there, done that" for most atheists

An ok effort from Dawkins. As an atheist, I found it somewhat ho-hum, and there are very few new arguments in this book.

The book does, however, act as a decent reference book of the bulk of arguments from both sides.

Dawkins does show a little bit of laziness here and after addressing a series of historical philosophical arguments for the existence of God, neglects fully the TAG (Transcendental argument for the existence of God), which is one of the more recent and well known arguments. In some ways, Dawkins points in the book line up and agree with the TAG, that is, where he says that we don't know we can trust our senses, or why the world makes sense.

In the 1st chapter, he also makes a mistake in discussing a court case where a young boy wears an offensive t-shirt to school. After reading the court proceedings, I realized that Dawkins presented it in an unusual slant, and it has little to do with religion at all.

Dawkins also mixes up "The Gospel of Thomas" with the so called "Infancy Gospel of Thomas", but I can't imagine that he cared that much, since he shows little respect for the bible and probably thinks that they are all about the same anyway.

Other than that, the book is clearly written, well organized and progresses well with each chapter building on top of the previous chapters.

While Dawkins may convince a few fence sitters, I don't think he will disturb many theists, who will view him as hostile immediately and probably stop listening. Dawkins has a difficult time sympathizing with a theistic reader and makes almost no effort to do any more than present a barrage of facts and sits there at the end and says "if you don't believe me, you're stupid".

As I said, good as a reference, but not much more than that unless you are seeing ideas like this for the first time.

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