The God DelusionA 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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User Review - magonistarevolt - LibraryThingI thoroughly enjoyed listening to the evolutionary biological attack on religion, and why it might have been necessary to humans to create this anathema. I enjoyed Dawkins' equal trouncing of ... Read full review
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User Review - DanielSTJ - LibraryThingThis was an absolutely spellbinding book about the nature of religion. Dawkins presented his evidence with aplomb and amazed me with the weight of his arguments throughout the duration of the text and ... Read full review
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Page 29 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
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| Title | The God Delusion |
| Author | Richard Dawkins |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0547348665, 9780547348667 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / Criticism Religion / Atheism Religion / Religion, Politics & State |
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