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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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The antireligion wars started by Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris will heat up even more with this salvo from celebrated Oxford biologist Dawkins. For a scientist who criticizes religion for its intolerance, Dawkins has written a surprisingly intolerant book, full of scorn for religion and those who believe. But Dawkins, who gave us the selfish gene, anticipates this criticism. He says it's the scientist and humanist in him that makes him hostile to religions—fundamentalist Christianity and Islam come in for the most opprobrium—that close people's minds to scientific truth, oppress women and abuse children psychologically with the notion of eternal damnation. While Dawkins can be witty, even confirmed atheists who agree with his advocacy of science and vigorous rationalism may have trouble stomaching some of the rhetoric: the biblical Yahweh is "psychotic," Aquinas's proofs of God's existence are "fatuous" and religion generally is "nonsense." The most effective chapters are those in which Dawkins calms down, for instance, drawing on evolution to disprove the ideas behind intelligent design. In other chapters, he attempts to construct a scientific scaffolding for atheism, such as using evolution again to rebut the notion that without God there can be no morality. He insists that religion is a divisive and oppressive force, but he is less convincing in arguing that the world would be better and more peaceful without it. (Oct. 18)
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Richard Dawkins, in The God Delusion, tells of his exasperation with colleagues who try to play both sides of the street: looking to science for justification of their religious convictions while evading the most difficult implicationsthe existence of a prime mover sophisticated enough to create and run the universe, "to say nothing of mind reading millions of humans simultaneously." Such an entity, he argues, would have to be extremely complex, raising the question of how it came into existence, how it communicates through spiritons!and where it resides. Dawkins is frequently dismissed as a bully, but he is only putting theological doctrines to the same kind of scrutiny that any scientific theory must withstand. No one who has witnessed the merciless dissection of a new paper in physics would describe the atmosphere as overly polite.

George Johnson is author of Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order and six other books. He resides on the Web at talaya.net

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Hardcover: 406 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1st edition (September 18, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0618680004
ISBN-13: 978-0618680009
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 3,491 customer reviews
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Edwin Dalorzo Marin

To help you remove the blindfold of religion

January 23, 2018

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More than just questioning the existence of God the books is about the devastating effects of religion throughout history and in our time as well. It offers very compelling arguments of why we’d be better of without it and devastates with solid logic any arguments in its favor. Presents lots of very interesting stories of the long debates of religion vs # science and offers insightful theories on the evolution of religion and morality. At the end provides inspiration to seek the truth through science and find solace in it.

The author is very insightful and I like his style of writing, often times times sarcastic, but always very smart and appealing to logic and reason.

I found this book very educational and super interesting and has helped me solidify my beliefs with stronger arguments.

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Enjoyed this one

August 2, 2017

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This was an interesting book. I've read Hitchens, Barker, Harris and Ebling's for the humor. I don't understand how people can still fall for supernatural nonsense. In the age of scientific information, ingnorance is a choice. I'd rather read scores of books and come away with a handful of solid reasonable answers to life's questions than read the bible and think I know it all. I don't think we'll ever have all the "answers" but with input books like this one provides, we get enough. I don't need to know everything. I don't need a purpose. I don't need to know why I'm here. I just am. The whole punishment / reward afterlife thing is ridiculous, it wreeks of being a product of man's imagination, and who really wants to spend eternity with the god character depicted in the bible anyway? Someone said in a review for another book that people don't read widely or think deeply so religion and blind faith will be the track that most people will stay on. Unfortunate, but probably true. Well put at any rate. I always thought religion is the product of lazy minds. Anyway, I recommend this book to anyone " on the fence " concerning religion. If books like this don't, at the very least, shake your faith, then do us all a favor and check into the closest mental facility. Good day.

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trailbreakr

This is not the sort of book you run into ...

November 10, 2016

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This is not the sort of book you run into everyday. This is an incredibly
well reasoned, well written book. This one really is, a must read,
for seekers inquiring into reality.

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One of the best books I've read in a while

November 26, 2017

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One of the best books I've read in a while. Explained in great detail while still simplistic. Anyone can understand. Dawkins also provides references for further reason, which is nice.

I call Dawkins and Evangelical Athiest, and I have my moments when I am the same. This book is good at disputing creationist ideas without being overly confrontational or derogatory. I try to get my creationist friends to read, but no success yet. Provided me with many good points for use in a friendly debate.

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Love this book

September 30, 2016

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Love this book! It's such an interesting read-not just for atheists, but even followers of religion can appreciate the scientific discourse explained beautifully. It really makes you think and look at the world differently. I wish everyone would read this!

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Immer

Exposing Indoctrination

January 16, 2018

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Late to the game in regard to reading this important book, which was a much more fluid read than I had anticipated. Much of the content was preaching to the choir (I am the choir). Raised as a Roman Catholic, I had many of the same questions put forth by Dawkins, as a seven year old. Though not disposed to that faith’s guilt, the religious indoctrination was provided. The force feeding of faith teaches children what to think, not how to think, and Dawkins goes a long way in exposing this travesty. It helps explain much in my early life where I began to clash with those I should have been able to trust, while those willing to intercede were powerless to do so. Not to float my boat, but Dawkin’s prose enabled me to understand part of my past.

The book is full of wonderful phrases to help reinforce the fallacy of faith, and long on Darwinism to support his thesis. Some of this rings so true in the times in which we now live. “The Darwinian still wants to know why people are vulnerable to the charms of religion and therefore open to exploitation by priests, politicians and kings.”

A quotation from the author Gore Vidal serves as a worthy conclusion to this short review. “The Great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. These are sky-god religions. They are literally patriarchal-God is the Omnipotent Father-hence the loathing of women in those countries afflicted by the sky-god and his earthly male delegates.

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principessa

Well argumented and full of interesting information, worthy of its reputation

September 22, 2017

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I don't know what took me so long but boy was it worth the wait. This is a brilliantly argumented and also very entertaining book. I found Dawkins's criticism of institutionalised religion well justified and, unfortunately, still as relevant and as much needed (if not more) as 10 years ago. The book gives a lot of food for thought, while his passion for science and almost poetic language writing about it make for an even more enjoyable read. Definitely recommended - to everyone.

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Stacy M.

This book is for objective minds!

January 10, 2018

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Dawkins has written one of the best books I have ever read. I say this because he presents dense, but more importantly, unbiased objective arguments throughout the entire book. This book has actually inspired me to purchase an array of similar books.

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Edwin Padilla

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A great addition to my collection!!!

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Max Murphy

Eye opening excellence

Unfortunately the people who should read this book probably won't.
A great and hugely informative read. It looks at the delusion of religion from all angles.

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Five Stars

Perfect book. Insightful and intelligent.

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Tyler Keeler

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Jason Creviston

I was surprisingly disappointed with this book.

I thought that Richard Dawkins was 'the guy'?? There just didn't seem to be a lot of substance in this book about why a creator-god doesn't exist.Read more

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excellent writer

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bibliophilist1985

Can not these painful controversies be ended at some point and instead merely tolerance be written on the flags of all involved?

First, it should be noted that neither religious nor atheistic, liberal nor conservative or all other varieties of human mentality are a problem.Read more

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Levi Fay

Five Stars

Always a pleasure to take in another Richard Dawkins book.

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Clay Kallam

Dawkins hammers one limited idea into the ground ... for 420 pages

First, there’s an obvious and often-stated difference between religion and spirituality. One can be religious and not spiritual (hence the Inquisition, the Rohingya, etc.Read more

Published 17 days ago

Michael

This book is very easy to read

Dawkins is a remarkable writer. This book is very easy to read. Dawkins does a great job of explaining his points in a way that is easily understood.

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