The God Delusion

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'Timely, impassioned and brilliantly argued' Rod Liddle, Sunday Times

'A spirited and exhilarating read' Joan Bakewell, Guardian

Dawkins attacks God in all his forms.

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.

The God Delusion is a brilliantly argued, fascinating polemic that will be required reading for anyone interested in this most emotional and important subject.

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4.4
568 reviews
Grainne O'Reilly
May 2, 2023
This book should be removed from the public sphere as the bigotry it is.Its one long tract citing a retarded view of religion,its historicity&practice.For an alleged scientist to project an argument without fact nevermind lies perversely utilizing victims,historical&contemporary to advance a crazed rant,is criminal.Literally.What religion started world war ii?Stalinism?Pol pots regime?colonialism?Are all sex offenders theists?50% are atheist.The BRITISH EMPIRE,Dutch,French,Spanish etc colonized the globe which translates as territory grab&rape,pillage,genocide&a belief the monarch the embodiment of the divine SIR Dawkins.Ask the Sioux,Cheyenne,Cherokee,was colonialism religiously motivated?No,unless you count the 1000 year prima notte evil of royalism illegal under U.S. law since.Ask Jews,Muslims,Cambodians,Russians,Africans,Chinese,Australian!Was it a religious experience for you?Scientists are by nature empiricists,he is a dumb propagandist not the scientist-revisionist insinuated.
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A Google user
February 16, 2012
Initially, Richard's arrogant and condescending tone annoyed me, however, as the book progresses I learnt that there is alot I didn't realise about the negative aspects of religion. Eye opening, yet should be read with a grain of salt. Richard presents his arguments in a very concise, and logical manner. Overall, a brilliant argument against religion.
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gulam patel
September 19, 2021
If thete is still any doubt in any persons mind of the existance of god personal or scriptural. Then any sane perdon reading this book will be hard presed into re evakuting thier own abuse and indictrainared lives. As a scientist once the evidance is presented in a clear and luvid form as dawkins. One has to knowledge his conclusion. As our insecuraties in holding on to that is something you have to figure out. Im finally libetsted and st peace. Thanks r .dawkins
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About the author

Richard Dawkins is author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor's Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and a fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the world’s top thinker in Prospect magazine’s poll of 10,000 readers from over 100 countries.

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