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BookmarkDiscover magazine recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwin's Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution.
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Prospect magazine voted him among the top three public intellectuals in the world (along with Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky).
Now Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes.
He critiques 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.
In so doing, he makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just irrational, but potentially deadly.
For more information about the title The God Delusion, read the full description at Amazon.com, or see the following related books:
A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love — Richard Dawkins has an opinion on everything biological, it seems, and in A Devil's Chaplain, everything is biological. Dawkins weighs in on topics ... > read more
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design — Richard Dawkins is not a shy man. Edward Larson's research shows that most scientists today are not formally religious, but Dawkins is an ... > read more
When Science Meets Religion: Enemies, Strangers, or Partners? — We're closing in on the 150th anniversary of Darwin's Origin of Species, but clearly not closing in on any resolution of the debates that the book ... > read more
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief — Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists. He works at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, ... > read more
