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| The God Delusion | 
 enlarge | Creators: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1296 reviews
Sales Rank: 779824
Format: Audiobook, Cd, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged
Media: MP3 CD
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1400153786
Dewey Decimal Number: 211.8
EAN: 9781400153787
ASIN: 1400153786
Publication Date: January 5, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Brilliant November 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read this book after admitting to myself that my faith had been reduced to nothing. I was brought up in the church, and swallowed it whole from a young age. It wasn't until later when I moved away from small town Texas that I found myself in an environment that encouraged critical thinking and a questioning attitude.
I had been thinking about my religious upbringing for some time, and how I might have been different had I been brought up in a different religious environment. I have been questioning the effects of blind faith in our world, and how impacts me as a member of the US Armed Forces.
I am college educated, and consider myself to be a free thinker, but my critical thinking horizons have been expanded in ways that I cannot easily describe in this format. The best thing about this book for me is that I have recommended it to as many non-believers as I have devout followers. I have found that it has always resulted in constructive conversations, that have made it easier to discuss religion in ways that aren't typically acceptable. It has helped to put religion in the same intellectual area as economic theory and international relations - arenas that are eligible to be analyzed and discussed from a scientific basis, rather than from blind faith. I must admit that I haven't made any converts, but it has made my personal convictions much easier to explain in a non-hostile way, while maintaining a professional working environment.
 Dawkins--the anti-fanatic fanatic November 28, 2008
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
The sine qua non of all true rationalism is a distrust of --'enthusiasm.' The good professor, however, is about as zealous a human being as any who has ever blazed across the pages of religious history. Can one possibly trust such a man's judgment about such important matters? You well know the answer.
 Lacking in intellectual sophistication November 27, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have little doubt that when Professor Dawkins writes a book about biology, he researches his topic in great detail, finds out what preceding work has been done, and scrupulously gives the proper credit for preceding work.
Why, then, has Professor Dawkins written a book about religion without doing adequate research on the subject?--in particular, without reading any of the most significant previous critics of religion--without, even, being familiar with the best known of these critics, such as Spinoza and Nietzsche?
Because of his lack of research, Professor Dawkins often unwittingly duplicates the arguments of his predecessors, and gives no credit where it is due. It is unfathomable to me that a man could publish a book while remaining so complacently ignorant of the subject matter.
It is not that Professor Dawkins is wrong. The most intellectually sophisticated men have known for the entire history of Western culture that gods are fictions--literary creations, not entities that exist outside of the human imagination. (For an intelligent and thoughtful history of the long record of opposition between intellect and myth, see Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson.)
What is remarkable is that men cling to belief in God, both in its original form and in various modified and attenuated forms--in other words, that the fictions of religion are so much more influential than any other sort of fiction. To understand why these fictions persist despite their intellectual untenability, we need to understand the psychology of belief. The following classic works have excellent discussions on this subject and I would recommend reading them rather than The God Delusion:
The Essential Spinoza: Ethics And Related Writings
Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)
The Future of an Illusion
Dare to know November 26, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book has been reviewed to death, so I'm not going to add much. I will just say this book changed my life. I recommend it to anyone who dares to know the truth from a scientific point of view. When confronted with such fundamental questions, one should ask themselves whether they believe it because of the facts or because it comforts and provides security. The same should be asked about non-belief. Kant once declared "dare to know." This book is for readers who are brave enough to follow Kant's words.
Smart and Informative November 25, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Richard Dawkins explains his views in a very intelligent and thought provoking manner. He bravely delves into the myths of religion and why they are fiction and not facts. He explains that science is always asking questions, people who promote one religion or another ask us to just believe and not ask questions.
I recommend this well-written book to everyone who has an inquiring mind, especially regarding science and religion.
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