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| + | ''[[The God Delusion]]'' is a 2006 book by [[Richard Dawkins]]. Its basic thesis is in support of [[atheism]].{{seed}} | ||
==Chapters== | ==Chapters== | ||
# '''A Deeply Religious Non-Believer''' sets up some basic premises for the rest of the book: | # '''A Deeply Religious Non-Believer''' sets up some basic premises for the rest of the book: | ||
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# '''Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion''' attempts to raise consciousness about indoctrination of children who are too young to make up their own minds about their beliefs. | # '''Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion''' attempts to raise consciousness about indoctrination of children who are too young to make up their own minds about their beliefs. | ||
# '''A Much Needed Gap?''' | # '''A Much Needed Gap?''' | ||
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| + | * {{wikipedia}} | ||
| + | * {{conservapedia}} | ||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170628172654/wiki.ironchariots.org/index.php?title=The_God_Delusion Iron Chariots] | ||
| + | * {{rationalwiki}} | ||
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==Reviews== | ==Reviews== | ||
| + | * '''2007-03-15''' [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/mar2007/dawk-m15.shtml Science, religion and society: Richard Dawkins’s ''The God Delusion'']: a rather detailed and well-informed exploration | ||
* '''2006-10-19''' [[Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching (Terry Eagleton)]]: link to review, plus response to review | * '''2006-10-19''' [[Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching (Terry Eagleton)]]: link to review, plus response to review | ||
* detailed review and summary by Robert Stewart on ''The Journal of Evolutionary Philosophy'' web site: | * detailed review and summary by Robert Stewart on ''The Journal of Evolutionary Philosophy'' web site: | ||
** [http://www.evolutionary-philosophy.net/review_god_delusion.html chapters 1-6] | ** [http://www.evolutionary-philosophy.net/review_god_delusion.html chapters 1-6] | ||
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| + | ==Links cited within the book== | ||
| + | * (p215) '''2006-05-27''' [http://money.guardian.co.uk/workweekly/story/0,,1783900,00.html Animal instincts] by Richard Conniff | ||
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About
The God Delusion is a 2006 book by Richard Dawkins. Its basic thesis is in support of atheism.
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Chapters
- A Deeply Religious Non-Believer sets up some basic premises for the rest of the book:
- It is not talking about Einsteinian religion
- Religion gets undeserved respect, e.g. unspecified "religious reasons" will trump rational argument every time in a legal setting, even to the point of allowing otherwise illegal activities such as consumption of controlled substances "needed" for a religious ceremony; religious conflicts are often re-branded as "ethnic cleansing" or "inter-community warfare"; etc. Dawkins makes the case that respect for "freedom of religion" is being taken too far.
- The God Hypothesis argues that God's purported existence is a scientific hypothesis about the universe which should be analyzed as skeptically as any other scientific claim.
- Arguments for God's Existence delves into the many arguments for the existence of God advanced throughout the ages, and finds them wanting.
- Why There Almost Certainly Is No God explains how the "design" apparent in the natural world is explained much better by Darwinian natural selection.
- The Roots of Religion explains why religious belief is so ubiquitous.
- The Roots of Morality: Why Are We Good?
- The 'Good' Book and the Changing Moral Zeitgeist
- What's Wrong with Religion? Why Be So Hostile? invites the reader "to think about ways in which religion is not such a good thing for the world."
- Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion attempts to raise consciousness about indoctrination of children who are too young to make up their own minds about their beliefs.
- A Much Needed Gap?
Links
Reference
Reviews
- 2007-03-15 Science, religion and society: Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion: a rather detailed and well-informed exploration
- 2006-10-19 Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching (Terry Eagleton): link to review, plus response to review
- detailed review and summary by Robert Stewart on The Journal of Evolutionary Philosophy web site:
Links cited within the book
- (p215) 2006-05-27 Animal instincts by Richard Conniff