God Delusion

Version: Unabridged
Author: Richard Dawkins
Narrator: Richard Dawkins , Lalla Ward
Genres: Religion & Spirituality
Publisher: Tantor Media
Date: February 2007
Length: 13 hours, 59 minutes
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Overview

"Discover" magazine recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwin's Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution., br>"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.Dawkins has fashioned an impassioned, rigorous rebuttal to religion, to be embra

Selected Reviews

Best take away concept

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Great points

by nittany1979
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Reviews (8)

Best take away concept

Written by Anonymous on August 11th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 4/5

The best take away from this book, is that when one person believes in the unreal they are deemed crazy. When several people believe it is called religion.

Great points

Written by nittany1979 on June 6th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I am already an Atheist, although Dawkins makes me much more confident in my stance. There is not one EUREKA moment that makes you more aware of your beliefs, but there is a good collection of common sense argument.

god delusion

Written by lizzie haff on March 4th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Dawkin's arguments are logical and irrefutable in most cases. The God of the OT is cruel and sociopathic. For one who was a brainwashed "catholic child," it is embarrassing to remember that I once was in thrall to its mythology. But the worst part is the intellectual and psychological damage inflicted by its proponents. My one objection is the frequent intrusion of certitude and absolutism to otherwise objective arguments.

Over the top

Written by Bob Stewart from Berryville, VA on February 6th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 2/5

I don't understand the review that claimed that Dawkins isn't "anti-religious." I'm an atheist and found this to be a screed. It had some interesting points, but was largely a diatribe against organized religion. At times I found it difficult to remember that Dawkins is a well regarded scientist...he went out of his way, not to defend atheism, but to trash religion. And I'm already on his side!

Enlightening Read

Written by Anonymous from Concord, NC on August 31st, 2009

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This is a terrific book, but not for the beach. Some of the more technical philosophical and scientific arguments required a couple listens to follow. Personally, I found the most enjoyable parts of the book to be the chapters on the impossibility of using the Bible as a guide for modern ethics. Those chapters alone are worth a listen. Dawkins is not "anti-religious," he's pro-reason. Probably easier to read in book form, but recommended nonetheless.

Boring

Written by Anonymous from Temple, PA on April 29th, 2009

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I was highly anticipating this title, but found it very boring and did not get past disk 2. The arguments were vague and hard to understand.

The God Delusion

Written by Michael G. Scott from Santa Cruz, CA on September 17th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Dawkins book does a fantastic job describing the battle between Evolutionists vs. Creationists. He describes example after example of the arguments for Creationism, then logically walks through why each argument fails. I found that part of this book both highly amusing, as well as enlightening. The book itself was thought provoking, and I did agree with much of it. However, in general, I found him to be as militant and intolerant in his belief in Atheism as well as the obsolescence of Religion in general, as those he is writing about in the Religious world. Overall, it was a good read. It has some good points to make, but hasn't changed my personal beliefs all that much.

the god delusion

Written by Anonymous on April 22nd, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This book is a bit slow and tedious. It seems difficult to prove or disprove that God exists, and the arguments in the book are not persuasive beyond doubt. That said, there is some interesting material here particularly for someone who has a specific interest in religion.

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Best take away concept

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Great points

by nittany1979
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Dawkins, Richard

Richard Dawkins is a world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and, until recently, held the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His first book, "The Selfish Gene", was an instant international bestseller, and has become an established classic work of modern evolutionary biology. He is also the author of "The Blind Watchmaker", "River Out of Eden", "Climbing Mount Improbable", "Unweaving the Rainbow", "A Devil's Chaplain", "The Ancestor's Tale", and most recently, "The God Delusion.

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