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Richard Dawkins was recently voted one of the world's top intellectuals (alongside Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky) by Prospect Magazine. As the author of many classic works on science and philosophy, he has always asserted the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm it has inflicted on society. He now focuses his fierce intellect exclusively on this subject, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East of Middle America, is dramatically and dangerously dividing opinion around the world. In America and elsewhere, a vigorous dispute between "intelligent design" and Darwinism is seriously undermining and restricting the teaching of science. In many countries religious dogma from medieval times still serves to abuse basic human rights such as those of women and gay people. And all from a belief in a God whose existence lacks evidence of any kind.
Dawkins attacks God in all his forms, form the sex-obsessed, cruel tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign, but still illogical, Celestial Watchmaker favoured by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the ultimate improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry and abuses children. In The God Delusion Dawkins presents a hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types and does so in the lucid, witty, and powerful language for which he is renowned. It is a brilliantly argued, fascinating polemic that will be required reading for anyone interested in this most emotion and important subject. - Dust jacket.
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Preface p. 1
A Deeply Religious Non-Believer p. 9
Deserved respect p. 11
Undeserved respect p. 20
The God Hypothesis p. 29
Polytheism p. 32
Monotheism|P37
Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America p. 38
The poverty of agnosticism p. 46
NOMA p. 54
The Great Prayer Experiment p. 61
The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists p. 66
Little green men p. 69
Arguments for God"s Existence p. 75
Thomas Aquinas" "proofs" p. 77
The ontological argument and other a priori arguments p. 80
The argument from beauty p. 86
The argument from personal "experience" p. 87
The argument from scripture p. 92
The argument from admired religious scientists p. 97
Pascal"s Wager p. 103
Bayesian arguments p. 105
Why There Almost Certainly is no God p. 111
The Ultimate Boeing 747 p. 113
Natural selection as a consciousness-raiser p. 114
Irreducible complexity p. 119
The worship of gaps p. 125
The anthropic principle: planetary version p. 134
The anthropic principle: cosmological version p. 141
An interlude at Cambridge p. 151
The Roots of Religion p. 161
The Darwinian imperative p. 163
Direct advantages of religion p. 166
Group selection p. 169
Religion as a by-product of something else p. 172
Psychologically primed for religion p. 179
Tread softly, because you tread on my memes p. 191
Cargo cults p. 202
The Roots of Morality: Why Are we Good? p. 209
Does our moral sense have a Darwinian origin? p. 214
A case study in the roots of morality p. 222
If there is no God, why be good? p. 226
The "Good" Book and the Changing Moral Zeitgeist p. 235
The Old Testament p. 237
Is the New Testament any better? p. 250
Love thy neighbour p. 254
The moral Zeitgeist p. 262
What about Hitler and Stalin? Weren"t they atheists? p. 272
What"s Wrong with Religion? Why be so Hostile? p. 279
Fundamentalism and the subversion of science p. 282
The dark side of absolutism p. 286
Faith and homosexuality p. 289
Faith and the sanctity of human life p. 291
The Great Beethoven Fallacy p. 298
How "moderation" in faith fosters fanaticism p. 301
Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion p. 309
Physical and mental abuse p. 315
In defence of children p. 325
An educational scandal p. 331
Consciousness-raising again p. 337
Religious education as a part of literary culture p. 340
A Much Needed Gap? p. 345
Binker p. 347
Consolation p. 352
Inspiration p. 360
The mother of all burkas p. 362
Appendix: A partial list of friendly addresses, for individuals needing support in escaping from religion p. 375
Books cited or recommended p. 380
Notes p. 388
Index p. 400
A Deeply Religious Non-Believer p. 9
Deserved respect p. 11
Undeserved respect p. 20
The God Hypothesis p. 29
Polytheism p. 32
Monotheism|P37
Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America p. 38
The poverty of agnosticism p. 46
NOMA p. 54
The Great Prayer Experiment p. 61
The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists p. 66
Little green men p. 69
Arguments for God"s Existence p. 75
Thomas Aquinas" "proofs" p. 77
The ontological argument and other a priori arguments p. 80
The argument from beauty p. 86
The argument from personal "experience" p. 87
The argument from scripture p. 92
The argument from admired religious scientists p. 97
Pascal"s Wager p. 103
Bayesian arguments p. 105
Why There Almost Certainly is no God p. 111
The Ultimate Boeing 747 p. 113
Natural selection as a consciousness-raiser p. 114
Irreducible complexity p. 119
The worship of gaps p. 125
The anthropic principle: planetary version p. 134
The anthropic principle: cosmological version p. 141
An interlude at Cambridge p. 151
The Roots of Religion p. 161
The Darwinian imperative p. 163
Direct advantages of religion p. 166
Group selection p. 169
Religion as a by-product of something else p. 172
Psychologically primed for religion p. 179
Tread softly, because you tread on my memes p. 191
Cargo cults p. 202
The Roots of Morality: Why Are we Good? p. 209
Does our moral sense have a Darwinian origin? p. 214
A case study in the roots of morality p. 222
If there is no God, why be good? p. 226
The "Good" Book and the Changing Moral Zeitgeist p. 235
The Old Testament p. 237
Is the New Testament any better? p. 250
Love thy neighbour p. 254
The moral Zeitgeist p. 262
What about Hitler and Stalin? Weren"t they atheists? p. 272
What"s Wrong with Religion? Why be so Hostile? p. 279
Fundamentalism and the subversion of science p. 282
The dark side of absolutism p. 286
Faith and homosexuality p. 289
Faith and the sanctity of human life p. 291
The Great Beethoven Fallacy p. 298
How "moderation" in faith fosters fanaticism p. 301
Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion p. 309
Physical and mental abuse p. 315
In defence of children p. 325
An educational scandal p. 331
Consciousness-raising again p. 337
Religious education as a part of literary culture p. 340
A Much Needed Gap? p. 345
Binker p. 347
Consolation p. 352
Inspiration p. 360
The mother of all burkas p. 362
Appendix: A partial list of friendly addresses, for individuals needing support in escaping from religion p. 375
Books cited or recommended p. 380
Notes p. 388
Index p. 400
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