Format:
X, 406 S.
ISBN:
0618680004
,
9780618680009
Content:
A preeminent scientist asserts the irrationallity of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society from the Crusades to 9/11. 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 embraced by anyone who sputters at the inconsistencies and cruelties that riddle the Bible, bristles at the inanity of "intelligent design," or agonizes over fundamentalism in the Middle East--or Middle America.--From publisher description.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Areligiosität
;
Atheismus
;
Religion
;
Gotteslehre
;
Religionskritik
;
Gottesfrage
URL:
Table of contents only
URL:
Publisher description
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006015506.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006015506-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006015506-s.html
Author information:
Dawkins, Richard 1941-
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