In the absence of an actual copy of The God Delusion, I have had to console myself with reading articles about it. The majority of reviews largely take the book at face value and either support it or oppose it. … Continue reading →

The Boston Globe makes a nice point by reviewing The God Delusion side-by-side with Carl Sagan’s A Personal View of the Search for God and concludes Dawkins is probably right that fundamentalist religion “actively debauches the scientific enterprise,” but I’ll … Continue reading →

Theos, a new Christian think tank, heralded their launch by commissioning a poll from Communicate Research. They started by taking one of Richard Dawkins’ more confrontational statements and asking if people agreed with it: “Faith is one of the world’s … Continue reading →

The recent flurry of humanist literature is partly a reaction to the re-emergence of creationism as a challenge to evolution. But, in this piece, My God Problem, Natalie Angier wonders why scientists don’t worry about the more central Christian beliefs. … Continue reading →

I haven’t received my copy yet but no doubt when I will do, I will experience a reaction similar to Bob’s to the intemperance of Dawkins’ language; and similar to the reaction I experienced when I read the Sam Harris … Continue reading →

In part One of his criticism of The God Delusion at huffingtonpost.com, Deepak Chopra makes the case that science can’t explain subjective experience. For thousands of years human beings have been obsessed by beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social … Continue reading →

According to this essay in conservative journal, The National Revew, “If everyone were in control of his appetites, there would be no need for the government to be involved in endorsing some sexual relationships while withholding endorsement from others.” in … Continue reading →

So, Pastor Ted… Is he: someone who believe what he preaches? someone who does not believe what he preaches but believes that the world is better if his flock believes it? a complete con man? My Cynical Caesars Theory would … Continue reading →

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I have read about a million reviews now of The God Delusion. This was a tricksy one by Terry Eagleton in The London Review of Books. It comes out fighting… Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of … Continue reading →