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A review by caitey2003
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
3.0
Whilst there are some useful arguments against the existence of God that ive gathered from this book, im not sure how relevant a lot of these arguments are (for me at least).
As in, I find it useful to recite the probable evolutionary causes for morality, *spoiler, its not Jesus*, as well as the improbability that Christianity (or any leading religion) is a beacon of truth for existence of a divine being, because there have been countless religions that have been followed and faded with time, and so there is nothing particularly unique about Christianity (or again, any religion). The development of cults and cult mentality I also find to be a similarly strong argument to the last.
But its very seldom that I do meet a religious person who believes that the bible (or whatever holy book they’re into) is the literal truth - and this is what Dawkins bases a lot of his arguments upon, the ludicrous theologians; and so, I didnt tend to get tons of new arguments and thoughts from this book.
I also think Dawkins arguments tend to only be relevant in teleological debates - not so much ontological or cosmological.
As in, I find it useful to recite the probable evolutionary causes for morality, *spoiler, its not Jesus*, as well as the improbability that Christianity (or any leading religion) is a beacon of truth for existence of a divine being, because there have been countless religions that have been followed and faded with time, and so there is nothing particularly unique about Christianity (or again, any religion). The development of cults and cult mentality I also find to be a similarly strong argument to the last.
But its very seldom that I do meet a religious person who believes that the bible (or whatever holy book they’re into) is the literal truth - and this is what Dawkins bases a lot of his arguments upon, the ludicrous theologians; and so, I didnt tend to get tons of new arguments and thoughts from this book.
I also think Dawkins arguments tend to only be relevant in teleological debates - not so much ontological or cosmological.