The God Delusion

By: Richard Dawkins

Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward

Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Discover magazine recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwin's Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution. 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 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.

©2006 Richard Dawkins (P)2006 Tantor Media, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Richard Dawkins is the leading soothsayer of our time....The God Delusion continues his thought-provoking tradition." (J. Craig Venter, decoder of the human genome)
"The God Delusion is smart, compassionate, and true....If this book doesn't change the world, we're all screwed." (Penn & Teller)
"The world needs...passionate rationalists....Richard Dawkins so stands out through the cutting intelligence of The God Delusion." (James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, author of The Double Helix)

Athiests Rejoice

Any additional comments?

This book addresses and answers nearly every argument the true believers of our world make to convince us that imaginary beings are in charge. Great ammunition when confronted with aggressive proselytizers.

Great objective analysis of all things about god

Great analysis of different things about god and religion. If you often find yourself feeling that there is something wrong with religion this book will help you verbalize these feelings.

Very interesting for a former Evangelical

I grew up in a Pentecostal home and at different times in my life I have questioned the legitimacy of the Bible. I just continued to believe because you’re supposed to “live by faith not by sight”. So I’ve just excepted that up until recently. I’ve been struggling to believe any of that over the last few years. So now with the actions of the current presidential administration and the blind acceptance and support of the evangelical community has solidified my non belief. I can’t my head around the idea that any of this is the way everything is supposed to be. With all of that being said I’m happy that I have come across this book and others like it because it’s nice to know that there is a provable explanation for our existence. Other than one that has been sold to us over the centuries as the only way. I really enjoyed listening to Richard and Lalla present their scientific case for human existence and our ability to live a moral and loving life without the need for religion.

fantastic

A fantastic book that explains the religious phenomena in evolutionary terms. It also includes a critical analysis of religions and religious scriptures many faults and horrendous effects.

Reinforces the Natural Lack of Belief

Dawkins did not inspire my outspoken atheism, however he did provide many great theories and "ammunition" so to speak for civil discourse against a well rehearsed-centuries old belief system and it's followers, who don't follow the rules of fact based debate.

Great book, irritating narration

Usually I prefer to have the author read the wrong works but in this case Dawsons narration is interspersed with comments by another narrator which annoyed me throughout the entire book

Makes you hate ignorance

Except for the fact that it made me want to throat-punch half the people I know for not being able to see reason, I loved every minute of it. The use of the female narrator made it very pleasant to listen to.

very intelligent

Very Articulate. Gained a great understanding on the nature of religion including how religion works in the minds of those faithful.
10/10

A Paradigm Shift

This book had an in depth description of just about every aspect of religion and asks why people believe in religion in the first place.

Every reason that I have ever heard (and many I haven't) for the validity and existence of God was dissected with sound reasoning and utterly disintegrated. If you have been raised religious (which you probably have) or not, I could not recommend this book more. I was raised Christian but my doubts grew as I did. A lifetime of indoctrination was undone once and for all after I finished this book. I feel free.

Thank you Richard Dawkins!

Good for believers and nonbelievers

This is good for believers because they will help you understand what you believe what you believe.

Is good for nonbelievers because it will give you the confidence to stand up for your belief in science.

The most important thing this book does is show reasons is harmful.