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The God Delusion
Dawkins, Richard
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, New York, USAYear Published: 2006 Pages: 406pp Price: $35.95 ISBN: 978-0-618-68000-9 Library of Congress Number: BL2775.3.D39 2006 Dewey: 211'.8--dc22 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX5645 Dawkins' basic argument is that the collective irrational belief in "The God Hypothesis" is not only wrong ("intellectual high treason"), but pernicious. Abstract: "As a scientist," Richard Dawkins writes, "I am hostile to fundamentalist religion because it actively debauches the scientific enterprise. It teaches us not to change our minds, and not to want to know exciting things that are available to be known. It subverts science and saps the intellect". Dawkins' basic argument is that the collective irrational belief in "The God Hypothesis" is not only wrong ("intellectual high treason"), but pernicious in its resulting intolerance, oppression, bigotry, arrogance, child abuse, homophobia, abortion-clinic bombings, cruelties to women, war, suicide bombers, and educational systems that teach ignorance when it comes to math and science. Subject Headings |