The God Delusion

[Asmodean Prime]

Well first off id like to say hello, just found this site and was defianitly happy to find it.

But yeah on to the topic

i recently finished the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

enjoyed reading it, and find myself using direct examples in my agurments/debates..

i was hoping to gets yalls opinions as well as any other books similiar that yall might suggest reading

thanks
nick

[SteveS]

Hi nick, I liked the book too.  I also liked his movie by the same title.  Two other books I really enjoyed are by Carl Sagan (not as directly anti-theistic, but more scientific, although he gets a good point about religious belief across).  I'll give you the Amazon links just so you can see the books (i.e. I'm not pimping Amazon):

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

Cheers!

[Eclecticsaturn]

i just started the book. so far so good.

[Whitney]

I enjoyed "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins...other than that I haven't read many atheist or anti-religion related books; except for the types which cover basic arguments for dis-belief.

[Scott]

I wasn't all that impressed by The God Delusion. It's readable because of Dawkins' pleasant writing and wit, but not a ground-breaking work is it?

[pjkeeley]

A great book on atheism is 'Atheism: A Short Introduction' by Julian Baggini (part of the Penguin 'Short Introduction' series). As the title suggests, it's short (ie. pocket-sized). It's well written, convincing and it covers pretty much all the fundamentals of the subject. He isn't as negative as Dawkins either, it really makes you feel good about atheism afterwards.

[SteveS]

but not a ground-breaking work is it?

I guess not really.  But, for me, I'd left this sort of topic a long time ago, and have only recently become "re-engaged".  The first half of the book covers ground well trodden (that I none-the-less enjoyed reading), but I found a lot of things that were "new" (at least to me) in the later half.  And, as you mention, his style is very agreeable - I enjoy his humor and his presentation.

Seems to me he was really just trying to get this sort of discussion into the mainstream.  "Popularize" it, if you will.  I hope it works.

[Sophia]

I had read the first 2 chapters before I had to return it to the library and since I kept wanting to highlight a few things, I ordered a used copy from E-bay rather than  renewing it from the library, so I haven't finished it yet. They had "What on Earth is an Atheist!" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair so I read that. It was interesting but I found things she either (in my opinion) shouldn't have done or should have done differently...

[tacoma_kyle]

but not a ground-breaking work is it?

Haha no it shouldnt be. Religion has always been a bunch of bull-shit, unfortunitely. If you [not you personally, just in general about the religous] only just stopped listening for a moment and though for yourself there isnt much to think about.