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'''''The God Delusion''''' is a book by the [[atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]], in which he attempts to show that belief in [[God]] is irrational.

'''''The God Delusion''''' is a book by the [[atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]], in which he attempts to show that belief in [[God]] is irrational.

Dawkins' main objectives are to convince his readers that the existence of [[God]] or any other [[deity]] is highly unlikely, that the Bible is incoherent and that [[morality]] does not come from [[religion]].

Dawkins' main objectives are to convince his readers that the existence of [[God]] or any other [[deity]] is highly unlikely, that the Bible is incoherent, that [[morality]] does not come from [[religion]], and that if religion does effect morality, it only does so negatively.

Critics have called the book "surprisingly intolerant".<ref>{{cite book | quote=For a scientist who criticizes religion for its intolerance, Dawkins has written a surprisingly intolerant book, full of scorn for religion and those who believe. | publisher=Publishers Weekly | title=The God Delusion | year=2006 | month=August | url=http://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618680004 | }}</ref>

Critics have called the book "surprisingly intolerant".<ref>{{cite book | quote=For a scientist who criticizes religion for its intolerance, Dawkins has written a surprisingly intolerant book, full of scorn for religion and those who believe. | publisher=Publishers Weekly | title=The God Delusion | year=2006 | month=August | url=http://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618680004 | }}</ref>

=== Deeply Religious Non-Believer===

=== Deeply Religious Non-Believer===

Dawkins attempts to establish [[Albert Einstein]] as a non-theist, and to prove that religion is unworthy of any respect.

Dawkins attempts to establish [[Albert Einstein]] as an avowed atheist, and to prove that religion is unworthy of any respect.

===The God Hypothesis===

===The God Hypothesis===

===Why There Almost Certainly is No God===

===Why There Almost Certainly is No God===

Dawkins gives his 'Boeing 747 Argument', contending that we only know of intelligence as a product of extensive evolution. Since, God is supremely intelligent if we are to attribute the entire universe to him, argues Dawkins, we must explain the origins of that intelligence. God, he opines, "is unlikely".

Dawkins gives his reasons for believing that God is about as likely as "[[fairy|fairies]] living under his garden", and asks the fallacious question of where God came from.

===The Roots of Religion===

===The Roots of Religion===

===The Roots of Morality: Why are We Good?===

===The Roots of Morality: Why are We Good?===

Dawkins explains why he believes that a moral centre is a product of evolution, and attacks the idea that religion is a necessary basis of personal morality.

Dawkins explains why he believes that morality "evolved" from [[animal]]s.

===The 'Good' Book and the Changing [[Moral Zeitgeist]]===

===The 'Good' Book and the Changing [[Moral Zeitgeist]]===