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[[File:Richard Dawkins Cooper Union.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Richard Dawkins]] ]]'''''The God Delusion''''' is a book by prominent the [[atheistagnosticism|agnostic]] [[Richard Dawkins]]. Dawkins' website describes it:<blockquote>"A preeminent scientist – and the world's most prominent atheist – asserts the irrationality of , in which he argues that belief in [[God ]] is ir[[rational]] (see also: [[Richard Dawkins and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11agnosticism]])."</blockquote>

''The God Delusion'', by In terms of the [[Richard Dawkinstheism]] was written to persuade religious people to "de"-convert from their relgions to vs. [[agnosticism]]/[[atheism]] issue, and Dawkins has shown himself to strengthen the convictions be rather ignorant in matters of any atheists who may also read it[[philosophy]] and [[theology]]. It has been a For example, atheist philosopher Dr. [[Michael Ruse]] declared concerning Dawkins'book 'New York Times'The God Delusion' bestseller for nearly a year': "''The God Delusion'' makes me embarrassed to be an atheist."<ref>http://www.alternet.org/media/47052?page=entire</ref> See also: [[Errors of Richard Dawkins]]

==Brief Summary=====Chapter 1===In chapter 1, Although [[Richard Dawkins attempts to establish Einstein as nonreligious]] declared himself an [[agnosticism|agnostic]] in the book ''The God Delusion'', and he tries to prove declared that religion atheist evangelism is unworthy important.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/02/mailvox-richard-dawkins-is-not-atheist.html Mailvox: Richard Dawkins is not an atheist!]</ref> Theodore Beale wrote concerning this matter, "While the fact that Dawkins declared himself a literal agnostic in the very book in which he declared the importance of respectatheist evangelism is both ironic and incoherent, it will surprise no one who has read the chapter of ''The Irrational Atheist'' entitled "Darwin's Judas".<ref>[https://voxday.net/2012/02/24/mailvox-richard-dawkins-is-not-atheis/ Mailvox: Richard Dawkins is not an atheist!]</ref>

===Chapter 2===In chapter 2010, it was reported that ''The God Delusion'' sold 2, Dawkins explains the different kinds of religion (Monotheism086, Polytheism)402 copies and 907,161 of those copies were sold in [[North America]]. He also asserts that Contrastly, in 2010, the founding fathers [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical Christian]] [[Rick Warren]] sold between 25,000,000 and 50,000,000 copies of his book ''The Purpose Driven Life''.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2010/02/03/how-many-copies-of -the USA -god-delusion-have-been-sold/ How Many Copies of The God Delusion Have Been Sold?]</ref> According to the website Guinness World Records, a survey by the Bible Society concluded that around 2.5 billion copies [of the Bible] were nonreligiousprinted between 1815 and 1975, but more recent estimates put the number at more than 5 billion. "<ref>[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-book-of-non-fiction/ Best-selling book of non-fiction], Guinness World Records</ref> He continues to explain Secularism, Agnosticism''The Economist'' reported in 2007, "...over 100m copies of the Bible are sold or given away every year. Annual Bible sales in America are worth between $425m and some basic assertions $650m; Gideon's International gives away a Bible every second. The Bible is available all or in part in 2,426 languages, covering 95% of the religiousworld's population."<ref>[https://www.economist.com/node/10311317?story_id=10311317&CFID=3289446&CFTOKEN=a87381115ea0752-5130AD65-B27C-BB00-012B3B9A581DD567 The battle of the books], The Economist</ref>

===Chapter 3===In chapter 3, Dawkins summarizes some common proofs for ' 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 attempts to debunk themthat 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=Chapter 4The God Delusion | year=2006 | month=August | url=In chapter 4, Dawkins gives his reasons for believing that God is about as likely as fairies living under his gardenhttps://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618680004 }}</ref>

===Chapter 5===In chapter 5, * Richard Dawkins gives (2006) makes great play in his recent book ''The God Delusion'' of what he calls the appalling propensity of religious people to base their ideas on [[dogma]] rather than on the [[evidence]]. Well, many do, but this reads strange in a book bursting at the seams with its own dogmas, its uncritical acceptance of [[metaphysical]] theories such as [[Identity Theory]], its refusal to take note of the relevant evidence from [[parapsychology]], and explains some thoughts about its [[special pleading]] with regard to the origins views of religion [[Darwin]] and [[Wallace]] on [[genocide]] (see Smythies, 2007, for details). For example, Dawkins states that he knows that this life is the only life we have been proposed by atheists.How could he possibly know that? [http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_22_1_smythies.pdf]

===Chapter 6===In chapter 6, Dawkins explains why he believes that morality evolved. ===Chapter 7===In chapter 7, Dawkins suggests that morality does not come from religion, but rather a changing [[Moral Zeitgeist]]. ===Chapter 8===In chapter 8, Dawkins shows why he believes that religion is evil and repressive. ===Chapter 9===In chapter 9, Dawkins explains why he believes that religion is child abuse, and that the scars from the "indoctrination" last into adulthood and even the child's entire life. ===Chapter 10===In chapter 10, Dawkins concludes his book on a more positive level, giving inspiration to those whom he may have convinced to "de"-convert from their religion. ==Intentions==In his book, Dawkins' main objectives are to convince his readers that the existence of [[God]] or any other [[deity]] is highly unlikely, the Bible is incoherent, morality does not come from religion, and that if religion does effect morality, it only makes people worse. He also intends to teach that atheists can live happy, intelligent, lives (&mdash;perhaps even happier lives than religious people). It He asserts that atheists do not do evil things in the name of [[atheism]], while [[religion|religious]] people have been known to commit atrocities in the name of their religion.

Brown also attacks Dawkins' argument that suicide bombers are caused by religious schools. While Dawkins states that if these children were not taught what he calls "faith without question", suicide bombings would not be an issue. Brown, however, says that religion is not a necessity in suicide bombings. He points out that it is a tactic used by Marxists in Sri LankavLanka.

''The Dawkins Delusion?'' is a response to Dawkins' ''The God Delusion''by [[Alister McGrath]]. == Richard Dawkins and Center for Inquiry translation project to reach more Muslims == ''See also:'' [[Atheism vs. Islam]] and [[Center for Inquiry]][[File:Richard Dawkins Cooper Union.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Richard Dawkins]] ]]''The Guardian'' reported about Richard Dawkins' book ''The God Delusion'':{{Cquote|Richard Dawkins is responding to what he called the “stirring towards atheism” in some Islamic countries with a programme to make free downloads of his books available in [[Arabic]], [[Urdu]], [[Farsi]] and [[Indonesia]]n. The scientist and atheist said he was “greatly encouraged” to learn that the unofficial Arabic pdf of the book had been downloaded 13m times. Dawkins writes in ''The God Delusion'' about his wish that the “open-minded people” who read it will “break free of the vice of religion altogether”. It has sold 3.3m copies worldwide since it was published in 2006 – far fewer than the number of Arabic copies that Dawkins believes to have been downloaded illegally. The [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]] recently merged with the Washington DC-based [[Center for Inquiry]]. Dawkins said the CFI decided on “a more systematic programme” of translating his work in ebook form following “stirrings toward atheism in [[Iran]] and other Islamic countries”. It will be the first time his work has been made available in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and other languages of Islamic countries.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/20/richard-dawkins-to-give-away-copies-of-the-god-delusion-in-islamic-countries Richard Dawkins to give away copies of The God Delusion in Islamic countries], The Guardian</ref>}} The Center for Inquiry indicates on its website:{{Cquote|Announcing The Translations Project, a program of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, part of the Center for Inquiry. The books of Richard Dawkins—including ''River Out of Eden'', ''The Magic of Reality'', ''The Blind Watchmaker'', and ''The God Delusion''—are being professionally translated into languages such as Arabic, Urdu, Farsi, and Indonesian and made available to download free of charge.<ref>[https://centerforinquiry.org/news/introducing-the-translations-project/ The Books of Richard Dawkins, Professionally Translated for Free Access in the Muslim World], Center for Inquiry website</ref>}} == Quotes from ''The God Delusion'' =="The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."::-Chapter 2 "I am one of an increasing number of biologists who see religion as a ''by-product'' of something else."::-Chapter 5 "By contrast, what I, as a scientist, believe (for example, [[evolution]]) I believe not because of reading a holy book but because I have studied the evidence... Books about evolution are believed because they present overwhelming quantities of mutually buttressed evidence."::-Chapter 8 "... [Moral absolutism] rules the minds of a great number of people in the world today, most dangerously so in the Muslim world and in the incipient American theocracy... Such absolutism nearly always results from strong religious faith, and it constitutes a major reason for suggesting that religion can be a force for evil in the world."::-Chapter 8 ==See also== *[[The Greatest Show on Earth]]*[[Atheism]]*[[Atheism and the suppression of science]]{{Nb Atheism}}

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