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This recent book by Richard Dawkins is another milestone in the battle of enlightened minds against the rule of superstition in this world, a beacon for determined seekers for truth, trying to find their way in a sea of ignorance and misconceptions. | This recent book by Richard Dawkins is another milestone in the battle of enlightened minds against the rule of superstition in this world, a beacon for determined seekers for truth, trying to find their way in a sea of ignorance and misconceptions. | ||
| + | Dawkins analyses the central role that religion plays in forming, maintaining and consolidating common belief systems, no matter how improbable, deluded and harmful these belief system seem to be from an intelligent point of view. | ||
| + | With the eloquence of a professional writer and the thoroughness of a seasoned scientific researcher, he presents the phenomenon of religious beliefs in all its ramifications in and disquieting effects on human society. | ||
| + | It is, as it always was, generally accepted knowledge, that "nowadays" we do live in an enlightened society and that superstition and organized ignorance are weird phenomena from the middle ages, from our immature past. As Dawkins eloquently shows, this is a grave misconception. Superstition and aggressively organized ignorance rule our present, just as they ruled our past, with all their disastrous consequences. | ||
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Revision as of 05:20, 3 September 2009
Comments on Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion
(This page is still in the process of being written.)
On Dawkins's website, there's also a [1] of the book with links to online book stores.
This recent book by Richard Dawkins is another milestone in the battle of enlightened minds against the rule of superstition in this world, a beacon for determined seekers for truth, trying to find their way in a sea of ignorance and misconceptions.
Dawkins analyses the central role that religion plays in forming, maintaining and consolidating common belief systems, no matter how improbable, deluded and harmful these belief system seem to be from an intelligent point of view.
With the eloquence of a professional writer and the thoroughness of a seasoned scientific researcher, he presents the phenomenon of religious beliefs in all its ramifications in and disquieting effects on human society.
It is, as it always was, generally accepted knowledge, that "nowadays" we do live in an enlightened society and that superstition and organized ignorance are weird phenomena from the middle ages, from our immature past. As Dawkins eloquently shows, this is a grave misconception. Superstition and aggressively organized ignorance rule our present, just as they ruled our past, with all their disastrous consequences.
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.......................etter tools to take its own future into its own hands, to the advantage of all. Before discussing these two additional chunks of information, we'll quote some paragraphs of Kris' book that illustrate the general line of his thinking.
From "The God Delusion"
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