Comments on: Book review – The God Delusion http://xiebob.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/book-review-the-god-delusion/ XieBob saying this and that now and again Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael Burton http://xiebob.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/book-review-the-god-delusion/#comment-190 Michael Burton Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:51:57 +0000 http://xiebob.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-190 I do find it refreshing to consider being dismissive of religious people just out of hand. I wouldn't try to "reach a middle ground" with a skinhead (sorry for the heavy handed example) and many many more people have died at the hands of religion than any particular political or social belief. I do think religion has just been bad for us. I do find it refreshing to consider being dismissive of religious people just out of hand. I wouldn’t try to “reach a middle ground” with a skinhead (sorry for the heavy handed example) and many many more people have died at the hands of religion than any particular political or social belief. I do think religion has just been bad for us.

]]> By: Xie http://xiebob.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/book-review-the-god-delusion/#comment-189 Xie Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:38:59 +0000 http://xiebob.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-189 Yeah, I remember thinking that "The Blind Watchmaker" was ok, but not earth-shattering. The first book I read by Dawkins was "The Selfish Gene". It changed the whole way I thought about evolution and the way I've thought about it ever sense. I still think about the book all the time. It's by far his best book. Yeah, I remember thinking that “The Blind Watchmaker” was ok, but not earth-shattering.

The first book I read by Dawkins was “The Selfish Gene”. It changed the whole way I thought about evolution and the way I’ve thought about it ever sense. I still think about the book all the time. It’s by far his best book.

]]> By: Jeffo http://xiebob.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/book-review-the-god-delusion/#comment-188 Jeffo Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:56:51 +0000 http://xiebob.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-188 Have you read any of Dawkins' other books? I recently read "The Blind Watchmaker," and found it extremely frustrating for reasons similar to yours. I respect Dawkins enormously as a public intellectual, and certainly think evolution and atheism are "correct" in any meaningful sense, but his books seems to fail in their attempts to reach those who believe otherwise. Have you read any of Dawkins’ other books? I recently read “The Blind Watchmaker,” and found it extremely frustrating for reasons similar to yours. I respect Dawkins enormously as a public intellectual, and certainly think evolution and atheism are
“correct” in any meaningful sense, but his books seems to fail in their attempts to reach those who believe otherwise.

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