The God Delusion

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The God Delusion is a book by Richard Dawkins published in 2006.

Synopsis

A deeply religious non-believer

The God hypothesis

Arguments for God's existence

Dawkins lists the following arguments:

• Thomas Aquinas' five proofs:
  • The unmoved mover
  • The uncaused cause
  • The cosmological argument
  • The argument from degree
  • The teleological argument
• The ontological argument
• The argument from personal experience
• The argument from scripture
• The argument from admired religious scientists
• Pascal's wager
• Bayesian arguments

Why there almost certainly is no God

The roots of religion

The roots of morality: why are we good?

The 'Good' Book and the changing moral "zeitgeist"

What's wrong with religion? Why be so hostile?

Childhood, abuse and the escape from religion

A much needed gap?