The Dawkins Delusion
This book is a learned rebuke to Dawkins’s book and idea which, in a wonderfully calm and measured manner, refutes the arguments made by Dawkins. No, it’s not child abuse to teach children about religion. No, believing in god is not equivalent to believing in Santa Claus. No, science has not disproved the existence of god.
If you were disturbed by the crusade-like intensity of Dawkins’s attacks this is a welcome book. It would be good to hear directly from other atheists (some of whom are quoted in this book, thankfully) that not all of them advocate the raging extremism of Dawkins. Just like religious fundamentalists do not represent the bulk of religious people, Dawkins does not represent the bulk of atheists who are rather mild and even kindly-inclined people.
