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Ariel Aguayo edited the books influenced by this book of The God Delusion 5 days ago.
- Added God is No Delusion: A Refutation of Richard Dawkins
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Friend of Dorothy edited the summary of The God Delusion 6 days ago.
- ~~Just completed How to Know God by Deepak.~~
  This book seems like an attack on God but the concept of God is more western with an oldman in the sky.
  THe author does indicate that some scientists who believe in God, believe in a pantheistic God who is light years ahead of the western God described in the Torah, Bible and the Quran.
  The scientific God seems more in line with the Hindu and eastern concept of God and different from the fairy tale God that the Western religion believes in
  Anyways aA good read for those interested in atheism or eastern religion.
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Nivas I edited the summary of The God Delusion 12 days ago.
- Just completed How to Know God by Deepak.
  This book seems like an attack on God but the concept of God is more western with an oldman in the sky.
  THe author does indicate that some scientists who believe in God, believe in a pantheistic God who is light years ahead of the western God described in the Torah, Bible and the Quran.
  The scientific God seems more in line with the Hindu and eastern concept of God and different from the fairy tale God that the Western religion believes in
  Anyways a good read for those interested in atheism or eastern religion.
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Lance G edited the books like this book of The God Delusion Thursday, December 3 2009.
- Added The Portable Atheist
- Added God Is Not Great
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Joseph Roe edited the characters of The God Delusion Wednesday, December 2 2009.
- Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
- Added the description of God: Turns out, in the twist ending, that he's just a massive shared delusion.
- marked the description of God as not a spoiler
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Couch P edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The God Delusion Tuesday, November 3 2009.
- Added: Richard attempts to debunk 2000 years of Christian belief in a few hundred pages.
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John H edited the quotations of The God Delusion Tuesday, November 3 2009.
- Added a quotation: “If Jesus were killed a few years ago would Christians be wearing tiny electric chairs around their necks.”
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Timothy Gray approved Daniel Z’s request to combine 2 books, including The God Delusion, Saturday, October 31 2009.
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Daniel Z submitted a request to combine 2 books, including The God Delusion, Saturday, October 17 2009.
Timothy Gray approved this request.
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Lizzy edited the table of contents of The God Delusion Monday, August 10 2009.
- Preface
  1. A Deeply Religious Non-Believer
  Deserved respect
  Undeserved respect
  2. The God Hypothesis
  Polytheism
  Monotheism
  Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America
  The poverty of agnosticism
  NOMA
  The Great Prayer Experiment
  The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists
  Little green men
  3. Arguments For God's Existence
  Tomas Aquinas' 'proofs'
  The ontological argument and other a priori arguments
  The argument from beauty
  The argument from personal 'experience'
  The argument from scripture
  The argument from admired religious scientists
  Pascal's Wager
  Bayesian arguments
  4. Why There Almost Certainly Is No God
  The Ultimate Boeing 747
  Natural selection as a consciousness-raiser
  Irreducible complexity
  The worship of gaps
  The anthropic principle: cosmological version
  An interlude at Cambridge
  5. The Roots Of Religion
  The Darwinian imperative
  Direct advantages of religion
  Group selection
  Religion as a by-product of something else
  Psychologically primed for religion
  Tread softly, because you tread on my memes
  Cargo cults
  6. The Roots Of Morality: Why Are We Good?
  Does our moral sense have a Darwinian origin?
  A case study in the roots of morality
  If there is no God, why be good?
  7. The 'Good' Book And The Changing Moral Zeitgeist
  The Old Testament
  Is the New Testament any better?
  Love thy neighbour
  The moral Zeitgeist
  What about Hitler and Stalin? Weren't they atheists?
  8. What's Wrong With Religion? Why Be So Hostile?
  Fundamentalism and the subversion of science
  The dark side of absolutism
  Faith and homosexuality
  Faith and the sanctity of human life
  The Great Beethoven Fallacy
  How 'moderation' in faith fosters fanaticism
  9. Childhood, Abuse And The Escape From Religion
  Physical and mental abuse
  In defence of children
  An educational scandal
  Consciousness-raising again
  Religious education as a part of literary culture
  10. A Much Needed Gap?
  Binker
  Consolation
  Inspiration
  The mother of all burkas
  Appendix: a partial list of friendly addresses, for individuals needing support in escaping from religion
  Books cited or recommended
  Notes
  Index
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