The God Delusion
Dawkins critiques religion
*The God Delusion* is a 2006 book by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins arguing that belief in God is irrational and harmful.
The title treats religious faith as a false belief held despite evidence—a delusion.
The book became a bestseller and touchstone of the New Atheism movement: Have you read *The God Delusion*?
- atheismRejection of deities
- DawkinsBritish evolutionary biologist
- Oxford professorTeacher at historic English university
- religionSystem of spiritual belief
- beliefTrust held as true
faith · science · evolution · intelligent design · delusion · skepticism · reason · burden of proof · secular · Bible · Christianity · Sunday school · creationism · debate · militant · fundamentalism · agnostic · Hitchens
author stance and persona
The God DelusionC.S. Lewis
G.K. Chesterton · Thomas Aquinas · Augustine of Hippo · Pope Benedict XVI
God, gods, godly, godliness, ungodly, godlike, godhood, goddess, delude