Not to me.
At the age of 10 I decided that God does not exist. Since then, I have encountered no evidence of its existence, and discarded the question as irrelevant to me. Never illuded, never deluded.
Richard Dawkings thinks differently about it. For him, the existence of a super-natural God is highly improbable, and in his The God Delusion, he explains why. First he comfutes all the major arguments which have been used by theologician to demonstrate God's existence, one by one, in a hilarious spiral. Later in the book, it becomes more clear what is he fighting against, and that is religion - i.e. the system of beliefs based on beliefs.
The book is well written and enjoyable. The thesis are rigorous and compelling. A good book. It could help a lot of people, especially in these highly religious times.
There are some minor remarks - but those are for the scholars. For instance, I cannot understand and appreciate the anthropofic vision or assumption. Moreover, I hate the lack of phantasy of people imagining extra-terrestrial life. Life is a process whose output is highly impredictable, so I would guess that extra-terrestrial life would look as shocking different to us, as australia's wildlife looked to the first occidental sailors.
Finally, a godless life is a sinless one! Can you imagine what kind of impact that would have on your sexual life?
1 comment:
Glad you enjoyed the book, G. I had the same feeling not so long ago: religion, pfaahh, I've gone through that discussion, it's finished. But lately, I've felt that religion is on the increase in our society. Personally, I'd like it to go away.
As for the antropomorphic principle, it's hard to falsify, but an interesting thought nonetheless, I'd say.
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