The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

The title of this piece of lyrical non-fiction is bold, but what is inside the book is really what matters. It just so happens that the meat of the book is more cutthroat than the title.

Richard Dawkins is unapologetic in his attack of religion. He gets down to business on the God issue, first disproving him then questioning our needs for a figure of that magnitude. Anyone of faith will avoid this book for good reason, they won't hold the same faith after reading it. This book will convert some people into atheists, but after reading this masterpiece, that is what we need.

Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist who supports the Darwinian way of thinking, so naturally parts of the book were filled with science. This made parts of the book hard to get through, but the points made with Darwinian natural selection were worth the trek.

This book may or may not help change the religious scene all around the world, depending on who is brave enough to open their minds to this type of thinking. One thing for sure, fundamentalist Christian radicals will push to get such an abomination banned in the bible belt where the book is most needed.

Verdict: Read