The God Delusion
By: Richard Dawkins
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Clipper large print
Publisher: WF Howes; Clipper Large Print
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9781407402512
Subjects: God; Proof; Religion; Atheism
Description: Argues that belief in God is irrational, and describes examples of religion's negative influences on society throughout the centuries, such as war, bigotry, child abuse, and violence.
Notes: Originally published: [London] : Bantam Press, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 568-580).
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: A Deeply Religious Non-Believer
pagenum: 12; title: Deserved Respect
pagenum: 12; title: Undeserved Respect
pagenum: 26; label: Chapter 2
title: The God Hypothesis
pagenum: 39; title: Polytheism
pagenum: 41; title: Monotheism
pagenum: 48; title: Secularism, The Founding Fathers and the Religion of America
pagenum: 51; title: The Poverty of Agnosticism
pagenum: 64; title: NOMA
pagenum: 76; title: The Great Prayer Experiment
pagenum: 87; title: The Neville Chamberlain School of Evolutionists
pagenum: 95; title: Little Green Men
pagenum: 101; label: Chapter 3
title: Arguments for God's Existence
pagenum: 108; title: Thomas Aquinas’ ‘Proofs’
pagenum: 108; title: The Ontological Argument and Other _A Priori_ Arguments
pagenum: 113; title: The Argument from Beauty
pagenum: 122; title: The Argument from Personal ‘Experience’
pagenum: 125; title: The Argument from Scripture
pagenum: 132; title: The Argument from Admired Religious Scientists
pagenum: 141; title: Pascal's Wager
pagenum: 151; title: Bayesian Arguments
pagenum: 154; label: Chapter 4
title: Why There Almost Certainly Is No God
pagenum: 161; title: The Ultimate Boeing 747
pagenum: 161; title: Natural Selection as a Consciousness Raiser
pagenum: 164; title: Irreducible Complexity
pagenum: 171; title: The Worship of Gaps
pagenum: 181; title: The Anthropic Principle: Planetary Version
pagenum: 196; title: The Anthropic Principle: Cosmological Version
pagenum: 207; title: An Interlude at Cambridge
pagenum: 223; label: Chapter 5
title: The Roots of Religion
pagenum: 236; title: The Darwinian Imperative
pagenum: 236; title: Direct Advantages of Religion
pagenum: 242; title: Group Selection
pagenum: 247; title: Religion as a By-Product of Something Else
pagenum: 251; title: Psychologically Primed for Religion
pagenum: 262; title: Tread Softly, Because You Tread on My Memes
pagenum: 281; title: Cargo Cults
pagenum: 299; label: Chapter 6
title: The Roots of Morality: Why Are We Good?
pagenum: 308; title: Does Our Moral Sense Have a Darwinian Origin?
pagenum: 314; title: A Case Study in the Roots of Morality
pagenum: 327; title: If There Is No God, Why Be Good?
pagenum: 334; label: Chapter 7
title: The 'Good' Book and the Changing Moral _Zeitgeist_
pagenum: 346; title: The Old Testament
pagenum: 347; title: Is the New Testament Any Better?
pagenum: 368; title: Love Thy Neighbour
pagenum: 374; title: The Moral _Zeitgeist_
pagenum: 388; title: What About Hitler and Stalin? Weren't They Atheists?
pagenum: 403; label: Chapter 8
title: What's Wrong with Religion? Why Be So Hostile?
pagenum: 414; title: Fundamentalism and the Subversion of Science
pagenum: 416; title: The Dark Side of Absolutism
pagenum: 423; title: Faith and Homosexuality
pagenum: 427; title: Faith and the Sanctity of Human Life
pagenum: 431; title: The Great Beethoven Fallacy
pagenum: 442; title: How ‘Moderation’ in Faith Fosters Fanaticism
pagenum: 448; label: Chapter 9
title: Childhood, Abuse and the Escape from Religion
pagenum: 459; title: Physical and Mental Abuse
pagenum: 466; title: In Defence of Children
pagenum: 483; title: An Educational Scandal
pagenum: 492; title: Consciousness-Raising Again
pagenum: 502; title: Religious Education as a Part of Literary Culture
pagenum: 506; label: Chapter 10
title: A Much Needed Gap?
pagenum: 513; title: Binker
pagenum: 515; title: Consolation
pagenum: 522; title: Inspiration
pagenum: 536; title: The Mother of All Burkas
pagenum: 538; label: Appendix
title: A Partial List of Friendly Addresses for Individuals Needing Support in Escaping from Religion
pagenum: 560; title: Books Cited or Recommended
pagenum: 568