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PREFACE 7Free Inquiry, especially, may find certain passages familiar. I amgrateful to Tom Flynn, the Editor of that admirable magazine, forthe stimulus he gave me when he commissioned me to become aregular columnist. After a temporary hiatus during the finishing ofthe book, I hope now to resume my column, and will no doubt useit to respond to the aftermath of the book.For a variety of reasons I am grateful to Dan Dennett, MarcHauser, Michael Stirrat, Sam Harris, Helen Fisher, MargaretDowney, Ibn Warraq, Hermione Lee, Julia Sweeney, Dan Barker,Josephine Welsh, Ian Baird and especially George Scales.Nowadays, a book such as this is not complete until it becomes thenucleus of a living website, a forum for supplementary materials,reactions, discussions, questions and answers - who knows whatthe future may bring? I hope that www.richarddawkins.net/, thewebsite of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason andScience, will come to fill that role, and I am extremely grateful toJosh Timonen for the artistry, professionalism and sheer hard workthat he is putting into it.Above all, I thank my wife Lalla Ward, who has coaxed methrough all my hesitations and self-doubts, not just with moralsupport and witty suggestions for improvement, but by reading theentire book aloud to me, at two different stages in its development,so I could apprehend very directly how it might seem to a readerother than myself. I recommend the technique to other authors, butI must warn that for best results the reader must be a professionalactor, with voice and ear sensitively tuned to the music of language.
CHAPTER 1A deeply religiousnon-believerI don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices tostand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as itallows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.ALBERT EINSTEIN
Page 2 and 3: Also by Richard DawkinsThe Selfish
Page 4 and 5: TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS61-63 Uxbridge
Page 6 and 7: ContentsPrefaceChapter 1Chapter 2Ch
Page 8 and 9: Tread softly, because you tread onm
Page 10 and 11: PrefaceAs a child, my wife hated he
Page 12 and 13: PREFACE 3If you feel trapped in the
Page 14 and 15: PREFACE 5herding cats, because they
Page 18 and 19: A D E E P L Y R E L I G I O U S N O
Page 20 and 21: A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS N O N - B E L I
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Page 36 and 37: THE GOD HYPOTHESIS 31The God of the
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THE GOD HYPOTHESIS 61non-interventi
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T H E G O D H Y P O T H E S I S 63s
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THE GOD HYPOTHESIS 65Another typica
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T H E G O D H Y P O THESIS 67NOMA -
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T H E G O D II Y P O T H E S I S 69
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THE GOD HYPOTHESIS 71longer based o
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THE GOD HYPOTHESIS 73advanced techn
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A R G U M E N T S F O R G O D ' S E
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A R G U M ENTS F O R G O D ' S E X
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ARGUMENTS F O R GOD'S E X I S T E N
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A R C U M E N T S F O R G O D ' S E
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A R G U M E N T S FOR G O D ' S E X
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ARGUMEN T S FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE 101
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A R G U M E N T S F O R G OD'S E X
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A R Ci U M E N T S F O R G O D ' S
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ARGUMENTS F O R G OD'S E X I S T E
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W H Y T II E R E A L M O S T C E R
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W H Y T H ERE AL.MOS T C E R TAINL.
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W H Y r i-i r R r A I M O S T C t R
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W H Y '11IKRK A L M O S T (.: F R T
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no evidence of its own, but thrives
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W i I Y 1 II F. R F A 1 Vi (.) S T
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W H Y T H !• R E A I. M O S "I" C
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extravagant God hypothesis and the
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W H Y T H K R K A L VI O S I C E R
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W H Y T H H R B A L M O S T C E R T
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WHY T H E R K A L. M O S T C R R T
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W H V T H t R t A I M O S T C E R T
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WHY THERE ALMOST CERTAINLY IS NO GO
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W H Y T H E R i ; A L M O S T C E R
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T H E R O O T S OF R K 1. i G I ()
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THE ROOTS OF RELIGION 165themselves
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THE ROOTS ()1 ; R fc L I G I O N 16
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T H 1-; R O O T S O F R E I 1 C 1 O
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T H E R O O T S OF R E L I G I O N
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T H I', R O () T S OF R K I. I G I
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THL R O O T S OF R E L I G I O N 17
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T H E R O O T S OF R I: I. I (i I O
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T 11 E R O O T S O F R K L 1 (. 1 O
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THE ROOTS OF RELIGION 181psychologi
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THE R O O T S O F R E L I G I O N 1
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THE R O O T S O F RELIGI O N 185boo
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T H E ROOTS OF RELIGION 187Breakfas
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T H E R O O T S O F R E L I G 1 0 N
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T H E R O O T S O F R E L \ G I O N
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T H E ROOTS OF RELIGION 193the prob
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T H E R O O T S O F R E L I G I O N
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T H E R O O T S OF RELIGION 197'mem
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T HE ROOTS OF RELIGION 199ambiguity
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T H E R O O T S OF R E L I G I O N
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T H E ROOTS OF RELI G I O N 203They
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T HE R O O T S O F R E L J G 1 O N
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T H E R O O T S O F R E L 1 G I O N
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THE R O O T S OF M O R A L I T Y :
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T H E R O O T S OF M O R A L ! T Y
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T H H R O O T S O F M O R A L I T Y
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T H K R O O "I S O ! ; M O R A M T
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T H F , R O O T S O F M O R A L I T
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T H E ' G O O D ' B O O K A N D T H
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H E ' G O O D " B O O K A N D T H E
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THE ' G O O D ' B O O K AND T H E M
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T H E ' G O O D ' B O () K A N D T
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T H E ' G O I H ) ' B O O K AN l> T
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T H E ' G O O D ' BO O K A N D T H
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T H E - G O O D ' B O O K A N D T H
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T H i : ' G O O IV Si O O K A N D T
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TII 1- ' G O O D ' B O O K A N D T
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F i l l • ( . O O D ' B O O K A N
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T H I: ' G O O D ' BO O K A N D T H
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CHAPTER 8What's wrong withreligion?
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282 THE GOD DELUSIONbomb anybody, b
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284 THE GOD DELUSIONof the lecture,
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286 THE GOD DELUSIONof the church i
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288 T H E GOD D E L U S I O Nmentio
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290 THE GOD DELUSIONpeople is their
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292 T H E GOD D ELUSIONdoing his du
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294 THE GOD DELUSIONconsequentialis
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296 THE GOD DELUSIONliving in Brita
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298 THE GOD DELUSIONSecular moralis
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300 THE GOD DELUSIONof religious up
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302 THE GOD DELUSIONTaliban of Afgh
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304 T H E G O D D ELUSIO Nhimself.
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306 THE GOD DELUSIO Nbelieve what t
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308 T H E G O D DEL U S I O Nthat f
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C H I L D H O O D , ABUSE AND R E L
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CHILDHOOD, ABUSE AND RELIGION 341de
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CHAPTER 10A much neededgap?What can
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348 THE GOD DELUSIONBinker - what I
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350 THE GOD DELUSIONfriends - and i
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356 T HE GOD DELUSIONdoctor's lie r
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358 THE GOD DELUSIONare most afraid
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360 THE GOD. DELUSIONevidence for t
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362 THE GOD DELUSIONpowerful enough
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364 THE GOD DELUSIONthe way matter
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366 THEGODDELUSIONmathematics work,
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368 THE GOD DELUSIONcould safely be
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370 T H E GOD DELUSIONand that limi
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372 THE GOD DELUSIONof simulating a
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374 T H E G O D DEL U S I O Nagains
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376 T H E G O D D E L U S I O NAfri
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378 THEGODDELUSIONNational Secular
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Books cited orrecommendedAdams, D.
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382 THE GOD DELUSIONDennett, D. C.
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384 T HE GOD DELUSIO NHodder &c Sto
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386 THE GOD D E I, US1ONShermer, M.
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NotesPreface1 Wendy Kaminer, 'The l
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390 T HE GO D D E L U S I O N34 Hen
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392 THE GOD DELUSION64 This account
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394 THE GOD DELUSIONChapter 7: The
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396 THE GOD DELUSIONThe dark side o
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IndexA for Andromeda (Hoyle), 72Aar
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402 T H E GOD D E L U S I O NDonne,
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404 T H E G O D D E L U S I O NLinc
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406 T HE GOD DEL U SIGN'skyhooks',
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