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holytoastr) wrote2012-03-24 09:56 am
holytoastr) wrote2012-03-24 09:56 am
Book: The God Delusion
I wanted to read a book by Dawkins before the Reason Rally because he's very popular in atheist circles and was going to speak and I really don't know much about him.
The God Delusion is always mentioned as their favorite by people who escaped religion so I decided that would be a good one to try.
Honestly I found it terribly dull. I knew all the arguments already. There was very little he wrote that I hadn't heard somewhere before. Probably because people are using his arguments, but still, I was bored.
I suspect it would be far more interesting for someone who is religious and didn't know these arguments. So I probably shouldn't have chosen a book that former religious people liked. Perhaps another book would have been better. But if his other books are all along the same line, probably not.
On a side note, my library refused to let me renew this book at all. I found that terribly rude. Someone else had requested the book, so I'm only allowed to have it two weeks? What if I had a reading disability? I ended up keeping the book for an additional week and paying a fine. Whatever.
The God Delusion is always mentioned as their favorite by people who escaped religion so I decided that would be a good one to try.
Honestly I found it terribly dull. I knew all the arguments already. There was very little he wrote that I hadn't heard somewhere before. Probably because people are using his arguments, but still, I was bored.
I suspect it would be far more interesting for someone who is religious and didn't know these arguments. So I probably shouldn't have chosen a book that former religious people liked. Perhaps another book would have been better. But if his other books are all along the same line, probably not.
On a side note, my library refused to let me renew this book at all. I found that terribly rude. Someone else had requested the book, so I'm only allowed to have it two weeks? What if I had a reading disability? I ended up keeping the book for an additional week and paying a fine. Whatever.