Read about half of it and got bored. There is little untread territory in this book.

Going into the reading of this book, I think I held hopes a little too high for what it eventually achieved. My hope was that it would be a wonderfully civil way to begin discourse between religious theists, agnostics, and atheists alike about the existence of God(s). I found Dawkins' prose brilliant, his thinking relatively flawless. However, there were moments when his detail to large scale and cosmic ideas were truly difficult to follow. I had to look up quite a few words as I read the book, and it really was work to get through. I'm glad I did. But for people who might be predisposed to disagree with Dawkins' hypothesis, I don't foresee many willing to put in the work to read it.

More problematic, I think, is something that Dawkins points out in the very first chapter of "The God Delusion"-- the respect that is required of anyone discussing religion. Dawkins asserts that he will afford it no more respect than if he were discussing any other subject, and he holds to that throughout the book. The problem is that Dawkins does NOT respect religion in the least, and so, while trying to hold it to the same standards as many other subjects, he often comes across as horribly demeaning and self-righteous in his proclamations. For a reader such as myself, who has no real ties to religion, I found many of these instances rather comical, in all honesty. For anyone more pious than myself, offense is the clear direction that would be taken, especially when they are used to the deference usually afforded to people enumerating their beliefs. Many of the others views dismiss Dawkins as someone who does not truly understand what he is discussing, is too narrowly focused, and lacking expertise. I must say that I find the book very thoroughly researched, footnoted, and allowing for the humanization of many of his targets, when appropriate. Unfortunately, because of the author's self-congratulatory, overbearing style, I think many may miss his most important points. Which is too bad, because they are not insignificant.

I found this book terribly written. Whenever I start reading new chapters, I always found authors writing down with no direction. I felt sluggish with each chapters. Few were good, opinions were very basic, and some were horribly stupid which I never expected from Richard Dawkins. I would hv appreciate little diversity in the book if there were any.

a clear, concise, and entertaining argument for humanism. Read this after watching "Life," and you'll have everything you need to know.

"Interesting points, good overview of various arguments"

I don't normally write reviews, usually out of sheer laziness. But i feel i owe it to this book to do so. It is absolutely electrifying, and is every bit as provocative (no, much more) as its title suggests. Its author suffers no fools about our often naive views on religion - from its fundamental roots to its supposed benefits. In it, he takes apart the key arguments for faith, and holds it up to the light of logic, reason for critique and analysis.

I found this book absolutely breathtaking, for its courage and audacity, slaughtering, as it were, the sacred cow that is religion. Dawkins applies a take-no-prisoner approach in discussing religion, but his arguments are grounded in fact, in evidence and reason. I would beg to differ from those who call him a fundamentalist, because it is clear that he is far from one. What he challenges us all to do is simply to think, to think calmly and rationally about religion and the impact it has had on society, and if there is really a need for a God in the societies we live in today.

I can almost see you recoil at that sentence - a godless society? How could it function? The important thing then, is to calmly ask WHY we react in such a way. Powerfully and movingly, he argues that we have no more need (if we really did ever need) for a God or gods, and that we alone are more than capable of leading rich, fulfilling lives without the burden of imagining a beard in the sky watching us.

I challenge all who claim to be capable of logical reasoning to read this book, no matter what creed you may be, if only for the intellectual workout it will give your brain. Think with your brain, and i would love if you could give me some arguments to refute some of Dawkins'.

Because after all, i would hate to take anything on pure faith.

Searing, intense, hilarious and moving, this is the book you will need to jolt your mind out of its placid neutrality, and decide, one way or another, if we have truly been deluded.

I happened to see this title on Goodreads and remembered the miserable hours I spent working as a salesclerk for a certain large bookseller during the time in which it was a bestseller. I would read it on lunch breaks and laugh at it.
Dawkins understands less about theology than Boethius did about evolutionary biology. It's an utter embarrassment that this was written not by a teenager but by a man in his seventh decade.
Probably tied with Fifty Shades of Grey for worst thing I've ever read.

I found this quite an uncomfortable read if I’m honest and mostly read it as it so often came up in my old school classes. I did however think it was a well constructed and reasoned book, that pushes you to reflect on belief (I’m a Catholic). I didn’t appreciate the instances when Dawkins lets his objective focus be tarnished by ridiculing belief but nonetheless thought it was worth the read.