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God is No Delusion: A Refutation of Richard Dawkins
Thomas Crean

Ignatius Pr, 2007 - 160 pages

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This is "ANOTHER" refutation of Dawkins

I am giving Thomas Creen's book 4 stars, as I have yet to complete it. However, I simply wanted to make the point that this book is but "another" complete refutation of Mr Dawkin's skated logic - and an admirable one at that.

My hope is that it builds on the absolute and utter demolition of Dawkins given by the agnostic Jew, David Berlinski, in his stellar book "The Devil's Delusion" (released earlier this year). Both of these books make it quite clear that Dawkins is both intellectually lazy and quite comfortable ignoring the obvious. They also make it quite clear that Richard Dawkins is en route to his own personal satisfaction; hardly a search for the truth based on science, biology, human history, or philosophy.

Materialists are nothing new. Aa a rule, they would love for the general population to just *go along* with the idea that the evidence is on their side. In Dawkin's case, he desperately wants that evidence to be biological in nature and therefore irrefutable in his mind. As many of the more thoughtful (less dogmatic) in the sciences have repeatedly demonstrated - his longing for such evidence is a lost cause. As a simple matter of fact, the evidence shows the exact opposite. And so, a shell game ensues, along with a significant dose of intellectual hubris.

He is in a delusion of his own making.


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God IS no delusion!

Fr. Crean's refutation is both substantive and a pleasure to read. Crean very fairly, and GOOD-HUMOREDLY, makes quick work of what passes for the "new atheist" arguments and devotes the rest of the book's pages to outlining several very interesting Christian arguments. The book's a valuable addition to my little library and one I'll certainly reread more than a few times.









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Refuted indeed

Others here have ably provided detailed reviews, so I'll just add my voice to the chorus by more generally recommending this book.

Thomas Crean's tone here is as magnanimous as Richard Dawkins' is pusillanimous. This contrast alone is a sight to behold, and is itself most instructive. More importantly, Crean methodically destroys Dawkins' arguments (in fact Crean shows that Dawkins' book contains very little argumentation). Indeed he does so to the point that Dawkins is, sadly, revealed as both a rank demagogue and as philosophically/theologically illiterate. I actually felt vicariously embarrassed for Dawkins while reading this book. Do read it and see for yourself.

C.S. Lewis quipped: "A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere."

This is one of them.

P.S. After finishing this book, two things popped to mind:

First, this: "Today's legions of exquisitely 'open' and 'free' minds, those unshackled by emotionalism and wedded only to pure reason - i.e., our alleged 'freethinkers' - must read this book. Or are they not open?"

Second, I considered what kind of press release Dick Dawkins might come up with, in an ideal world, after reading this book. Here's what flashed through my mind:

"People, stop buying my book! Stop buying it immediately! O heavy burden! I've just learned that it's bunk! I've just been shown that I'm a common philosophical and theological illiterate! O the shame! My full retraction is forthcoming."

Dawkins would then make the typical circus rounds - Larry, Greta, Keith, Diane, and all the rest - to get this message out, all leading to a crescendo of intoxicating, tearful absolution from Oprah Herself.

Alas, Dawkins has shown no such shame, nor have any of his fellow atheist evangelists. After all, the money is rolling in. Yet one may dream!

"O age, thou art shamed.* O shame, where is thy blush?**"

-Shakespeare, Julius Caesar*, Hamlet**


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Richard Dawkins, biologist and best-selling author, claims that belief in God is a "delusion" and that "religion" harms society. Dawkins contends that he has reason and evidence on his side, and he dismisses faith as unfounded, even irrational.

Dominican Thomas Crean tackles Dawkins' claims head-on. He presents straightforward arguments for God's existence, and he uses reason and evidence to defend such things as miracles and the authority of the Bible. He also shows how God is important for a coherent understanding of morality, and why Dawkins' approach winds up reducing morality to the individual's subjective likes and dislikes. By demonstrating how Dawkins' criticisms rest on misunderstandings, superficial readings, poor argumentation, a lack of historical awareness, and not a little prejudice, Crean reveals Dawkins to be out of his philosophical and theological depth, and his case against God to be fundamentally flawed.


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