Dawkins does a good job of bringing to issue the insanity that Judeo-Christianty and Islam are based on. One way he does this is by letting various believers simply open their mouths and say what they believe. I liked this quote he uses in Part 2:

“Religion is an insult to humanity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things, but to get good people to do evil things it takes religion.” -  Steven Wienberg.

Everyone should watch these two videos!

I read the book and now after seeing this I am thankful for Dawkins because he does not present non- theism as something for which there should be any apology. I admire his unabashed assertion that religion is harmful and insulting. How can any postmormon not empathize?

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I am in the process of reading “The God Delusion”.  Since about 3 months after I left the Mormon Church, I have labeled myself an an agnostic.  After the first chapter of Richard Dawkins book, I started thinking of myself as an athiest.  Last night, I realized that for the first time I can ever remember, I wasn’t being skeptical about any part of that new realization.

While I was a Mormon, there were always things I was skeptical about… “Well, I guess it could be true, but maybe it is not.”  As an agnostic, I had the same thoughts, with the addition of, “what if I am wrong?, do I want to take that chance?”

Only 1/3 of the way into “The God Delusions,” all of those thoughts have left.  I still feel a little worried about telling people my newfound self discovery, not because I doubt them in anyway, or because I am afraid I will burn in hell, but because I am afraid I will offend people.  Especialy my family.  They are not LDS, but most of them are devout christians of some form or antoher.  Being the only LDS member in my family for 20 years put a big wedge between my family and myself.  I am still trying to find ways to repair that, and I am afraid admitting I am an athiest would do more damage than being LDS did.  At least I am free of the guilt… the guilt of not believeing completely while I was LDS, and the guilt of not believing in religion wole heartedly while being an agnostic.  For me, being an athiest comes with no guilt at all!
Enlightened Molly