The God Delusion
I just started reading this book, but already can tell it will be a winner. It's extremely well written with a very logical style. Of course logic doesn't matter that often when speaking of religious topics, but it's necessary when "discussion" turns to "debate". It is also a wonderful source for finding other sources. The varied sources and references are very wide and thorough, so those interested in going deeper have lots of places to start.
I've always loved a good quote, and this book is full of them too. I usually dog-ear the bottom corner of a page where something catches my eye or there's a quote that I want to come back to later. My copies of books like The Moral Animal and The Doors of Perception are full of a dozen or more bent corners, sometimes with margin notes or underlined sentences. I was of course tempted to start doing that while reading this book as well but quickly realized almost every page of the first two chapters would be marked! There are too many good examples and applicable quotes to start marking anything. Plus, I look forward to loaning this book out, and I don't want to bias future readers.
I'll close with the quote with which he opens the book:
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
-- Douglas Adams
(Adam's books)
Highly recommended - the paperback version can be found in any bookstore or ordered online.
