God: "The Monster of the Bible" A Critical Review of the book, "The God Delusion" 3

God: "The Monster of the Bible" A Critical Review of the book, "The God Delusion" 3
Brad Reiches
May 9 2007 10:21AM

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
GodThoughtsWired!

"God...The Monster of the Bible"

The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins

Part 2

Delusion:  "a persistent, false belief held in the face of strong, contradictory evidence."

One thing that Dawkins and I agree on:  There exists a strong delusion among many of the people on the earth today.  The question is:  "Among whom is this delusion found?"  As his title implies, Dawkins believes that this "delusion" is found among those who believe in an almighty God who created the universe.  On the other hand, this "Almighty Creator" has a different opinion regarding "delusion:"

"Because they (unbelievers) did not receive

the love of the truth so as to be saved, for this

reason God will send upon them a deluding

influence so that they will believe what is false..."

2 Thessalonians 2:10-11

In our last entry we reviewed Dawkins claim that Jesus was "honestly mistaken" about His identity and it was determined that such an argument was, at best, "woefully unimpressive."  What did you think? (seriously, I'd love your feedback).  Anyway, Dawkins arguments continue:

"The God hypothesis is also very close to being

ruled out by the laws of probability...The whole

argument turns on the familiar question

'Who made God?', which most thinking people

discover for themselves...God, though not

technically disprovable, is very very improbable indeed."

(p.46; 109)

Curiously, the argument of "probability" is taken up by both sides (evolution & creation) and, ironically, conclusions are ultimately determined by the "faith of the believer" on either side.  We will take a look at Dawkins argument for "probability" tomorrow.