Alright, so I finished The God Delusion today. Really good book, and I quite recommend it. The book is divided in to 10 chapters, and each deals with a problem of religion and why religion is more problem than solution where the topic at hand is discussed.
Early on, he deals with the "God Hypothesis", and why it is a hypothesis about the universe, and should be analysed as skeptically and rationally as any other. Dawkins argues that religous beliefs are not special, and should be held up to rational scrutiny just like any other assertion. Next, Dawkins deconstructs the arguments in favor of a god, and then proceeds to put forth arguments showing that "there almost certainly is no God". The book continues with a look at the roots of religion before dealing with the myth that religion is needed, or even provides, for morality. The follow up to this is a discussion on why, beyond simply not being a source of morality, religion is actually bad for the world.
After that, Dawkins deals with religion as it relates to children. In this segment, his main point is that children should not be refered to as having their parents religion as they have not had a chance to critically consider the full implications of the faith and make a conclusion on their own as to what they believe.
...but if you hear anybody speak of a 'Catholic child', stop them and politely point out that children are too young to know where they stand on economics or politics...You can't say it too often. I'll say it again. That is not a Muslim child, but a child of Muslim parents. That child is too young to know whether it is a Muslim or not. There is no such thing as a Muslim child. There is no such thing as a Christian child.
The book is quite well writen, and makes compelling cases for most of the arguments presented. I recommend this book both to those that have already abandoned religion as well as believers. I should mention that Dawkins states in the preface that he hopes the book will help draw people away from religion. To those faithful that are reluctant to read the book (or any like it) for that reason, consider that if what you believe is true, then it should be trivial to dismiss the claims Dawkins puts forward. And even if it isn't trivial, you'll still have put your mind to work, and that's never a bad thing.
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