What do you think of the book The Dawkins Delusion by Alistair McGrath?

Answer 1

It made more sense and was far less hateful than Dawkins' book.

Answer 2

In reality, far from providing the claimed point-by-point rebuttal of the arguments in "The God Delusion", McGrath only rarely addresses these arguments directly at all, preferring an ad hominem attack on its author and his supposed motivation. He claims, for example, that "underlying the agenda of 'The God Delusion' is a pervasive belief that science has disproved God," but this is fantasy, because not only is such a belief not pervasive in "The God Delusion," it is not there at all. Certainly, it contains arguments to the effect that science has not come up with any evidence to support a belief in the existence of God, but that is not at all the same as claiming to have disproved God. Dawkins is nowhere so simple-minded as to fall into the trap of supposing that absence of evidence is evidence of absence, and McGrath's inability to understand the difference undermines any claim he might have to understand the nature of modern science.

Answer 3

It's a hack job. Dawkins doesn't have anything to worry about from McGrath.

Answer 4

I'll be you more Christians will read "The God Delusion" than atheists would read "The Dawkins Delusion."

Answer 5

I thought he did an extremely poor job of backing up his claims. His arguments can basically be summed up as "I know you are, but what am I?"

Answer 6

never heard of it - but if it was written by a whacked-out religious fruitcake you can bet it's a waste of time