The thing that turned me off against Dawkins' book, which I thought I would love, was that it just read as <em>mean</em> to me. It's been ages since I read it so I can't summon specific quotes, but here I was reading a book where I agreed with the premise but just found it to be mean-spirited.
I'm in the atheist camp, and I've certainly got my thoughts about religion dominating culture, but I agree with Horgan here: Dawkins isn't going to convince anybody (or at least not very many...) that don't already agree. That's not particularly useful.
I'm in the atheist camp, and I've certainly got my thoughts about religion dominating culture, but I agree with Horgan here: Dawkins isn't going to convince anybody (or at least not very many...) that don't already agree. That's not particularly useful.