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Richard Dawkins é implacável. Ateu convicto, neste livro, argumenta a improbabilidade da existência de Deus e de caminho elucida-nos sobre darwinismo, sobre o conceito de deus para Einstein (não, o Einstein não era religioso e não acreditava em Deus, fez questão de dizer isso, depois da sua célebre frase "Deus não joga aos dados" que foi utilizada abusivamente), analisa os argumentos para a existência de Deus e desmonta-os um a um, dá verdadeiras lições de ciência, entre outras coisas. Interessante, mais um verdadeiro "page turner", um dos livros mais polémicos dos últimos tempos. Vou a meio e já me fez pensar muito. Recomendo em especial ao Falstaff (pois, já tinha saudades de lhe dar uma alfinetada...)

Mais informação, retirada do site do autor:

A preeminent scientist – and the world's most prominent atheist – asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.

With rigor and wit, Richard Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, forments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong, but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.

Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he has held since 1995. The Wall Street Journal said his "passion is supported by an awe-inspiring literary craftsmanship." The New York Times Book Review has hailed him as a writer who "understands the issues so clearly that he forces the reader to understand them too." Among his previous books are The Ancestor's Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, and A Devil's Chaplain.