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In his best-selling book The God Delusion, Dawkins has mixed intellectual, scientific and philosophical arguments with vitriolic attacks on Christianity and Christians. Deluded by Dawkins, by Andrew Wilson, is a lucid, coherent and very readable refutation of Richard Dawkins' arguments against God and Christianity for ordinary believers who want to cut through the rhetoric and get to the heart of the issues involved. Andrew Wilson subjects Dawkins' arguments to rigorous analysis. First he clarifies those which are unsubstantiated or irrelevant, and then he acknowledges the many points with which Christians can actually agree. From here he examines eight arguments over which Christians must differ, and explains why. Andrew says: 'I saw The God Delusion on sale in London, and it annoyed me. Not because it was a book arguing for the non-existence of God, but because it was so strident, so arrogant, and so full of mistakes and misrepresentations that it could significantly mislead people. Concerned that people in my church might struggle from reading it uncritically - and, more probably, that their unbelieving friends would - I decided to work through it in some detail, and write a response .... Encouraged by some church members and other friends in Christian leadership, I decided to devote the time to making ... a serious, if somewhat lighthearted, response to all the substantial arguments in Dawkins' text. ..... If I have succeeded in my intention, then readers will find themselves both encouraged and entertained.'
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77 of 86 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Circular references, when he bothered.,
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This review is from: Deluded by Dawkins? A Christian Response to the God Delusion (Paperback)
I was hoping for a decent rebuttal to The God Delusion when I bought this, although admittedly I didn't go so far as to reading anyone's reviews of it before hitting the BUY button. Nor did I register how many pages were in this book. Had I done so, the best I could have hoped for would be a concise counter-argument, but alas, that's not what this is.
Wilson spends the better part of his book not saying anything - he frequently peppers the text with phrases like "this is so obvious I needn't repeat it here" or "as everyone knows from reading [X]", and soforth... referring to other texts isn't so bad if you include the premise that the other texts establish... this almost seems to serve as a vehicle for selling other pro-God books, as without them you're left largely in the dark as to what this one's actually referring to. Wilson opens the book by saying that the piece began life as an article for his church newsletter, and evolved from there. In retrospect I think it should have ended there and not harboured any further aspirations of interest or relevance. Having read it, I intend to post my copy back to the publisher and castigate them for having wasted my time. Overwhelmingly, the weakest part of this book is that the author refers to Dawkins' statements pointing out the shortfallings of The Bible, and then as counter evidence he refers to.... THE BIBLE! So essentially, This Book is true because This Book says it is and proves it! I read it to the end (which thankfully didn't take long) hoping to find some nugget of an argument amongst it all, but came up with nothing. Hardly a landmark rebuttal.
126 of 147 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Alister McGrath much better,
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This review is from: Deluded by Dawkins? A Christian Response to the God Delusion (Paperback)
I had read Alister McGrath's "The Dawkins Delusion?", and "Dawkins' God " before the release of Wilson's "Deluded by Dawkins?". However, while I found McGrath's books were both interesting to read, and presented appropriate and effective points of rebuttal to Dawkins, Wilson's book is lame by comparison.
If you decide to read only one book, it should be McGrath's, not Wilson's. Wilson's book starts out fine in Chapter One. Chapter Two contains a table summarizing Dawkins arguments in The God Delusion, chapter-by-chapter. This is the most useful part of Wilson's book. However, from Chapter 3 onwards, where Wilson goes into the discussion of Jesus' resurrection and veracity of the Bible, he sounds unconvincing, which only makes things look better for Dawkins. If you're a Christian looking for good ammunition against Dawkin's The God Delusion, I'd advice you buy McGrath's book(s), and forget buying this one, but maybe look at Wilson's Chapter 2 table if a friend has bought Wilson's book. If you're a Dawkins view supporter, wondering if you should read Wilson's book to be informed about the views "from the other side", don't bother buying this book. Again, I would instead advice you look at McGrath instead. However, since Wilson's book is very short, and will easily be finished in a single afternoon, if you decide to read it anyways, it won't waste too much of your time.
50 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Inadequate and confused.,
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This review is from: Deluded by Dawkins? A Christian Response to the God Delusion (Paperback)
This book contains the same old circular reasoning often used to attack arguments which demand evidence. The book is rife with assumptions. Looks like a cheap attempt to cash in on Dawkins's book even down to the blatant copy of the cover!
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