Dear Mr. Dawkins,
Apologies if I should have said Dr. Dawkins, but the book is way over there and I don’t want to move.
I have been reading “The God Delusion” and it is excellent.
Brilliantly argued.
Your logic is flawless.
The rationality is unbreakable.
Every point is excellently made.
But all of it is irrelevant.
Trying to prove that God doesn’t exist with rational arguments is just as pointless as trying to prove that God does exist with rational arguments.
You are arguing against people who’s arguments are as pointless as your own.
This book is primarily an attack on Faith. I think Faith is a beautiful thing and those that have a true pure faith are for want of a better word blessed.
I agree with your motives on many points. I completely agree with you when you attack people’s misuse of faith. I think that the misuse and misrepresentation of faith has been the cause of many terrible acts through history.
But that is not the main motivation behind your book.
As I said it is primarily an attack on Faith.
The thing is you can’t attack faith with logic or rational arguments.
There is no logic to faith. It just is. (I know people try to argue rationally in favor of, and against faith but really you can use logic to prove just about anything you want).
There is nothing wrong with faith. There can be problems with actions taken in the name of faith but that doesn’t make faith wrong.
The interesting thing about your book is that the most prominent illumination in it is the strength of your own faith.
Your faith that there is no God!
It’s still faith.
Let’s all have a little more magic in our lives!
