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Originally Posted by Augi
Never read God Delusion... it is on the list though. Personally I am against any "scientific" or "logical" arguments that prove or disprove the existence of god(s).
A book that I did enjoy reading (as it doesn't go to prove or disprove anything, only explain why man created would have god):
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
I actually bought this one. Jaynes starts off with a definition of what it means to be conscious and what roles consciousness actually plays. He then explains how the modern mind evolved from a non-conscious mind where each hemisphere of the brain was an independent processing unit that spoke to one another, hence why man heard the voice of God.
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While I find Dawkins to be perhaps the pinnacle of Ivory tower snob and a total asshole, I'd still recommend the God Delusion not for the 'logic' side of it, that was preaching to my internal choir, but the sections on why religion seems to be part of our make up. God or no god, its obvious there is something innate in why we are so susceptible to religion and I just sort of unthinkingly accepted it from a psychological standpoint when it was really an evolutionary question.