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A preeminent researcher -- and the planet's most distinguished atheist -- claims the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous damage faith has caused on culture, from the Crusades to 9/11.With rigor and humor, Dawkins investigates God in every his forms, from the gender-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament for the more harmless (but nonetheless irrational) Celestial Company well-liked by some Enlightenment thinkers. He shows the supreme improbability of the supreme being and eviscerates the main justifications for faith. He demonstrates how faith powers foments bigotry, battle, and violations kids, buttressing his details with modern and historic data. The God Delusion makes a persuasive case that belief in God isn't simply incorrect but possibly life-threatening.