Delusion

It is being called the climate change delusion as noted by Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. The previously unreported phenomenon has finally found its first victim, a 17 year old Australian man. After eight months of depression and visions of apocalyptic events, the young man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Melbourne’s Royal

“Somewhere, under the layers of self-delusion and confusion, there exists a God-like being. Stop searching outside of yourself. Stop feeding your ego. Will you passionately dig for truth, or will you be yet another victim of mind? This is the greatest secret of psionics.” – Sean of Bookmark:

A two-hour debate between Bill Cooke, Senior Lecturer at Manukau Institute of Technology and William Lane Craig, Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada. Born and raised in Kenya, Bill Cooke was educated there, in the United Kingdom, and in New Zealand, where he now lives. He is currently Senior Lecturer at the School of Visual Arts, Manukau Institute of Technolo

Only fantasists can believe that in this day and age, and in the current situation, it is still possible to cling to the vision of 'Greater Israel,' Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. Olmert participated in the committee's session to brief them on the resumption of negotiations with Syria and to address criticism of his ap

"Illness is always a social construct," says Dr. Nortin Hadler, professor of medicine and microbiology. "People have to agree -- both people, in general, and those in the medical community -- that a life experience should be labeled an illness," Hadler says. "For example, the Victorians medicalized orgasm, and we medicalize the lack of it." Some conditions, such as Attention Deficit Disorder, or

Delusion reigns supreme in the Clinton camp these days. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any stranger, Terry McAuliffe appeared today on Fox News Sunday and blamed the Obama campaign for Hillary’s remarks about Bobby Kennedy. Yes, you read that right, it’s Obama’s fault that Hillary said she wouldn't drop out because anything could happen, including Obama being assassinated.read more |

I love when I get comments deleted on blogs. It always proves that I have successfully hit a raw nerve. So since these Ho skanks at this feminazi, racist, Hillary Clinton worshiping blog Tennessee Guerilla Women does not believe in free speech I shall repost.What was deleted: on this post: Media Misogyny: A Tsunami of a [...]

The God Delusion#Author: Richard Dawkins#Hardcover: 416 pages#Publisher: Bantam Press; 1st edition (2 Oct 2006)#Language: English#ISBN-10: 0593055489#ISBN-13: 978-0593055489#Format: PDF | 1.98Mb[New York Times Review][Richard Dawkin's Webpage]A preeminent scientist – and the world's most prominent atheist – asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted

Hillary Clinton continues to move the goal posts when things don't go her way. With the delegate fight ending in Obama's favor, it is time for Clinton to change her case again and claim a popular vote victory, but even that requires us to ignore some facts and use some fuzzy math.read more | digg story

May God show us all the straight path, Ameen! The Miracle of the Holy Quran Science Islam One of the Miracles of the Quran explained by a white former Christian, Yusuf Estes (Pharaoh’s [from the time of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him)] corpse found?)

May God show us all the straight path, Ameen! The Miracle of the Holy Quran Science Islam One of the Miracles of the Quran explained by a white former Christian, Yusuf Estes (Pharaoh’s [from the time of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him)] corpse found?)

If I think I can believe in Jesus and follow Jesus and love Jesus and obey Jesus without taking steps to align my life and behaviors in such a way that embraces and embodies the redemptive mission and message of Jesus, than I am deluding myself. God help me..."If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself an take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it." Matthew 16:24-25"Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." Mark 1:17"...Repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations." Luke 24:47"Go therefore an make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all th

Hey, I'm doing alright. I've identified 10 signs of me heading in the right direction:1. I'm losing inches - my pajama bottoms fall down by themselves - OK, yes, I wear nightwear - its been cold recently!2. I'm getting stronger - I broke one of my shoe laces this morning3. I'm eating better - no more indigestion tablets at bedtime4. I'm getting lots of exercise - going to the loo because of the water I'm drinking5. My taste buds are changing - yes, I really do prefer cauli-mash to the real deal6. My suit trousers stay at the waistline - and don't slowly work down to hip level7. Some one at work notices - does it matter that another person asks sincerely: "is it working?"8. I'm almost ready to go to the gym - quickly running out of excuses!9. My head and neck is shrinking - or does my hair

A man so devoted to the writings of Nostradamus he read copies of original transcripts in medieval French was yesterday ordered into psychiatric care for killing step-grandfather with a bayonet. Matthew James Woodroffe-Hill, 41, of Tenterfield, was found not guilty by mental illness at Lismore Supreme Court to murdering Mark Hutchinson, 82, at his home in Armidale, on January 12, 2007. Woodroffe-Hill had no history of violence or mental illness but from March 2006 and as a result of his research he believed catastrophic events would occur and that he was Nostradamus' 'son of the west'. He drove to Sydney with his wife and two children to continue his research at mosques and to deliver a message of impending doom. But the journey descended into a nightmare of paranoid delusi

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”-Barack Obama, 'The Audacity of Hope'Following on the heels of Obama's Pastor Jeremiah Wright "problem", the junior senator has decided to give a speech about race issues on Tuesday while fending off questions from the media today about his views. Interesting, since he appeared on CNN, MSNBC and FOX on Friday nite to do some major damage control. Then again, who watches political talk shows on Friday nites except for political junkies like me? Apparently, he thought prior to that that writing an entry on the Huffington Post would be enough. Obviously, it wasn't and the latest Rasmussen poll exemplifies that reality.Via HuffPo:The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recen

El título es una obvia referencia al libro de Richard Dawkins cuyo título original es "The God Delusion", traducido en el mercado español como "El espejismo de Dios". Es, también, el título de un artículo de David Goldston que se publicó en Nature hace una semana. En él comenta una conferencia impartida por el cosmólogo Rocky Kolb y titulada algo así como "La cosmología en el mundo hace 1000 años (y hoy en Kansas)". Aparte de la broma, Goldston propone que los científicos infravaloramos la receptividad del público a la ciencia así como el poder de los lobbies religiosos a la hora de plantar batalla en el falso debate evolución vs creacionismo. El argumento central de Goldston es que el rechazo a la ciencia no es tan real como parece en los EE.UU. Reconoce que entre un 40-50

From Daily TimesWASHINGTON, DC: A second big American interest-rate cut in a fortnight, alongside an economic stimulus plan that united Republicans and Democrats, demonstrates that US policymakers are keen to head off a recession that looks like the consequence of rising mortgage defaults and falling home prices. But there is a deeper problem that has been overlooked: the US economy relies upon asset price inflation and rising indebtedness to fuel growth.Therein lies a profound contradiction. On one hand, policy must fuel asset bubbles to keep the economy growing. On the other hand, such bubbles inevitably create financial crises when they eventually implode.This is a contradiction with global implications. Many countries have relied for growth on US consumer spending and investments in ou

all is mindindeed mind is allfather, mother, friendlover, foeGodwho sees?who speaks?who touches?and what?mind is all.how is anything known?mind is all.subtly perceivethis mental deceptionor remain lostin this groundless delusionall is mindthere's naught else but this mind.

Steve Paulson of Salon held a great interview with John Haught of Theology professor at Georgetown University on the new atheism. Two questions popped out in my mind in relation to the overall interview: Your forthcoming book, “God and the New Atheism,” is a critique of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. You claim that they are pale imitations of great atheists like Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre. What are they missing? My chief objection to the new atheists is that they are almost completely ignorant of what’s going on in the world of theology. They talk about the most fundamentalist and extremist versions of faith, and they hold these up as though they’re the normative, central core of faith. And they miss so many things. They miss the moral core of Judaism and Christianity — the theme of social justice, which takes those who are marginalized and brings them to the center of society. They give us an extreme caricature of faith and religio

Nobody likes to be called a bully—and how an individual or a group of people get into a position of power in which they can fill the shoes of “the bully” is a cultural barometer used time and again to evaluate the actions of the great bullies of history—yet we have seen recently the rise [...]

I have now completed my extensive review of Richard Dawkins latest book, The God Delusion. My word counter tells me that the entire review is about 10,000 words long. The book has received massive attention, and Dawkins has visited many Universities as well as talkshows to speak about his book. You can take part of some of it by going here.Here follows links to my reviews on all the different chapters...Chapter 1 - A deeply religious non-believerChapter 2 - The God hypothesisChapter 3 - Arguments for God's existenceChapter 4 - Why there is almost certainly no GodChapter 5 - The roots of religionChapter 6 - The roots of moralityChapter 7 - The good book and the changing moral zeitgeistChapter 8 - What's wrong with religion? Why be so hostileChapter 9 - Childhood, abuse, and escape from religionChapter 10 - A much needed gap?Happy reading!

Is a belief in God beneficial? Do we need God in our lives? Richard Dawkins discusses this issue in chapter 10 of the God Delusion. The first point he makes is that, whether or not a belief in God is beneficial in terms of psychological health or whatever, says nothing about the existence of God. There are studies indicating that religious people, on average are happier and healthier than atheists. The difference was not big but it was significant. However, it would be very erroneous to conclude that just because religion is correlated with happiness, God must exist… Dawkins writes: "Religion's power to console doesn't make it true. Even if we make a huge concession; even if it were conclusively demonstrated that belief in God's existence is completely essential to human psychological and emotional well-being; even if all atheists were despairing neurotics driven to suicide by relentless cosmic angst - none of this would contribute the tiniest jot or tittle of evidence that religi

Having time on my hands has given me the opportunity to do something that in the past I have had little time to do, and that's read.The most recent book that I have finished is the much debated The God Delusion by well-known evolutionary biologist and Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, Richard Dawkins. The reason that I am writing about it on a science-based blog is that Dawkins sets up his book as one side of the Science vs. Religion battle.This intrigued me from the outset, being someone who did not, and still does not, believe there necessarily has to be a divide between the two areas. It could be argued that Dawkins is the world's most celebrated atheist, and I was keen to see what all the fuss was about. Perhaps having sabbatical time has also allowed me to ponder the big questions of life. My scientific background that has placed me either in scientific organisations or studying scientific courses over the last 11 years has led to me to marvel a

Sometimes I wonder at how funny beliefs in intangible things can seem. It's like, "If I don't believe, then I'm a lost soul. But if I do believe in something with no physical proof, I've got an overactive imagination. Which side is right?"You can keep an open mind, but I think if you move to heavily toward one end of the scale or the other, problems can happen. You need to be grounded in the reality we all know to be true. But also, just in case, you need to be open to the possibility that there's another hidden level that is keeping score.It's like professional athletes and superstition. I did X, Y, and Z, and we won the game. From now on, I'll keep doing X, Y, and Z. I admit I don't know everything, and that it's possible that X, Y, and Z really could somehow be connected to winning. So rather than focus on a tangible cause-and-effect situation, I will believe in (have faith in) the potential for a cause-and-effect situation.Instead of learning, "2+2=4. That is a f

Chapter nine in The God Delusion, as the name suggests, deals with the way in which children are indoctrinated into faiths. In my opinion chapter nine is the most controversial one in the entire book. Personally I agree with most of what Dawkins writes, though occasionally I can have some understanding for a certain degree of child indoctrination. It is after all difficult to act in a completely neutral way towards children without letting your ideology shine through at all. I expect that it is even more difficult if you believe passionately in something as many religious people do. Personally when a child asks me about my beliefs I always say that I do not believe in any God, but I am also quick to point out that there are people who thinks otherwise. I will gladly explain why I do not believe in a God, but I try to not force the child into adapting my views. I also try to ask children what they think, thus encouraging them to think for themselves. These are my ideals, but I admit tha

A week in the life of a Guide Dog owning, Braille reading, working lone parent.Saturday – Food shopping – local supermarket has Braille on a number of items now so this makes it easy to find the unsmoked bacon, and the vegetable lasagne ready meal. After lunch Guide Dog puppy walker takes Wade (my Guide Dog), out with her puppy. Take taxi to Funky Fun House to drop off my daughter at noisy 7 year-old’s party. Meet another parent from school who offers a lift to shopping Centre. Trainer shopping. Buy hockey stick and shin pads. Son then practices at home – in the front room! Guide Dog and puppy come back and we puppy sit for the evening.Sunday – Wade is not up for working today. A 6 year-old dog just can’t take the pace of a puppy! We walk into city centre. Children select a favourite café to go for lunch. As we enter we are told we cannot come in because of the dog. I say we can because Wade is a Guide Dog. We sit and start to select our food. The waitress ag

If you call 1-877-278-8457 tonight in the next 4 minutes or early tomorrow morning you can get one of the 20 seats that have opened up to this debate (Richard Dawkins v. John Lennox). Sadly the only tickets left are $50 good seats. So I won’t be going. If you get a free one I’ll take it though. If you are cheap, here is a podcast that you can listen to for free

I do not think that religion is the only source of evil in this world. Humans have an instinct to form groups, and to amplify the differences between the in-group and the out-group. I am myself a fan of Manchester United, and for some weird reason I can get a little bit upset when someone criticize a player in the team or something similarly harmless. Now, I would never act on such feeling, however, there are fans or hooligans who in fact get into fights for such reasons, unbelievable as that may sound… I think that mankind will probably always find something to fight about, however, I also think that religion is the worst culprit of all when it comes to creating conflicts between groups. In chapter eight of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins addresses the very frequent question "what is wrong with religion"? The danger of Islamic fundamentalism is obvious to most people. Last weekend I watched the movie United 93. Even though I have seen those planes fly into the world trade center t

In chapter seven of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins attacks the book from which some Christians claim to get their moral code from, I am speaking of course about the Old Testament. However, Dawkins makes it clear that he is not criticizing the moral or conduct of Christians per say, rather, he argues that Christians, like other mortals in fact do not derive their morals from the bible… "We pick and choose which bits of scripture to believe, which bits to write off as symbols or allegories. Such picking and choosing is a matter of personal decision, just as much, or as little, as the atheist's decision to follow this moral precept or that was a personal decision, without an absolute foundation." That people "pick and choose" among the moral guidelines in the bible becomes extremely obvious when you take into account what is actually advocated in the Old Testament. I believe that not even fundamentalist a Christians would send his or her daughter into the hands of rapists and murder

In chapter six of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins deals with the roots of morality. There seems to be a major concern amongst religious people that should people become atheists there would no longer be any reason to behave morally. After all, why would anyone behave in a good way if there was no after-life reward, and if there was no hell fire, what would stop people from murder and rape??? On the question, "If there is no God, why be good?" Dawkins writes: Posed like that, the question sounds positively ignoble. When a religious person puts it to me in this way (and many of them do), my immediate temptation is to issue the following challenge: 'Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, applepolishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring you

This week we take a look at Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion.Does it really convince believers to become non-believers? Does it even have any good science in it? Or is it simply a sledge hammer argument?Its also a good excuse to play a bit of music with God in the title.Personally, I'm still agnostic! And now I'm reading Harry Potter - at least I know I'm allowed to suspend my disbelief in that book.

The American legal system is based on the assumption that someone who commits a crime acted out of free will and should be held responsible for his or her crime. However, there are exceptions designed to absolve (e.g., insanity) or reduce (e.g., diminished capacity) one's responsibility. The purpose of this post is not to discuss these factors but to use them to ask some probing questions about the nature of religious belief.A man with a gun was killed today by a security officer outside the office of Colorado governor Bill Ritter. The gunman claimed, "I am the emperor and I'm here to take over state government" and refused orders to drop his gun before he was shot.For the sake of discussion, let's assume that facts emerge showing that this man had a long history of mental illness, was off his medication, and had become psychotic. Let's further assume that we learn that he was delusional at the time of the incident and that he genuinely believed that he was the emperor of Colorado

Before I start, I must note that this article is not about Dawkin’s book “The God Delusion.” I am using this title to describe a delusion of the meaning of the word “God.” I have read the book and it has inspired some thoughts, but for the sake of argument, I am in no way defending or attacking the content of the book. I don’t even have a concrete label for my own beliefs, and this article explains why. I am attacking the system we use to label each other, our religious identities. I would also like to note that I am completely open minded about this subject, feel free to discuss this in the forums. I don’t want to propose any of this as fact, but simply explain my impression of the subject and see what others think. When it comes to religion, I am always willing to learn everyone’s opinions. If someone where to ask you, “What is a god?” what would you say? An omnipotent supernatural creator of the universe? A more intelligent alien life form that cr

I am not the only blogger who is discussing The God Delusion. If you want a view that is really different from mine you can go to the Apologetics homepage where you will find comprehensive criticism of Richard Dawkins latest book. Deepak Chopra whom I recently criticized for his abuse of quantum physics also taken the challenge of trying to break the arguments put forth in The God Delusion. Needless to say I don't think that the Apologetics or Chopra are able to break the very strong message in the God delusion, but that should be up to you readers to decide. After having met the many arguments or proofs for God, one by one, in chapter four Richard Dawkins goes on to describe not only why we do not need a God to describe our world but also why such a God in fact is quite implausible. He starts out by explaining why the alternative to a creator God, Charles Darwin's (see picture) Theory of Evolution, is not, as many people tend to think, the same as blind chance. It is really quite we

In the third chapter of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins meets all the most famous arguments that theologians through time have put forth to validate their belief in God. On the first few pages Dawkins goes through Thomas Aquinas (see picture) five proofs of God. The first three are essentially the same and all says that something cannot be created from nothing, ergo God. The response here is simply that God is also something and therefore, according to the logics, cannot come from nothing so this is not really a solution. Dawkins also finds space to cite what I think was a funny little paradox that Karen Owens once posted. Can omniscient God, who Knows the future, find The omnipotence to Change His future mind? An omniscient God must know what will happen in the future, including what he will, himself, do. If the entire future is already spelled out, then it should be pretty hard to change your mind right? Aquinas also gave the argument from degree which is not really an argument

In the second chapter of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins defines the concepts that he will later use throughout his book. Concepts such as religion, God, and faith will be defined in quite diverse ways depending on who you ask. I have met many people who claim that science, like religion, is just another form of faith. However, there is an important difference that is always overlooked by people making such claims, namely that scientific theories will change if evidence requires it to. Yes, yes, there is often a lag due to traditions, politics, and economics, but the scientific community did eventually accept that the earth was round, that the earth is about 5 billion years old and that the earth is not the center of the Universe etc. What is faith? Dawkins puts it well in The Selfish Gene: "But that, after all, is faith? It is a state of mind that leads people to believe something—it doesn't matter what—in the total absence of supporting evidence. If there were good supporting

My intention with this short series of blog posts is to discuss Richard Dawkins latest book The God Delusion (see picture). I think that The God Delusion is a good book, and I think that it is a book that should be read, especially if you are interested in science and religion and the relation between the two. You can accuse Richard Dawkins of a lot of things, but I have never seen anyone claiming that he is a bad writer. Indeed his clear and lucid style is some of the best I have ever read. If that is not reason enough for you, then consider the impact that this book has already had. Go to YouTube and search for Dawkins and you will see that he has been invited to every imaginable talk show to discuss his latest work. Here, for example, you will find a heated discussion with the renowned Bill O'Reily (not a very pleasant man if you ask me). I would not claim that The God Delusion is a very original book. Most of the arguments and discussions in the book have appeared elsewhere befor

Perhaps you've heard of the man who thought he was dead? In reality he was very much alive. His delusion became such a problem that his family finally paid for him to see a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist spent many laborious sessions trying to convince the man he was still alive. Nothing seemed to work. Finally the doctor tried one last approach. He took out his medical books and proceeded to show the patient that dead men don't bleed. After hours of tedious study, the patient seemed convinced that dead men don't bleed. "Do you now agree that dead men don't bleed?" the doctor asked. "Yes, I do," the patient replied. "Very well, then," the doctor said. He took out a pin and pricked the patient's finger. Out came a trickle of blood. The doctor asked, "What does that tell you?""Oh my goodness!" the patient exclaimed as he stared incredulously at his finger ... "Dead men do bleed!!"

It has surprised me that an eminent scientist such as Richard Dawkins can many spend thousands of words writing a well argued polemic on the science versus religion theme. When you read between the lines, he avoids the ‘What is God’ discussion in order to argue that mankind essentially invented a supreme being that actually [...]

A friend of mine, Bjorn, recently wrote to ask about my beliefs and thoughts about the big subject of reincarnation, life after death and whether we as souls chart a path through time to acquire the key learnings that will ultimately set us free. I recalled a moment perhaps twenty years ago when one of the [...]

Today we have a post from Peace Tree contributing author, W. Christopher Epler. Fascism Is The Acting Out Of Delusion Behind all this chaos and hate is delusion. We human beings just refuse to grow up and the essence of fascism is merely institutionalized fear. But fear of what? Fear of truth -- fear of "reality". Let's take a fun/serious philosophical example. How many of us really take it in that when a tree falls in the forest, and there's no one around, there isn't any sound? Of course, we have to rephrase it a bit and say that when a tree falls in a forest and there's no "auditory nervous systems" around (human or otherwise), there isn't any sound. However, this self evident answer utterly redefines the human condition! It opens us to realities beyond the consensus scheme of things (i.e., "consensus reality"). Consensus reality is our living our life from place. The only problem is that it's a form of intelligence suicide. Take the fa

A Book Review of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion (Amazon Astore UK | US) by Daniel Dennett (Author of Breaking the spell: Religion as natural phenomenon: UK | US) written for Free Inquiry*: First things first: since Richard Dawkins and I are allies on several fronts, and friends, and since we have both recently published books on religion, the normal presumption of a disinterested reviewer must be cancelled. It is not that I couldn't write an objective and impersonal review if I tried but that such an effort would be misplaced. No protestations of impartiality could, or should, dislodge the ambient assumption that friendship disqualifies one from the task. Moreover, what readers of Free Inquiry presumably would like to know is how our distinct but overlapping projects developed and what I make of the results. Are we playing good cop/bad cop? We cite each other frequently; did we plan a division of labor in advance, and compare notes as we worked? No. We discussed our projects in

An American Scientist Book Review of Richard Dawkins The God Delusion* by David Baltimore**: These are difficult times for rational people, particularly in the United States. Those of us who believe that scientific evidence should be the bedrock of policy formation, that logic should be the basis for argument and that uncertainty should beget tolerance are not honored in the political world. Rather, scientific evidence is ignored when it leads to politically unacceptable conclusions, logic is tossed aside when faith is involved, and tolerance for minority opinions is simply out of political fashion. Why should this be? For one thing, we seem to be becoming an increasingly religious country, and because religion supplants evidence and logic with faith - and faith can mean anything you want it to - politicians can get away with appealing to faith without having to justify themselves. Less abstractly, the consequences of religious doctrines are implicitly or explicitly generating much of

Video: The God Delusion, Part 1 of Richard Dawkins' "The Root of All Evil" mini-series, is again available online (click on the above link).The program was produced by Channel 4 (UK) whose website states:In this two-part Channel 4 series, Professor Richard Dawkins challenges what he describes as 'a process of non-thinking called faith'. Dawkins is well known for bringing to a wide audience the complex scientific concepts that underpin evolution. His first book, The Selfish Gene (Amazon UK | US) was an international bestseller.Truth lies and faithHe describes his astonishment that, at the start of the 21st century, religious faith is gaining ground in the face of rational, scientific truth. Science, based on scepticism, investigation and evidence, must continuously test its own concepts and claims. Faith, by definition, defies evidence: it is untested and unshakeable, and is therefore in direct contradiction with science.In addition, though religions preach morality, peace and hope,

UPDATE Jan 22 2007: The video is available again!"Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion: UK | US) describes his astonishment that, at the start of the 21st century, religious faith is gaining ground in the face of rational, scientific truth. Science, based on scepticism, investigation and evidence, must continuously test its own concepts and claims. Faith, by definition, defies evidence: it is untested and unshakeable, and is therefore in direct contradiction with science."* *From "The Root of All Evil?"A recent post: "Review of 'The God Delusion' by Daniel Dennett ('Free Inquiry')"Also see: "Current Books on Intelligent Design Part 3 (January 2007)" (Contains links to Parts 1 and 2)Books on Creationism from the Science and Evolution Bookshop: UK | USBooks on Intelligent Design from the Science and Evolution Bookshop: UK | USBooks on 'Science and Religion' from the Science and Evolution Bookshop: UK | US