This book makes no pretence of being spiritual. Dawkins contrasts the subjects of polytheism, monotheism, secularism and those who describe themselves as agnostics with evolutionary biology, which he uses to justify his atheist stance. He argues that atheists are stereotyped and often subjected to prejudice and believes that the justification of the teaching of moral education though religious studies to be fundamentally flawed. This much polarised anti-religious stance is highly readable and often well described point of view but there are times when Dawkins arguments about the lack of an evidence base in support of a religious belief suggests that all the answers can be found in a completely understood, rationalised Darwinism. The section suggesting altruism doesn’t really exist does
… read more...make one consider their motivations for action and the extent to which all of us are conditioned to believing we are always living in congruence with our own value set, when in fact we may just be acting from the influence of the selfish gene. Read More read less...