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The London Review of Books has a very interesting review of Dawkins' latest atheist tract by Terry Eagleton.

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I didn`t know that Dawkins wrote about religion. I have read some of his writings when I studied sociobiology (as a psychology student, I had to acquaint myself with this theory). Reading sociobiologic texts made wince many times. That`s when I lost any interest in Dawkins & comp.
Unfortunately, the views he seems to have if Eagleton`s review is fair seem to show a very Dawkins-like tendency of overlooking important things and talking about things he knows nothing about.
Anyway, I already have met some people who shared Dawkins` ignorance about religion, yet they criticized it in Dawkins-like manner. (of course, I always find out that such people don`t know that atheism is a faith position, or resembles it). I`ll use some of Eagleton`s rebuttals next time I get into philosophical discussion with one of these people.

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This is the first book that Dawkins has written on religion, but he's been saying similar things in books and interviews for ages. The reference to the Bishop of Oxford in the article, incidentally, is another back-handed swipe at Dawkins, because actually the current Bishop of Oxford has very conscientiously backed Dawkins up when he was talking with his 'defender of the theory of evolution against young earth creationism' hat on.

I'm glad you found the article good, though.