Outgrowing God

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Outgrowing God

By: Richard Dawkins

Narrated by: Richard Dawkins

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Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn’t.

Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all the religious systems and explain to readers of all ages how life emerged without a Creator, how evolution works and how our world came into being.

For anyone hoping to grapple with the meaning of life and what to believe, Outgrowing God is a challenging, thrilling and revelatory read.

Includes a supplementary PDF.

Richard DawkinsRichard DawkinsTransworld DigitalPolitics & Social SciencesLength: 6 hrs and 38 minsRelease date: 19-09-2019Unabridged AudiobookLanguage: English

Agnosticism

Atheism

Ethics & Morality

Philosophy

Agnosticism Atheism Ethics & Morality Philosophy

Critic Reviews

Outgrowing God is another sally against his oldest foe, the Almighty

Books of 2019: The scientist and controversial commentator on religious and cultural questions presents an accessible, "junior" version of The God Delusion (2006).

His contagious enthusiasm renders the basics of natural selection newly astonishing.

Books of 2019: Richard Dawkins has always had it in for the almighty and he's back to take another pop at the poor bloke. Here he outlines what he believes is the real meaning of life.

Dawkins new book is special in the terrain of atheists’ pleas for humanism and rationalism precisely since it speaks to those most vulnerable to the coercive tactics of religion. As Dawkins himself says in the dedication, this book is for “all young people when they’re old enough to decide for themselves.” It is also, I must add, for their parents.

With wit, logic, and his characteristic flair for expressing complex ideas with uncanny clarity, Richard Dawkins separates myth from reality in OUTGROWING GOD. His book is more than a beginners’ guide to atheism: it is a primer that liberates us to see and explore the beauty of the Universe free of fables and fantasies.

The author of The God Delusion, the man at the forefront of the New Atheism movement, returns with passion to his theme. (Radio Times)

Dawkins’ new book is perhaps his most likeable.

It offers irrefutable proof that [we] evolved from something else

Vividly demonstrates the spirit of scientific discovery that has made life meaningful for Dawkins himself. His contagious enthusiasm renders the basics of natural selection newly astonishing. (Oliver Burkeman)

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Another addition to Dawkin's wonderful book collection. My own book, "The Curse of God- Why I left Islam" was inspired by Dawkin's books and I felt quite honoured when Dawkins made the same points in chapter 5 as I made in chapter 2. I don't think Dawkins has read my book and he obviously came up with these points independently but still its a great compliment to me that our minds think alike to a large degree.