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'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins

An interesting read. I admire his writing style and choice of words. The book encourages arguments in the reader's mind for and against the idea being debated. It helps you ask more questions to yourself and understand the God in you a little better and be one level stronger, spiritually. Technically, the book is not so much of an attack on the God hypothesis as it is on religion. Calling the book God Delusion may not be acceptable for people who believe in God but take the religious beliefs with a pinch of salt. Labelling God a delusion, for the flaws of religious beliefs is like saying patriotism is a vice because they cause wars.( Interestingly countries are virtual constructs too.) He argues desperately for the non existence of God and speaks against agnostic views and that seemed to me to be fanatic. He has not been successful in convincing the reader that he is not a fanatic in forcing his theory to people who do not believe in it. The argument against the existence o

Makeover

A point in life when I want some updates. to tell others. about my life. Life is interesting and happy but lack updates. Come to think of it, everyone needs updates to balance their serotonin levels. Shopping is a temporary update for some. Facebook is the most useful update-creator these days. People get a missing tooth feeling once hooked on to it and constantly refresh for updates. Life is interesting, a lot of things to know about. A lot of books to be read, a lot of people to meet. However, sometimes you feel the significance of updates in people's lives changes. Therefore I find it difficult to sometimes catch up with an old friend. I know my thoughts have changed. I don't read fiction any more. I would never have thought that I would stop findign reading fiction interesting. I was never that type! But then, it happenned.. Thus, this makeover in my blog.