Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion might well be thought of as the Atheist Bible: it's a weighty tome which ambitiously attempts to look at all the areas of religion which seemingly come into conflict with atheism.

Interestingly, I finished the book as the latest bout of outrage flared up over Catholic priests involved in pedophilia, which made some of Dawkins' points all the more relevant. And as a peace-loving Atheist for easily 16 years, I was interested in how Dawkins might present his denouncement of religion. I half expected some kind of unifying manifesto when he described one of his aims for the book to win some converts for the cause.