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The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #312657 in Books
- Published on: 2008-02-01
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"Day does us all a service by exposing as false some of the glib slogans of atheism." —Todd Seavey, American Council on Science and Health
"Good polemical stuff." —nationalreview.com
"Whether you embrace Day’s theology or toss it, there is no avoiding the cumulative force of the author's counter assaults or the sting of his wit when it comes to the true focus of the book—atheism’s continuing love affair with nonsense." —First Things
About the Author
Vox Day is a writer, columnist, software designer and the author of Rebel Moon, The World in Shadow, and The War in Heaven: Eternal Warriors Book 1. He is the CEO of a technology corporation, writes a popular weekly political column, and maintains an active blog, Vox Popoli, which has 2,500 daily readers.
Customer Reviews
From someone who read the book
I actually read the book; I wish people who review books on Amazon would do the same. Vox Day gives multiple reasons why dogmatic views are held by the new atheists, and thus makes many of their assertions irrational. This isn't so much of a review but more of a thanks to Vox for the time he put into making this book. Berlinski's "The Devil's Delusion" goes nice with this piece of work.
A fair critique of Sam Harris but otherwise lacking
As I am neither an atheist nor an evangelical, I tried to read this book with an open mind. In it, Vox Day states his case that Christianity is the best defense the West has against Godless totalitarianism, so he has a moral and civic duty to "dissect the unholy trinity" lest the world be destroyed. I found his efforts lacking, primarily because while accusing his atheist opponents of faulty reasoning, hasty generalizations, unfounded assumptions, and flippant arrogance - and therefore wrong - the author was guilty of all the same crimes!
Still, to be fair, I found the criticisms of Sam Harris presented here to be well-reasoned and valid, and Vox Day does advance a rather interesting theology in chapter 15. As the author's stated goal was to defeat "the new atheists" in an "intellectual deathmatch" and I find my opinions of Dawkins, Dennett, and Hitchens essentially unchanged after reading this book, I must conclude that it is of little value... the non-believer can dismiss it with ease, and the believer needs no convincing.
Very Well Researched and Argued
Vox really nails Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens and other militant atheists to the wall! His arguments are really well thought out and researched. Vox exposes the hidden agenda behind militant atheism and reveals these atheist authors for the rabid Anti-Christians that they are. He debunks their claims that they are writing in the interest of defending science, when they are really driven by a hatred of anything Christian.
Vox uses good, hard facts to debunk the "Unholy Trinity's" ridiculous claims about Christianity, which are all based on their own opinions and conjecture, not any actual physical evidence.
If this book was just all about bashing the militant atheists, it would not be very interesting and kind of pointless (they really are easy pickings). However, this book is much more. Vox gives some great history lessons and makes some interesting comments on the misguided views of the "enlightenment", socialism, etc. His wit and sense of humor make this book an entertaining read.
I lent my copy of this book to an agnostic friend of mine who is a big Dawkins supporter. After reading it, he had to admit that it was a very interesting read and well researched.
Well done!
