Is Religion Dangerous?

Is Religion Dangerous?

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Holy wars, crusades, discrimination, hate these by-products of religion are all many contemporary commentators can see. But is religion dangerous? Is it a force for evil, something to oppose as a corrupt system that leads to terrorism and violence? Is it something to disdain as irrational and out of step with modern society? Keith Ward here addresses these concerns intelli...more
Paperback, 206 pages
Published March 1st 2007 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (first published 2006)
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Choong Chiat
Although I am, to a large extent, in agreement with the main thrust of the author's argument that religion is not pure evil but have done a significant amount of good for the world, I am however less approving of how he characterised the crimes committed in the name of religion as simply being caused by other factors (for example, human corruption) while identifying the good supposedly contributed by religion as mainly, if not essentially, due to religion.



Also, while the author managed to put fo...more
Paul
I thought that this book was a very good refutation of much of the hay that The New Atheism likes to make regarding religious belief. Ward is way to the theological left of myself, but I can overlook that. The essential nuggets buried in his book easily show the unscholarly, sophomoric, and puerile nature of the critiques leveled by The New Atheism. Atheists should be embarrassed by Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens - and indeed, many are!
John
An interesting book. Im not religious and dont generally support religion but the author makes some excellent points about human nature and organizations. Definitly a good read especially if you agree with the Tite.
Chad
This book is a retort to Dawkins "The God Delusion"
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