I started reading Douglas Adams' books in high school (a Catholic high school) because I thought they were ripping good fun, and I became quite a fan of Douglas. So naturally when "The Salmon of Doubt" came out I rushed right out and purchased it. Upon encountering the quote about Richard...
Richard Dawkins,
I am 34 years old and was brought up in a Mennonite Christian home in Winnipeg, Canada. (Now how to follow that sentence? A whole range of emotion emerges at the thought!) I went through all of the typical things that a child in such an environment would go through. I was taken...
Dear Dr. Richard Dawkins,
When I was old enough to think about issues of human morality, I was quickly persuaded by the conservative viewpoint. To be so young, (early teens), I think I may have had the strongest opinions of all of my peers on issues of morality. A big reinforcing factor was of...
Dr. Dawkins,
I'm 18 years old and was raised catholic. I used to attend a catholic elementary/middle school and go to church every Sunday. I never really gave my religion much thought until recently. I never really believed literally in Adam and Even or Noah's arc. They directly...
Richard,
I would describe myself as an ordinary, un-remarkable and decidedly average person with (until recently) a troubled sense of place in this world. I have never felt comfortable with religion and the stereotypical view of the world and its origins held by some of my closest friends and...
Professor Dawkins,
I was raised Unitarian Universalist, by parents who were raised Catholic/Christian and who felt frustrated with the churches they had gone to in the past. I don't know exactly why they rejected those churches, but I think it had something to do with guilt, and how the...
I just wanted to post something to your site as I have read 4 of your books and it gives me great pleasure to write something that you may read. I particularly enjoyed 'The Ancestor's Tale' which I thought debunked most religious myth by simply relating the history of living things on...
Dr. Dawkins,
Thank you for writing 'The God Delusion." As a 24-yr old raised in a Protestant family and attending Christian schools my whole life, I never thought I'd be where I am today. While the questioning began before reading TGD, this book proved to be the catalyst for my apostasy....
Richard Dawkins, I love your book "The God Delusion". It should be required reading for all humanity. People don't realize what religion does to human beings. Moderate religion has its evils, but extreme religion is truly diabolical, using brainwashing and the most powerful threats...
I was a waffling believer until 1995, and my daughter was born with a rare, disabling genetic disorder, inherited from a translocation I carry. My grandfather was a Pentecostal minister, and he and my grandmother - who believed she saw "God" as a child and was saved from certain death from a...
I have to thank you Mr. Dawkins for writing such a wonderful book that is The God Delusion. While it did not convert me to atheism, it did provide me with a conrete foundation for the beliefs I have held since I was a teenager.
My story begins when I emigrated from Poland at the tender age of...
I saw the root of all evil when it aired on television and immediately realised that though I'd never really been comfortable with belief in god, I'd never thought it through. I'm currently reading the God delusion and by downloading(sorry but I've ordered all your books so...