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Dawkins contends that he has reason and evidence on his side, and he dismisses faith as unfounded, even irrational. Dominican Thomas Crean tackles Dawkins' claims head-on. He presents straightforward arguments for God's existence, and he uses reason and evidence to defend such things as miracles and the authority of the Bible. He also shows how God is important for a coherent understanding of morality, and why Dawkins' approach winds up reducing morality to the individual's subjective likes and dislikes. By demonstrating how Dawkins' criticisms rest on misunderstandings, superficial readings, poor argumentation, a lack of historical awareness, and not a little prejudice, Crean reveals Dawkins to be out of his philosophical and theological depth, and his case against God to be fundamentally flawed. Review: Not just a refutation, but an education as well. - It will be difficult to do justice to the book. The concision, clarity and brilliance of Thomas Crean O.P's book is a hard act to follow and it is a complete refutation of Dawkins' delusions. While I have read several good responses to Dawkin's less than sophomoric (Plantinga) ill-considered and poorly researched works, Crean's book does precisely what it sets out to do and not just from a generalized theist perspective, but from the perspective of a Catholic theist and philosopher. He is very effective and provides helpful examples to help us grasp his subtler points. With the utmost civility and good manners, a welcome contrast to some new atheist writers, he dismantles the house of cards in which the body of Dawkin's book resides. He first diagnoses the fundamental error of Dawkins thesis being an inductive argument from complexity which he thinks mistakenly can be applied to God. It can't. He doesn't attempt to even defend the principle, and as Crean argues and also illustrates with the example of a cathedral, the product of a simple idea, complexity cannot be the ultimate explanation of anything. Such an ultimate 'explanation' or cause must be simple. Crean next addresses the unarticulated philosophy of Dawkins, materialism , defined as the belief that 'Everything that exists is matter or a property of matter. This would include human free will and thoughts to a materialist. Here he points out, Dawkins is no longer doing science, but philosophy as no scientific grounds exist to embrace materialism and deny the spiritual. Mind is not banished from the universe so easily. Crean asks if materialism is necessary or even possible. Referring to Thomas Jefferson's refusal to move beyond the import of the senses, Crean points out that the idea of "being" and the idea of 'material' are quite distinct from each other. Materilism is not necessary. Oddly, Dawkins does not give a single reason in support of materialism. In the case of human thoughts, Crean asks how an electron can be "about" something. An electron is what it is: it's not 'about' something else like tomorrow's weather. He shows how materialist attempts to explain thought involve other absurdities. How many electrons in the idea "Nothing in excess"? Does the circumference of circles as two times pi times the radius depend upon matter? Must there be round physical things for this to be true? In a section on Aquinas and his five proofs for the existence of God, Crean shows clearly that Dawkins does not even understand what Aquinas was arguing, thinking it related to the Big Bang and not the real and immediate cause of being right now and always. He points out that a First Cause must cause changes without being changed itself. If it does change, it is not the first cause. This must be beyond change, unlike the varieties of physical change we commonly see. Crean proceeds calmly and dispassionately dismantling the arguments made and presupposed by Dawkins on the possibility of miracles citing the predicted events at Fatima witnessed by some 70,000 people and to which Dawkins does not advance a single argument beyond his apparently blind faith in materialism. So too in textual criticism of the gospels Dawkins is revealed to be, how shall I say it, unreliable. Crean in like manner demonstrates the glaring deficiencies of Dawkin's treatment of the development of morality and religion, ending with a final chapter on Dawkins treatment of the Catholic Church. This is an excellent, scholarly book from a man who has, unlike Dawkins, actually devoted his considerable talents and intelligence to the various subject matters addressed. It is a beautifully concise and lucid education in the most fundamental issues of our day and a complete refutation of Dawkin's amateurish rants.It's good that Dawkins wrote his forgettable book which has occasioned this vastly more interesting and informative work of Thomas Crean O.P. You will enjoy this short, readable book immensely. Review: Sharp presentation destroying Dawkins' arguments - Crean has written a well structured presentation of the fallacies (and sometimes absurdity) of Dawkins' arguments. The first chapter confronts Dawkins' argument that all that exist is based on physical reality. This is the most abstract chapter of the book. The point made by Crean is well made: Dawkins claims that materialism is a clear and obvious stance ignoring three millenniums of philosophy. Crean does a short presentation of what Dawkins should have considered to present a balance view of the question. Some of Dawkins statements are made with such an arrogant tone that they appear absurd. For example, Crean discusses, in Chapter 2, Dawkins statement: There is absolutely no reason to endow that terminator [i.e. of the first way] with any of the properties normally ascribed to God: omnipotence, omniscience, goodness, creativity, of design, to say nothing of such human attributes as listening to prayers, forgiving sins and reading innermost thoughts. Crean destroys such a statement to pieces. He remarks: why would goodness not be consider a human quality whereas reading innermost thoughts is. If Dawkins' followers do not see the absurdity of this statement they have lost all capacity of critical analysis. Dawkins' sloppy argumentations continue with such mundane mistake of misreading what he is quoting. For example, in Chapter 4, Crean points out that Dawkins misread a quote of St John's Gospel The passage quoted by Dawkins: "Others said, this is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?" (Jn 7:41-2) From this passage, Dawkins claims that the followers of Christ were saying that He was not born from the right town. But this is not what the text says. The statement is not made by *followers of Christ* but by some other people. The lack of knowledge of Dawkins on such matter as exegesis or plain interpretation of Biblical passages is so obvious that Crean had an easy task. Crean remains very patience given Dawkins' absurd and incoherent statements. I find Chapter 6 the most interesting: Crean clearly shows that Dawkins' attempt to show that evolution created human as religious and believing in God is a self-refuting argument. It has to be read to be appreciated. Crean arguments are compelling and coherent. Once you finish reading Crean's book you start wondering if Dawkins' is not actually doing it on purpose to make up simple arguments easily believable by the unwary without considering their strength and coherence. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,922,898 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,060 in Atheism (Books) #43,595 in Christian Theology (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 62 Reviews | ## Images ![God is No Delusion: A Refutation of Richard Dawkins - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41VVfyW3IcL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not just a refutation, but an education as well. *by T***E on February 10, 2008* It will be difficult to do justice to the book. The concision, clarity and brilliance of Thomas Crean O.P's book is a hard act to follow and it is a complete refutation of Dawkins' delusions. While I have read several good responses to Dawkin's less than sophomoric (Plantinga) ill-considered and poorly researched works, Crean's book does precisely what it sets out to do and not just from a generalized theist perspective, but from the perspective of a Catholic theist and philosopher. He is very effective and provides helpful examples to help us grasp his subtler points. With the utmost civility and good manners, a welcome contrast to some new atheist writers, he dismantles the house of cards in which the body of Dawkin's book resides. He first diagnoses the fundamental error of Dawkins thesis being an inductive argument from complexity which he thinks mistakenly can be applied to God. It can't. He doesn't attempt to even defend the principle, and as Crean argues and also illustrates with the example of a cathedral, the product of a simple idea, complexity cannot be the ultimate explanation of anything. Such an ultimate 'explanation' or cause must be simple. Crean next addresses the unarticulated philosophy of Dawkins, materialism , defined as the belief that 'Everything that exists is matter or a property of matter. This would include human free will and thoughts to a materialist. Here he points out, Dawkins is no longer doing science, but philosophy as no scientific grounds exist to embrace materialism and deny the spiritual. Mind is not banished from the universe so easily. Crean asks if materialism is necessary or even possible. Referring to Thomas Jefferson's refusal to move beyond the import of the senses, Crean points out that the idea of "being" and the idea of 'material' are quite distinct from each other. Materilism is not necessary. Oddly, Dawkins does not give a single reason in support of materialism. In the case of human thoughts, Crean asks how an electron can be "about" something. An electron is what it is: it's not 'about' something else like tomorrow's weather. He shows how materialist attempts to explain thought involve other absurdities. How many electrons in the idea "Nothing in excess"? Does the circumference of circles as two times pi times the radius depend upon matter? Must there be round physical things for this to be true? In a section on Aquinas and his five proofs for the existence of God, Crean shows clearly that Dawkins does not even understand what Aquinas was arguing, thinking it related to the Big Bang and not the real and immediate cause of being right now and always. He points out that a First Cause must cause changes without being changed itself. If it does change, it is not the first cause. This must be beyond change, unlike the varieties of physical change we commonly see. Crean proceeds calmly and dispassionately dismantling the arguments made and presupposed by Dawkins on the possibility of miracles citing the predicted events at Fatima witnessed by some 70,000 people and to which Dawkins does not advance a single argument beyond his apparently blind faith in materialism. So too in textual criticism of the gospels Dawkins is revealed to be, how shall I say it, unreliable. Crean in like manner demonstrates the glaring deficiencies of Dawkin's treatment of the development of morality and religion, ending with a final chapter on Dawkins treatment of the Catholic Church. This is an excellent, scholarly book from a man who has, unlike Dawkins, actually devoted his considerable talents and intelligence to the various subject matters addressed. It is a beautifully concise and lucid education in the most fundamental issues of our day and a complete refutation of Dawkin's amateurish rants.It's good that Dawkins wrote his forgettable book which has occasioned this vastly more interesting and informative work of Thomas Crean O.P. You will enjoy this short, readable book immensely. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sharp presentation destroying Dawkins' arguments *by S***S on November 12, 2009* Crean has written a well structured presentation of the fallacies (and sometimes absurdity) of Dawkins' arguments. The first chapter confronts Dawkins' argument that all that exist is based on physical reality. This is the most abstract chapter of the book. The point made by Crean is well made: Dawkins claims that materialism is a clear and obvious stance ignoring three millenniums of philosophy. Crean does a short presentation of what Dawkins should have considered to present a balance view of the question. Some of Dawkins statements are made with such an arrogant tone that they appear absurd. For example, Crean discusses, in Chapter 2, Dawkins statement: There is absolutely no reason to endow that terminator [i.e. of the first way] with any of the properties normally ascribed to God: omnipotence, omniscience, goodness, creativity, of design, to say nothing of such human attributes as listening to prayers, forgiving sins and reading innermost thoughts. Crean destroys such a statement to pieces. He remarks: why would goodness not be consider a human quality whereas reading innermost thoughts is. If Dawkins' followers do not see the absurdity of this statement they have lost all capacity of critical analysis. Dawkins' sloppy argumentations continue with such mundane mistake of misreading what he is quoting. For example, in Chapter 4, Crean points out that Dawkins misread a quote of St John's Gospel The passage quoted by Dawkins: "Others said, this is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?" (Jn 7:41-2) From this passage, Dawkins claims that the followers of Christ were saying that He was not born from the right town. But this is not what the text says. The statement is not made by *followers of Christ* but by some other people. The lack of knowledge of Dawkins on such matter as exegesis or plain interpretation of Biblical passages is so obvious that Crean had an easy task. Crean remains very patience given Dawkins' absurd and incoherent statements. I find Chapter 6 the most interesting: Crean clearly shows that Dawkins' attempt to show that evolution created human as religious and believing in God is a self-refuting argument. It has to be read to be appreciated. Crean arguments are compelling and coherent. Once you finish reading Crean's book you start wondering if Dawkins' is not actually doing it on purpose to make up simple arguments easily believable by the unwary without considering their strength and coherence. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Clear out the Cobwebs *by S***S on March 23, 2008* Thomas Crean O.P. has written a remarkably lucid little book refuting Richard Dawkins. In point of fact, 'God is No Delusion' reads at times like a general introduction to Christian apologetics, covering, as it does, topics ranging from arguments for the existence of God, to a refutation of naturalism, materialism, and various arguments for the reliability of the New Testament. Crean writes so clearly, and so convincingly, that its like taking an introductory course in basic Catholic philosophy. For all the years I've spent in school, I wish I had had some courses, perhaps even a whole curriculum!, based on the approach taken in this book. There were too many 'Aha!' moments to count as the fresh breeze of Creans' thought cleared the cobwebs in my mind. I was especially intrigued by Crean's interpretation of Thomas Aquinas' Fifth Way. Whereas most people take Aquinas to be advocating an argument from design (ie: the human eye can't be explained by random mutation, so it must have been designed, and so on), Crean explains the Fifth Way is actually much broader, and much more subtle than is commonly assumed. It is, rather, based on what he calls a 'Principle of Finality' which states that every agent acts in view of an end. Everything that happens in the world, like salt dissolving in water, or electrons moving in an atom, show evidence of having an end which is inexplicable unless you posit an intelligence that assigns an end to each thing. After all, things don't will an end for the themselves, and laws don't exist except in intelligences, therefore, everything that has an end has it because of an intelligent cause. On this reading, the truth or falsity of evolution is entirely beside the point. I won't explain the argument beyond that, but I would highly recommend reading this book, and hope to read more of Crean in the future. And if possible, Fr. Crean, I would appreciate you writing an introduction to Thomistic Philosophy, as well as a whole book devoted to the Fifth Way as you understand it. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/16644604-god-is-no-delusion-a-refutation-of-richard-dawkins](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/16644604-god-is-no-delusion-a-refutation-of-richard-dawkins) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-09-08*