Scribbles

While reflecting on my reading habits, I noticed that while I’ve been devouring the newsweeklies, online papers, and blogosphere lately, I realized that I haven’t read any books lately. The last book I finished a couple months back was actually a compilation of blog posts. Not to take away anything from online articles or blog posts, – you’re reading one right now – books simply cover a single topic in much greater depth. The best advice for reading is diversification, and I’m back into books now.

I picked up the God Delusion off my shelf. I found it an appropriate book after watching the move Religuous.

So far I’m halfway through the book and I find it pretty fascinating. Having a Christian upbringing, I’ve been exposed to a lifetime of pro-God arguments. While I had my own skepticisms, as any person rightfully should, devoutly religious or not, I’ve never encountered the arguments against it, from such a scientific perspective. (Don’t worry, I believe in evolution). Dawkins has done a superb job in framing the arguments against religion, as well as poke huge holes in the common arguments for it. I haven’t even finished the book yet and I would highly recommend it, especially to religious, logically-oriented people who are open minded enough for another perspective.