I don't think The Greatest Show ... is a 'religion basher', though it's purpose is to respond to Creationist issues with Evolution. Creationism isn't Christianity or any other religion, as most of the Christians I know see Genesis as a metaphor and don't deeply consider who exactly was mother of Cain's children etc.

The God Delusion is a Religion Basher, in the same way as the Bible is an 'Other Religion' Basher.
(sigismund, Mon 28 Jun 2010, 16:41, 1 reply)

fair point.
Although my general point still applies. I don't know why he has the need to attack something so mindlessly irrelevant to his audience. It's not like he's going to get any creationists reading his book and going "you know what, now I'm convinced!" It's not a scientific debate between evolution and creationism - because only one of them is actually a theory. You don't need to debunk something that doesn't have any "bunk" to start off with.

In the same way that he's not converted one single religious person to atheism by writing the God Delusion. All he has done is alienated people, for nothing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 28 Jun 2010, 16:49, closed)