This book is a comprehensive and thorough explanation of Darkins's theory on religion and atheism. While I agree with many of his points, and I admire him for admitting that, should science present evidence that something which was previously thought impossible is now possible, he would change his mind accordingly, I still dislike any book that tries to change a reader's mind about a particular point of view. Not being religious myself, it didn't offend my sense of spirituality, but I don't think science has all the answers, either. in some ways, science is as much hypothesis and guess work as religion is. I guess I'll just keep my comfy perch on the fence and refuse to ally myself with either side. There have been many things done over the years in the name of religion that we'd probably all like to forget about, but science in the wrong hands can create just as much chaos (o.e., the extraction and purification of cocaine, and the creation of every-day chemicals that are now known to be harmful to adults and children alike). That being said, I'm too old for fairytales, and religion is the ultimate fairytale, if frighteningly guresome at times.