The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (2008, Paperback, Reprint)

Finally someone who puts into words the line of thought I have slowly acquired after looking at the damage done by so called "fundamentalists" like
George W.Bush and the religious organizations who voted for him.
My line of thought has been for years that if there was a God who created the earth and everything on it; why did He create so many animals that live only by killing other animals. Why not create peaceful plant eaters from the smallest creature in the oceans to the largest predators.
All could have been, God willing, peaceful plant eaters living side by side in paradise. I could also never understand how all human beings stem from Adam and Eve; in other words God allowed incest how else could we have multiplied.
All religions claim to be the One religion to be the true one; how can that be ?
Why would we think that only Christians know the true God ?
Sadly this whole story we know as the old testament is nothing but the phantasies of old men with long beards and the new testament is wishful thinking of a better world through a higher Being.
People are so blinded by their religion that they cannot see the wonders of nature striving to built a better world and having succeeded beyond all measure.
I stand in awe in front of a sequoia tree in sequoia park and look at an example of nature at its best. Older than any church built without the help of any human being. Many times over a period of two thousand years have flames consumed all surrounding vegetation but the sequoia is protected by its bark that will not burn.
I pity those readers who see the work of "Satan" in Dawkins writing and Just smile at the naive person who offers a prayer to something that does not exist.
I pity them those who shrink away in horror from the thought that there is no higher Being. nature is my "Church" and I am crateful that nature has created me and given me a brain to think. What a waste to use this marvel that took nature millions of years to perfect on delusions of a God.