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A Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion from Missional Perspectives

The paper aims to offer a theological response to Richard Dawkins' bestseller The God Delusion from missional points of view. Authors give critiques to Dawkins' blinded trust over science and raidical reductionism with th e following three perspectives. First , There is a logical fault in Dawkins' Meme theory. His Meme theory has nor been approved by his peer scientists as a solid and scientific fact; but he uses the Meme theory to persuade that all cultural, including religious, stuffs indeed are det ermined by th e free flows of the Meme. His over-confidence in the function of the Meme lack s the original location of the self and th e role of th e self. Second , Dawk ins argues that religion is "the virus of mind" In his argumentive book. Furthermore, he regarded "god" as human delusion wherein the tide of the book has been made. He lists all kinds of negative symptoms in th e history of religion. He blames Christianity and the hristian God as the cause of malicious war and violence. However, it seems th at his arguments are not logical. There are many wars that have not been related the issues of religion . The ideological violence rook in the history of early-twenty century in Russia was not related to religion and the socialists" revolutionary violence aimed to atheistic view Third. Dawkins' provocative arguments lack of supporting proofs from physics. H is at tac ks against monotheistic religion is indeed a combat between an American fundamemtalistic religion and an angry biologist. There arc still room for theologians who mu st provides collective and profound interpretation about the mystery of th e self and God.