Book · 2019 · Religion
Outgrowing God
A Beginner's Guide
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Why people recommend it
Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins is a book designed to help young readers and inquiring minds navigate questions of religion, faith, and secularism by encouraging critical thinking and skepticism. The book was discussed on the Lex Fridman Podcast, where the host brought up the title while talking with Dawkins about childhood indoctrination, comparing its themes to the foundational arguments previously explored in The God Delusion. The host noted that Dawkins effectively articulated these concepts for a new generation in his then-new book. Similarly, on The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan welcomed Dawkins to the show and immediately turned the conversation toward the publication of Outgrowing God, asking the author about its official release date and availability to the public. Across both podcast appearances, the book was framed as a direct and accessible continuation of Dawkins's lifelong commitment to promoting science, critical inquiry, and rationalism, specifically tailored to address the challenges of religious upbringing and belief systems head-on.
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Lex Fridman so that's a really clean idea and you've articulate that in your new book and and I'll grow God and in God… 1
“so that's a really clean idea and you've articulate that in your new book and and I'll grow God and in God Delusion is the early indoctrination”
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“the following is a conversation with Richard Dawkins an evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth and his latest Al growing God”
“and you've articulate that in your new book and and I'll grow God and in God Delusion is the early indoctrination”
“and we have a new book out outgrowing God”
“and we have a new book out outgrowing God when does it come out is it out now it is out now”
“the new book outgoing God is sort of aimed at a younger audience and I like to think that can be read at any age”
“in the case of I mean I discuss it in outgrowing God in addition to the Book of Mormon”
“but even Abraham Lincoln for example made a speech were quoted in outgrowing God in which he said of course no nobody would seriously think”
“downloading free of charge as pdfs several of my books including The God Delusion and we'll be outgrowing God as well”
“and that's what the second half of outgrowing God is about”