--- product_id: 8510384 title: "The Christian Delusion" price: "VT7484" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8510384-the-christian-delusion store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Christian Delusion **Price:** VT7484 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Christian Delusion - **How much does it cost?** VT7484 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8510384-the-christian-delusion) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Christian Delusion [Loftus, John] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Christian Delusion Review: Why Reason Succeeds - The Christian Delusion by John W. Loftus "The Christian Delusion" is an extension of sorts to his previous great book "Why I Became an Atheist" but instead of going solo this time around John Loftus brings along some of his friends and these are good friends to have. A series of interesting essays by fantastic authors that support the main thesis of the book, that Christianity is a false belief. This 422-page book is broken out into the following five parts: Part 1. Why Faith Fails, Part 2. Why the Bible is not God's Word, Part 3. Why the Christian God is not Perfectly Good, Part 4. Why Jesus is not the Risen Son of God, and Part 5. Why Society Does not Depend on Christian Faith. Positives: 1. A well-written and high-quality analogy. Highly accessible to the masses. 2. Fifteen great essays from nine great authors and an excellent Forward by Dan Barker. 3. A fascinating topic in the hands of a master. Many thought-provoking ideas and concepts. 4. Great format that allows readers to jump from one topic to another. I also like how the contributors tackle popular apologist's points of view. 5. The false sense of certainty that comes from faith. Many angles taken. 6. An analysis of Christian culture. 7. A brief history of Christianity. 8. The power of Christian belief under the scrutiny of cognitive science. Many misconceptions put to rest. 9. The inefficacy of prayers. Psychology and neuroscience to good use. 10. The compelling outsider test for faith. 11. The Bible put under the scrutiny of scholars. What their examinations "reveal" to the rest of us. The inconsistencies, bad cosmology, fables, failed prophecies, forgeries, and the lack of supporting historical evidence. 12. Slavery one of the strongest arguments against the biblical god. Moral relativism. 13. God's problem of Miscommunication. 14. The problem of evil as denoted in the Bible and the amount of animal suffering. 15. The false beliefs held by Christians. The failure of miracles. The myths. 16. How modern society does not depend on Christianity for morality or science. 17. How human morality evolved. 18. Debunking the false notion that atheism was the cause of the atrocities of Hitler. 19. How Christianity has evolved. 20. Common fallacies including that Christianity lead to science. 21. Great quotes throughout, "Christians are not easily argued out of their religion because, since it is culture, they are not ordinarily argued into it in the first place". 22. Comprehensive notes at the end of each chapter. Negatives: 1. No kindle links. 2. Requires an investment of time but so well worth it. In summary, "The Christian Delusion", is yet another excellent book by John Loftus. The essays are compelling, thought-provoking and fun to read. If you are a Christian, and you care that your beliefs correspond to reality as closely as possible then you must take a look at this book. I highly recommend it! Further suggestions: " Why I Became an Atheist " and " The End of Christianity " by John W. Loftus, " Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism " and " Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith " by Richard Carrier, " Natural Atheism ", " Atheism Advanced " and " Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History " by Dr. David Eller, " Man Made God: A Collection of Essays " by Barbara G. Walker, " The Invention of the Jewish People " by Shlomo Sand, "The Portable Atheist" by Christopher Hitchens, "The End of Biblical Studies" by Hector Avalos, "Forged..." by Bart Ehrman, " God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist " by Victor J. Stenger, "Godless" by Dan Barker, "Christian No More" by Jeffrey Mark, and "The Invention of God" by Bill Lauritzen. Review: An extraordinary book of scholarship and reason - The term "New Atheists" has sometimes been used pejoratively to refer to authors such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, etc. and to their popularity and rise of 21st century atheism. In spite of the excellent works coming from them, they are not experts in the field of religion and history (although they do a wonderful job at that too) but they really don't offer anything new to what has already been known by informed atheists for years. This is why the term "New Atheism" has puzzled me; I suspect they only seem new to Christians because never before in American history have atheists been so prominent in the American consciousness (except for, perhaps, Madalyn Murray in the 60s, who was hated, and her writings mostly ignored, or Robert Ingersoll in the late 1800s, but he was an agnostic, not an atheist, and not many Americans know of him today). The Christian Delusion, however, is something different. In this anthology the authors are writing from the expertise in their fields. I'm not sure that any book debunking Christianity has ever had such a distinguished group of authors and scholars, and this, if anything, is what is new about this book. The book's authors range from professors of religion, historian of antiquity, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and former evangelical preachers (see "about the authors" below). If anything, these are the new atheists (non-pejoratively), if only because they offer factual information about history and religion that has never been presented in such a way before to debunk Christianity (at least not to my knowledge). Nor do I praise them because of their Ph.Ds, or their experience (I know all too well many PhDs that I've worked with that don't merit a hill of beans), but because they present verifiable information and sound logic. The end notes and citations from the authors is worth the price of the book alone. The "Delusion" in the title should not offend anyone, nor should it be taken as an ad hominem against Christians. A delusion, in a colloquial sense, describes a belief that is either false, mythical, or derived from deception. Since this is a book about the Christian delusion, it aims to show the false, mythical beliefs of the Bible (believed by Christians), and the deceptive practices by Christian apologists to deceive the public through falsehoods and unreliable scholarship. The book is divided into five parts: "Why Faith Fails," "Why The Bible Is Not God's Word," "Why The Christian God Is Not Perfectly Good," "Why Jesus Is Not The Risen Son Of God," and "Why Society Does Not Depend On Christian Faith." Each part presents information and/or logic that destroys any Christian apologist's claims. This book is extraordinary. If you liked any of the books by the "New Atheists" then you should enjoy this book even more because of its depth, scope, and scholarship. Every chapter provides a thorough list of citations, many sources which are available online for further reading. There is also a lot of information here that other books on atheism do not address. I think this is the best Christian debunking book to date and is a must read for nonbelievers and especially Christians who want to know about the history of the Bible and its claims. Note, if you wish to read my entire review, please visit my website: [...] ---- A comment on a previous review by KC James: KC gives only three stars for the book, one reason because the Avalos chapter does "not deal evenly with the parts where Adolph blatantly trashes Christianity" from Hitler's Table Talk. Actually Avalos does, and he cites Richard Carrier's work on the subject where Carrier shows that the "atheist"quotes in TT are complete fabrications from Genoud (who translated TT into French and where others used Genoud's version and translated it into into English). The original German TT does not contain the atheist quotes. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,515,332 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #426 in Atheism (Books) #1,408 in Science & Religion (Books) #2,818 in Christian Apologetics (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 248 Reviews | ## Images ![The Christian Delusion - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51VaHm5aMxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why Reason Succeeds *by B***K on June 20, 2012* The Christian Delusion by John W. Loftus "The Christian Delusion" is an extension of sorts to his previous great book "Why I Became an Atheist" but instead of going solo this time around John Loftus brings along some of his friends and these are good friends to have. A series of interesting essays by fantastic authors that support the main thesis of the book, that Christianity is a false belief. This 422-page book is broken out into the following five parts: Part 1. Why Faith Fails, Part 2. Why the Bible is not God's Word, Part 3. Why the Christian God is not Perfectly Good, Part 4. Why Jesus is not the Risen Son of God, and Part 5. Why Society Does not Depend on Christian Faith. Positives: 1. A well-written and high-quality analogy. Highly accessible to the masses. 2. Fifteen great essays from nine great authors and an excellent Forward by Dan Barker. 3. A fascinating topic in the hands of a master. Many thought-provoking ideas and concepts. 4. Great format that allows readers to jump from one topic to another. I also like how the contributors tackle popular apologist's points of view. 5. The false sense of certainty that comes from faith. Many angles taken. 6. An analysis of Christian culture. 7. A brief history of Christianity. 8. The power of Christian belief under the scrutiny of cognitive science. Many misconceptions put to rest. 9. The inefficacy of prayers. Psychology and neuroscience to good use. 10. The compelling outsider test for faith. 11. The Bible put under the scrutiny of scholars. What their examinations "reveal" to the rest of us. The inconsistencies, bad cosmology, fables, failed prophecies, forgeries, and the lack of supporting historical evidence. 12. Slavery one of the strongest arguments against the biblical god. Moral relativism. 13. God's problem of Miscommunication. 14. The problem of evil as denoted in the Bible and the amount of animal suffering. 15. The false beliefs held by Christians. The failure of miracles. The myths. 16. How modern society does not depend on Christianity for morality or science. 17. How human morality evolved. 18. Debunking the false notion that atheism was the cause of the atrocities of Hitler. 19. How Christianity has evolved. 20. Common fallacies including that Christianity lead to science. 21. Great quotes throughout, "Christians are not easily argued out of their religion because, since it is culture, they are not ordinarily argued into it in the first place". 22. Comprehensive notes at the end of each chapter. Negatives: 1. No kindle links. 2. Requires an investment of time but so well worth it. In summary, "The Christian Delusion", is yet another excellent book by John Loftus. The essays are compelling, thought-provoking and fun to read. If you are a Christian, and you care that your beliefs correspond to reality as closely as possible then you must take a look at this book. I highly recommend it! Further suggestions: " Why I Became an Atheist " and " The End of Christianity " by John W. Loftus, " Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism " and " Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith " by Richard Carrier, " Natural Atheism ", " Atheism Advanced " and " Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History " by Dr. David Eller, " Man Made God: A Collection of Essays " by Barbara G. Walker, " The Invention of the Jewish People " by Shlomo Sand, "The Portable Atheist" by Christopher Hitchens, "The End of Biblical Studies" by Hector Avalos, "Forged..." by Bart Ehrman, " God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist " by Victor J. Stenger, "Godless" by Dan Barker, "Christian No More" by Jeffrey Mark, and "The Invention of God" by Bill Lauritzen. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An extraordinary book of scholarship and reason *by J***R on April 21, 2010* The term "New Atheists" has sometimes been used pejoratively to refer to authors such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, etc. and to their popularity and rise of 21st century atheism. In spite of the excellent works coming from them, they are not experts in the field of religion and history (although they do a wonderful job at that too) but they really don't offer anything new to what has already been known by informed atheists for years. This is why the term "New Atheism" has puzzled me; I suspect they only seem new to Christians because never before in American history have atheists been so prominent in the American consciousness (except for, perhaps, Madalyn Murray in the 60s, who was hated, and her writings mostly ignored, or Robert Ingersoll in the late 1800s, but he was an agnostic, not an atheist, and not many Americans know of him today). The Christian Delusion, however, is something different. In this anthology the authors are writing from the expertise in their fields. I'm not sure that any book debunking Christianity has ever had such a distinguished group of authors and scholars, and this, if anything, is what is new about this book. The book's authors range from professors of religion, historian of antiquity, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and former evangelical preachers (see "about the authors" below). If anything, these are the new atheists (non-pejoratively), if only because they offer factual information about history and religion that has never been presented in such a way before to debunk Christianity (at least not to my knowledge). Nor do I praise them because of their Ph.Ds, or their experience (I know all too well many PhDs that I've worked with that don't merit a hill of beans), but because they present verifiable information and sound logic. The end notes and citations from the authors is worth the price of the book alone. The "Delusion" in the title should not offend anyone, nor should it be taken as an ad hominem against Christians. A delusion, in a colloquial sense, describes a belief that is either false, mythical, or derived from deception. Since this is a book about the Christian delusion, it aims to show the false, mythical beliefs of the Bible (believed by Christians), and the deceptive practices by Christian apologists to deceive the public through falsehoods and unreliable scholarship. The book is divided into five parts: "Why Faith Fails," "Why The Bible Is Not God's Word," "Why The Christian God Is Not Perfectly Good," "Why Jesus Is Not The Risen Son Of God," and "Why Society Does Not Depend On Christian Faith." Each part presents information and/or logic that destroys any Christian apologist's claims. This book is extraordinary. If you liked any of the books by the "New Atheists" then you should enjoy this book even more because of its depth, scope, and scholarship. Every chapter provides a thorough list of citations, many sources which are available online for further reading. There is also a lot of information here that other books on atheism do not address. I think this is the best Christian debunking book to date and is a must read for nonbelievers and especially Christians who want to know about the history of the Bible and its claims. Note, if you wish to read my entire review, please visit my website: [...] ---- A comment on a previous review by KC James: KC gives only three stars for the book, one reason because the Avalos chapter does "not deal evenly with the parts where Adolph blatantly trashes Christianity" from Hitler's Table Talk. Actually Avalos does, and he cites Richard Carrier's work on the subject where Carrier shows that the "atheist"quotes in TT are complete fabrications from Genoud (who translated TT into French and where others used Genoud's version and translated it into into English). The original German TT does not contain the atheist quotes. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Answers Christian specific questions the God Delusion missed *by V***R on May 15, 2010* The Christian Delusion is the answer to most of those little holes left over after The God Delusion. Red Herring topics that frequently come up in debates, like the claim that Hitler was an atheist, or that Christianity is the basis of our morals (both false, by the way) are answered firmly and confidently. Instead of writing the whole book himself, Loftus chose to make The Christian Delusion a compilation of essays, each covering a specific subject. This was a very intelligent decision for two reasons: first, it allows for an A-list authors that would sell out any Atheist convention, including: Richard Carrier, David Eller, Robert M. Price, Hector Avalos, Edward Babinski, Paul Tobin, Valerie Tarico, Jason Long, and, of course, John Loftus (there is also a forward by FFrF's Dan Barker). Second, the mutli-author technique allows each contributor to stay focused in their specific field of interest. The common apologist defense of questioning the qualification of any critical writer is thereby diffused. And credentials really are a moot point with this book; of the 10 authors, 6 of them have PhDs in their field and several of them are former Christians that turned to atheism after years of study. The book is divided into 5 sections, each containing 2-4 articles. Some of the writing does get a bit dry at times (they are, after all, tackling some pretty challenging subjects), but the layout of the book easily allows the reader the opportunity to take one subject at a time. 1. Why Faith Fails - This section is probably one of the most needed in the world of Atheist/Christian dialogue. Instead of just pointing out perceived flaws in religious belief, these articles seek to understand and explain religious experiences through the social sciences. The articles explain how religion mixes into (and often gets confused with) the culture around it, how cognitive experiences, like a Transcendence hallucination, can easily can get confused with a supernatural experience (often called a "born again" experience), and how the human mind itself is wired to trick us and that without an emotionally detached method of looking at the world, like science, we would all be nothing but bias machines. 2. Why the Bible is Not God's Word - Critique of the Christian Bible occasionally takes too much of a center stage in Atheist writing. Responsible analysis of any ancient document takes a lot of patience and the discipline, not surprisingly, tends to to lose some people (either Christian or Atheist). I enjoy it, personally, but only because I genuinely find the subject matter interesting. I wouldn't actually use Biblical Criticism to argue an Atheist standpoint. Conversations that focus on Biblical critique can get messy and lead down alley ways that would require a find their way out. Loftus, though, cleverly keeps the focus of the 3 articles in this section very focused and to the point. Instead of pointing out every possible contradiction or mistranslation, the writers stay on task and make it quite clear that the Bible could not possibly be a reliable source of knowledge about a supreme being. I believe that this section would prove very beneficial to any Christian that believes the Bible to be "revealed knowledge". 3. Why the Christian God is Not Perfectly Good - Hector Avalos kicks off this section by refuting a past article by Paul Copan called "Is Yaheh a Moral Monster?" Hector concludes that he is. He does this by showing that Hebrew law code was not superior to that of the surrounding tribes and that biblical morals are unclear at best. John Loftus finishes it up with an article that points out how animal suffering in the world cannot be part of an omniscient god's plan. 4. Why Jesus is Not the Risen Son of God - Robert M Price examines (and refutes) Paul Eddy and Greg Boyd's apologetic book, "The Jesus Legend", which attempts to argue for an historical Jesus. Then Richard Carrier tells us "Why the Resurrection is Unbelievable" with enough clarity to make anyone ashamed to have ever bought into the idea to begin with. John Loftus then gives us a best case scenario for who a man named Jesus at the center of a 1st century religious movement could have been. Hint, the answer has more to do with social rebellion than it does saving souls. 5. Why Society Does Not Depend on Christian Faith - The topic of this section is a big one lately, when every religious zealot with a television camera pointed at them has been making the astounding claim that Christianity is the glue that holds society together. Aside from this being a bigoted and xenophobic viewpoint to make, it's also false. David Eller shows that not only is Christianity not a necessary basis for morality but, no religion is. In "Atheism was Not The Cause of the Holocaust", Hector Avalos shows that not only was Hitler not an atheist, but that he had expressed that he expected to be rewarded in heaven! This will be a very handy article to pass on the persistent trolls that still like to claim, despite loads of contradictory (and easily available) evidence, that Hitler was an atheist. Richard Carrier then closes the book by completely blowing apart the bogus assumption that Christianity was (somehow?!) responsible for modern science. The Christian Delusion is, all in all, a very well thought out book. It covers most of the arguments one might run up against when conversing with apologists that aren't covered by the more broad "The God Delusion". While none of the articles will be the final word (the subject of each article could very easily fill a book of their own), all the authors have meticulously sourced their articles to make any further research easy. And, let's face it, at this point, anyone still adhering to any form of literal Christianity just isn't paying attention. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails - Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus - Why I Am Not a Christian: Four Conclusive Reasons to Reject the Faith --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8510384-the-christian-delusion](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8510384-the-christian-delusion) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*