This is the first book I’ve ever thrown in revulsion. There are so many things wrong with it, from the relatively minor (Shermer doesn’t know the difference between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’) to the excruciating (‘science is just another type of myth!’ and ‘here are some reasons why religion doesn’t make sense, but please don’t be mad at me religious people, oh please please pleeeeeease’).

For anyone interested in the subject matter without the incoherence, painful grovelling and poor grammar, Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained is excellent.

Argh, I was really enjoying this but I accidentally left it behind at the museum during a volunteer shift, and someone must have picked it up and taken it because it wasn’t in the Lost and Found box the next week. Damn it. I’ll have to get a library copy so I can finish it.