By the grace of God as I was browsing the Politics section pondering whether to by the Griffin book there were what appeared to be a kindly elderly couple hunching over the popular science section discussing which of the three Dawkins books was the one he has just written that was causing all the fuss. Mustering up every ounce of self-restraint I pointed out which was the text in question and it is here they I deem the mysterious hand of divine providence to be at work. “Have you read it, is it good?” asked the moment. Ah ha! thought I, an opportunity to save a soul from the ramblings of a grumpy old man who doesn’t really know the subject he is talking about. Needless to say I with utmost respect for the man’s scientific qualifications considered his writing as perceptive on religion as an MI5 report on the existence of WMD in Iraq. After explaining that as a theology student I know a little bit about religion (and hence a little bit more than Dawkins) I suggested that they may want to try a Polkinghorne book I saw in the same section (not read the book but I took an educated guess it would be good). By the infinite mercies of God they agreed to take this book as well the Dawkins one. Not quite the outcome I was hoping for but at least if they are reading both they may have something reading Dawkins alone would be lacking, balance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n