No man with a sense of humour ever founded a religion

[Jackalope]

I'm guessing you haven't read the whole thing just the parts that highlighted in those New Atheist polemics.

I *have* read the entire thing - OK, I admit I glossed over the stupid genealogies and such. I read it as a Christian, in the interest of bolstering my faith. What actually happened was not what I expected.

That said even Dawkin's admires it as a work of literature, one of the greatest works ever written equal to Shakespeare.

I could give a holy rat's ass what Dawkins thinks about, well, much of anything. I respect him as a biologist. I like his sense of humor. Beyond that, meh.