Reddit mentions of The Religion Virus: Why we believe in God

For Atheism:

1. Superstition in All Ages by Jean Meslier - a comprehensive treatise against religion, written between 2 and 3 centuries ago.
   
   
2. The Religion Virus: Why we believe in God by Craig A. James - explains how religion and particularly belief in God is due to memetic evolution.
   
   
3. Atheism: A Philosophical Justification by Michael Martin - a comprehesive overview of arguments for and against the existence of God.
   
   
4. Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett - explains why the idea of evolution is so powerful an explanation of things, it acts as a universal acid against supernatural beliefs.
   
   
5. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins - specifically addresses the idea of God as a supernatural creator
   
   For Christianity:
   
   
6. The Five Great Philosophies of Life by William De Witt Hyde - covers Epicureanism, Stoicism, Plato, Aristotle, and Christianity, explaining the value in each.
   
   
7. Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas - a comprehensive and detailed examination and defense of Christian beliefs
   
   
8. The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus by Bruxy Cavey
   
   
9. Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald
   
   
10. Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams - a novel

Yes, that's another possibility. To put it more succinctly, we might suppose that God is regularly revealing truth to people, but it keeps getting garbled, sort of like listening to a radio station with bad reception. In that case, you might expect to find inklings of truth in various religions, but they will also be rife with errors, and critical thinking will still be needed to sort truth from error.

My own opinion is that this is not the origin of different religions. Religions are mainly the product of memetic evolution, a point well argued for by Craig A. James in The Religion Virus. If there is any reality behind religions, it seems, from the diversity of religions, that human beings have not been very good at discerning what it may be, and it has not clearly communicated anything to the people known as prophets.

Have you read this book?