The Irrational Atheist

The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens
is a 2008 book by American writer and technology entrepreneur Vox Day, a weekly columnist on WorldNetDaily.
Description
In this book Vox Day responds to the anti-religious arguments advanced by authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, whom he labels the "New Atheists." Rather than argue for the existence of a particular god, the book concentrates on highlighting flaws in anti-religious arguments.
Background
Day had argued against what he saw as atheist propaganda for some years on his Worldnet column and his personal blog. On noting reports that some readers had lost their faith after reading the "New Atheists", he says he decided to publish a book to tackle atheists on their own ground using logic and evidence.
Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens had already been labeled "the Unholy Trinity" by Robert Weitzel, and Day used this phrase for the book's subtitle.
Synopsis
The book contains sixteen chapters. The first is a general polemic against what it calls militant atheism. The penultimate chapter argues for a solution to the problem of evil by comparing God to a computer-game designer. The last chapter considers the future prospects for atheism. The remaining chapters mostly deal with the arguments of specific atheists or discuss hotly debated topics, such as how sure can we be whether there is a god, or to what extent is religion harmful or beneficial to society. There is some overlap, with the key topics being the arguments of Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Michel Onfray; what Day calls the danger of uncritical acceptance of the opinions of scientists; claims that religion very rarely causes wars and, conversely, that atheism allegedly causes far more oppression than religion; and what the author sees as a strong argument for the existence of God.
Critical reception
The Irrational Atheist was reviewed positively in Christian periodicals Investigate Magazine, New Oxford Review, and First Things. The book was named a 2007 Christmas recommendation by National Review Online.

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