The Interventionist God
Dawkins introduces this concept of the interventionist God. This is the primary understanding of how God interacts with people. In this understanding of God, he participates in human affairs and alters them according to his personal interactions with people (i.e. answering prayers).
Richard Dawkins
As the author, Dawkins is expressing his personal opinions about religion and its function. He continually reminds his readers that he is the author of his own arguments. He expresses personal disagreements with religion in general and with Christianity in particular, devoting an entire section to criticizing contemporary Christianity. Based upon his prestigious career in the scientific fields, he attempts to use science to disprove the necessity or social benefit of religion.
Jesus
Dawkins writes about how Jesus did not follow the rules of his own culture. Although a Jew, Jesus was considered a heretic. He borrowed from scriptures which the Jews did not accept in the formation of his ethical standards. In this way, Dawkins hopes to illuminate the hypocrisy of Christians professing a simultaneous close adherence to the moral laws of the Bible and a devotion to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
