I relate to your feelings of revulsion but mine are sparked by many authors. The bible has invoked the biggest reaction in me, so much so that I do not possess one any longer.
I really think you cannot see the truth through someone elses perspective. I believe the uncomfortable feelings are our way of eliminating others truth that does not sit well with our own. We are all individuals and probably a complex mix of everyone else, so it is hardly likely to fully agree with another.
However, on the god delusion, it is my experience that it may not be god that is the illusion but our perception of god that is the illusion. I'm not religious and don't belong to any isms but I have studied life from many angles, and the god question is always there.
One thing Dawkins says is that 'we need to believe in a god worthy of being worshipped by all' and at the moment the god who is to be obeyed does not fit into that category. Dawkins is coming from his personal perspectives on life and who cares what he thinks?
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