Rupert Shortt

David Baddiel rejects religion – but describes himself as a ‘reluctant unbeliever’

He dismisses the philosophy of religion as sixth-formish point-scoring. But are his own ruminations any more profound?

David Baddiel. [Getty Images] 
issue 08 April 2023

The cover design of this tract-length book associates it with David Baddiel’s excellent Jews Don’t Count (2021), which exposed a prejudice infecting both ends of the political spectrum. The God Desire resembles its precursor in other ways. Wit and dry humour abound. But as a verdict on the human appetite for the divine, it is disappointing.

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