Richard Dawkins is a New Atheist. He would like to see religion utterly eradicated from society. Part of his MO is to use excessively inflammatory language. The title of his book, the God Delusion, is part of that. It's INNAPROPRIATE, just as it is inappropriate for you to use the word delusion to refer to those who believe in God (or leprechauns). If you are going to be an atheist, that's fine, but I wouldn't use Richard Dawkins as a mentor. Quite honestly, he is the fundamentalist version of an atheist.
Ok IC, thank you very much for your expertise. I know that you are well studied in your field, and did not mean to disparage that aspect about your acumen.
I do believe though, that in regards to belief in God, it is an extremely hypothetical argument. That is, I believe that the only reason that any creature could possibly conceive of Him, is because they were created in His image - endowed with that spiritual awareness within our constitution. 'Be holy, as I am holy' is meaningless to a strictly secular being.
Therefore, take that spiritual dimension away from man, meaning, there is no God, then to believe in Him would be insane. Yes, somewhat circular, but that's not the point. The point is, that it would be absurd and inconceivable for our minds to go there, so that if, hypothetically, we did, it would be deranged.
It would be like a squirrel praying to God, they don't have the faculties in order to even conceive of the concept. If he ever did, it would be due to a short-circuit in his brain, not an enlightenment.