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God : the most unpleasant character in all fiction / by Dan Barker ; foreword by Richard Dawkins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Sterling, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781454918325
  • 1454918322
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part I. Dawkins was right -- Jealous and proud of it -- Petty -- Unjust -- Unforgiving -- Control freak -- Vindictive -- Bloodthirsty -- Ethnic cleanser -- Misogynistic -- Homophobic -- Racist -- Infanticidal -- Genocidal -- Filicidal -- Pestilential -- Megalomaniacal -- Sadomasochistic -- Capriciously malevolent -- Bully -- Part 2. Dawkins was too kind -- Pyromaniacal -- Angry -- Merciless -- Curse hurling -- Vaccicidal -- Aboriticidal -- Cannibalistic -- Slavemonger -- What about Jesus?
Summary: "English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and writer Richard Dawkins opens Chapter 2 of his bestseller The God Delusion by saying that the God of the Old Testament is "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction" and goes on to list nineteen negative character traits. Now in God : the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction, Dan Barker, a former ordained minister and current atheist, proves that Dawkins was right."--Dust jacket.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 212.7 B255 Available 33111008401321
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What words come to mind when we think of God? Merciful? Just? Compassionate? In fact, the Bible lays out God's primary qualities clearly: jealous, petty, unforgiving, bloodthirsty, vindictive--and worse! Originally conceived as a joint presentation between influential thinker and bestselling author Richard Dawkins and former evangelical preacher Dan Barker, this unique book provides an investigation into what may be the most unpleasant character in all fiction. Barker combs through both the Old and New Testament (as well as thirteen different editions of the "Good Book"), presenting powerful evidence for why the Scripture shouldn't govern our everyday lives. This witty, well-researched book suggests that we should move past the Bible and clear a path to a kinder and more thoughtful world.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306) and index.

Part I. Dawkins was right -- Jealous and proud of it -- Petty -- Unjust -- Unforgiving -- Control freak -- Vindictive -- Bloodthirsty -- Ethnic cleanser -- Misogynistic -- Homophobic -- Racist -- Infanticidal -- Genocidal -- Filicidal -- Pestilential -- Megalomaniacal -- Sadomasochistic -- Capriciously malevolent -- Bully -- Part 2. Dawkins was too kind -- Pyromaniacal -- Angry -- Merciless -- Curse hurling -- Vaccicidal -- Aboriticidal -- Cannibalistic -- Slavemonger -- What about Jesus?

"English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and writer Richard Dawkins opens Chapter 2 of his bestseller The God Delusion by saying that the God of the Old Testament is "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction" and goes on to list nineteen negative character traits. Now in God : the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction, Dan Barker, a former ordained minister and current atheist, proves that Dawkins was right."--Dust jacket.

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