God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

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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 thoughtful world. New Read Books God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction By Dan Barker – kino-fada.fr God The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction by Dan Barker and Richard Dawkins God The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction is an expose of God s true qualities based on the very book that attempts to describe Him Taking a page from Richard Dawkins, former evangelist minister and co president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, Dan Barker takes the readers on a journey through the Bible and during this trip he clearly describes the Lord Jealous This provocative 322 page b God The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction by Dan Barker and Richard Dawkins God The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction is an expose of God s true qualities based on the very book that attempts to describe Him Taking a page from Richard Dawkins, former evangelist minister and co president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, Dan Barker takes the readers on a journey through the Bible and during this trip he clearly describes the Lord Jealous This provocative 322 page book includes twenty eight chapters broken out by two parts Part 1 Dawkins Was Right and Part II Dawkins Was Too Kind.Positives 1 Well researched, well written book Barker takes glee in exposing the character of God.2 The fascinating topic of the characterization of God through analyzing the Bible The God of ...A very good reference to the ugliness of the good book and its lead character Well organized giving detailed accounts of the ugly nature of God depicted in the bible See my updates fordetail I think people will find it eye opening.update 8 18 2019 a recent book I read might explain why thu...And now, reading the foreward Richard Dawkins.Yes, I know you groaned I groaned too We all groaned It was uncharacteristically brief, then enter, stage right, Dan Barker, who proceeds to explain how he s pretty much the opposite of a born again Christian in that he was once real into God, as a minister, then quit that lame sh...I received a copy of this book through the Goodreads First Reads giveaway program in the hopes that I would leave an honest review This book served to reinforce my preconceived notion that religion is merely a means to explain things that society doesn t understand But it also showed me that it was used as a way to control a group of people and has continued to do so for thousands of years to an extent And it confirmed for me that a theocracy based on a literal interpretation of the Bible w I received a copy of this book through the Goodreads First Reads giveaway program in the hopes that I would leave an honest review This book served to reinforce my preconceived notion that religion is merely a means to explain things that society doesn t understand But it also showed me that it was used as a way to control a group of people and has continued to do so for thousands of ...I thought this book would be interesting because the title comes from Richard Dawkins The God Delusion Dan Barker is not Richard Dawkins Neither is he Christopher Hitchens or Michael Shermer all authors that I admire Basically...Heavily focused on the OT and what a horrific god he is.Would be nice to see a full length breakdown on the NT rather then a small chapter.A book of bible verses describing the horrible aspects of God I know first hand that this book will offended certain people who swear God is good, kind, and loving.The Lord Jealous For you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous god Exodus 34 14From the get go Dan s dry humor about the god from the bible drew me in Throughout the book he points out the inconsistencies and downright weird crap in the bible s numerous passages not to mention n...If you read the Bible it s easy to gloss over the really nasty stuff in it ordered by a just and loving god But take out those things and show them separately and it will make you wonder why you ever followed this religion People say Islam is an evil religion because of a few really bad apples mis interpreting the Kor an But if you do the same thing to the Kor an that Dan Barker did to the Bible here, you d find much the same This book reminds you that Christianity was started during a b If you read the Bible it s easy to gloss over the really nasty stuff in it ordered by a just and loving god But take out those things and show them separately and it will make you wonder why you ever followed this religion People say Islam is an evil religion becau...Its danial tanvir , i am 22 am from pakistan and i am very good friends with atheist writer dan barker and i have gotten dozens and dozens of emails from himi have read two of his last books twice.he is great.this was a great read but it was not as good as his other book called god less in which he tells us about how he became atheist from a preacher i LOVED his books and i read this book two time.he talks about why be good when there is no god he gives arguments against the existance of god Its danial tanvir , i am 22 am from pakistan and i am very good friends with atheist writer dan barker and i have gotten dozens and dozens of emails from himi have read two of his last books twice.he is great.this was a gre...

God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction
  • English
  • 21 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 1454918322
  • Dan Barker
  • God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction