God
The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction
New York : Sterling, [2016]
Format: Book
Description: x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"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."--Jacket.
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?
ISBN:
9781454918325
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
RELIGION Bar | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306) and index.