God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction by Dan Barker, author of Godless, Foreword by Richard Dawkins

God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

by Dan Barker Author

He's worse than Sauron or Hannibal Lecter or Freddy Kruger. In terms of fictional villains, the old testament God ranks right at the top. But like all good villains, His greatest weakness is his own weapon: the Bible.

Combing through the Bible, former preacher Dan Barker breaks down the attributes of the old testament god into 27 distinct categories, including Jealous, Bloodthirsty, Homophobic, Sexist, Racist, Merciless, Slavemongering, and Cannibalistic. Each category is fulsomely cited with biblical passages.

Whether you are christian or atheist, agnostic or wiccan, the conclusion is inescapable: God is a total dick.