God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction (with Dan Barker)

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🗓️ 17 February 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Dan Barker's new book (titled after the famous Richard Dawkins quote) doesn't exactly cast a flattering eye at the biblical god. Truth be told, the Bible itself doesn't flatter God, either. Not-so-hidden inside the pages of scripture is the profile of a deity so ugly, brutish, bloodthirsty and petty, he would be condemned by the faithful as a monster in another context.

Join us, as we speak with Dan Barker about his own personal story, and we examine The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction.

VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/comqy3lQNVM

Dan's book on Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/god-daniel-barker/1122409434
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0:00.0	Okay, here we go, standby.
0:01.6	Three, two, one.
0:03.8	Action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.2	Rash, bald face, black for me.
0:10.5	Question.
0:11.5	Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine.
0:14.1	Open your eyes.
0:16.3	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
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