God Quotes

“That was the birth of religion, a shameful covering to hide our true human nature and pretend that we don’t know what we know.”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“It appears that in order to win favor in the eyes of the God of the Old Testament, you have to be an obedient and heartless ethnic cleanser. Otherwise, step aside.”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“This is evidence that goodness and wickedness in the bible have nothing to do with morality.”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“When Elizabeth Cady Stanton said that “The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation,” she was obviously referring to the misogynistic God of the Old Testament.”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“There it is. That is the source of women’s inequality in the Middle East, the Western world, and every country infected with biblical belief. In the New Testament, Paul (or someone pretending to be Paul) pounces on this pretext for patriarchy:”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“When it comes to being eaten or slaughtered, the God of the Old Testament is egalitarian. Other than that, you are better off being born a male.”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“Massacring men, women, and children does not raise an eyebrow, but keeping a little war booty is “evil.” Notice that throughout the Old Testament, “evil” and “wicked” are not moral judgments. Saul is called “evil” because he disobeyed orders.”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“evangelical Christians”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

“Lord Jealous.”
― Dan Barker, God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction