I thought the book was OK. I read it when I was turning into my more active atheist phase. I'd been an atheist for quite a long time, but after 9/11, became more aware and angry with the harm religion causes.
I still do like one of the opening passages for its bracing, no pulling punches language --
That sums up Yahweh quite nicely.
As others have said, his science writing is quite good. I particularly liked The Ancestors Tale.
I still do like one of the opening passages for its bracing, no pulling punches language --
Quote:The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
That sums up Yahweh quite nicely.
As others have said, his science writing is quite good. I particularly liked The Ancestors Tale.
