Is the God of the Bible a capriciously malevolent, misogynistic, sadomasochistic bully? Dan Barker vs Martin Kuhrt

<p class="p1">Richard Dawkins famously describes the God of the Old Testament as ‘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’.</p> <p class="p1">Dan Barker and Rev Martin Kuhrt have both published books defending and refuting Dawkins’ description. They debate three of the charges on today’s show.</p> <p class="p2">For Dan Barker: <a href='https://ffrf.org/about/getting-acquainted/dan-barker'>https://ffrf.org/about/getting-acquainted/dan-barker</a></p> <p class="p2">For Martin Kurht: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Good-Exploring-Character-Biblical/dp/1725263947'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Good-Exploring-Character-Biblical/dp/1725263947</a></p> <p class="p1">USA listeners check out our new USA website for exclusive resources and to support us: <a href='http://www.unbelievable.show/'>http://www.unbelievable.show</a></p> <p class="p1">Subscribe to our newsletter and receive the free Unbelievable? e-book ‘In Conversation With…’<a href='https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter'>https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter</a>  </p> <p class="p2">Support the show: <a href='https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable'>https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable</a>   </p> <p class="p2">For more faith debates visit <a href='http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable'>http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable</a> </p> <p class="p2">Facebook <a href='https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB'>https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB</a>  </p> <p class="p2">Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb'>https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb</a>  </p> <p class="p2">Insta <a href='https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley'>https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley</a></p> <p class="p1"> </p>