“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.”
— Richard Dawkins
Simplified Meaning:
The quote says that the God described in the Old Testament is portrayed as a very terrible and mean character who is angry, unfair, and likes to control everything. It also says that he is violent, hates women, hates certain groups of people, and is very cruel.
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