Is the Christian God Worthy of Worship? Dan Barker vs. Randal Rauser

In 2016, outspoken atheist activist Dan Barker released a book entitled "God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction." In this debate, Dan engages Christian theologian Randal Rauser on the topic of whether the Christian God is worthy of worship.

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[icon-o-clast-eqlu]

im listening to Dan's book right now. So happy i can learn from his journey

[dimitardimitroff]

Dan absolutely destroyed him. Such a non-aggressive and confident speaker.

[davidschneide]

"It comforts me to believe everyone who disagrees with me will burn forever."
- Christian statement of faith

[MichaelJohnson-composer]

I love how the Christian is getting bent out of shape as he misses the point and then proves Dan’s point for him. By insisting that humans write the Psalms, he admits that the entire book isn’t gods word, which then opens the door for any skeptic to say, how do we tell what is gods word and what isn’t? He walked right into Dan’s trap.

[psilosydetrusenses]

Randall didn’t answer any questions. Just kept saying Dan isn’t using the right interpretation and not specifying which one to use

[pazuzil]

Bravo Dan Barker, what a wonderful performance ! He ran circles around Randal

[davidsabillon]

As an atheist I want to thank Cameron for setting up this debate. If we had more civilized dialog like this the world would be a better place. Take care everyone.

[hebrewenglishbibleread]

Dan Barker is fearless, pulling no punches. Above us, only sky. Thank you.

[teramasz]

Dan interrupts Randal - not ok, Randal interrupts Dan... nothing happens

[AB-etnj]

Randal says God accommodated "moral imperfections" of the ancient Israelites like genocide and rape, and yet he punishes them severely whenever they breached minor technical laws?

[alohaohana]

At 1:15 after listening to Randal, my question is, if there are a multitude of possible interpretations, how do we know which one is correct? That gave weight to Dan's position.

[williammartucci]

Is it just me or did it feel like most of the points Randall made actually benefited Dan's argument. Also as a former Catholic, having read the Bible from cover to cover, Dan is 100% correct. I literally couldn't believe what I was reading. There is no amount of context required that will ever justify slavery, rape and infanticide. If it was an all powerful being delivering his word he would have told them something useful like how to create paracetamol or ibprofuen, not something as silly as don't worship other gods. How vein

[martinlanders]

Dan is brilliant and CALM
Randal is so so angry and agitated!!!

[capitalisa]

I've never heard an apologist before, at least not this in depth. I'm floored to hear the mental gymnastics involved. It's utterly insane.

[mrmaat]

Wow. Randal just accused Barker of “rhetorical violence.” Take a look at the text you’re defending before casting stones. The self-righteous hypocrisy is shameful, Rauser.

[spaceghost]

I started to drift off when that apologist spoke at length. He literally just spews word salad drivel seemingly totally unconnected with the question at hand. He NEVER just gets to the point. ANY POINT.

[DarkMatterVisible]

Wow, Randall is so offended at the mere reality that he is participating in a debate. Did he not realize that the entire purpose was to debate with someone about something they disagree on??

Dan Barker outclassed this guy in every aspect, including emotionally.

[Joshua-dcun]

I find it interesting that Randal was introduced as being very charitable, but starts his argument with a character assassination. It's like christians have a different definition of charitable....

[scurvy]

Dan: Men wrote the bible.
Randy: No, God wrote the bible!
Dan: Which part?
Randy: None of it. Human beings wrote the scriptures just like Americans wrote our history.

[gradystein]

The concept of worship is insane. If I was god, I wouldn’t care if people worshipped me or not, because I’m not a sociopathic douche.