Ep 81: Isn't God angry and judgemental?
What makes us angry? Why does God get angry? Should God get angry? We ask Shane Rogerson some Bigger Questions
Shane Rogerson is an Anglican minister who gets angry. We hear what makes him angry and how he expresses this anger on the rugby field.
Richard Dawkins claims that: “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”. He goes on, concluding that God is a “capriciously malevolent bully”.
Is he right? Is God's anger justified?
We ask Shane Rogerson some Bigger Questions.
This episode was recorded before a live audience in Melbourne's CBD in April 2017 with special guest host Andrew Laird.
Bible reference(s):
Exodus 34.5-7, Proverbs 15.17, Psalm 30.4-5
