Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
We’re all pretty familiar with the stories of Creation, and Noah’s Ark, and David & Goliath… but the Bible offers a detached view of its characters. What would it look like if you could read the Bible from God’s perspective? That’s the gist of Chris Matheson’s new book The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy about Love (and Hate) (Pitchstone Publishing, 2015): In the excerpt below, Matheson tells us what God was thinking when it came to Jesus: Read more