: Berghaus "indicts" the biblical God for numerous offenses, including incitement to war, genocide, mass murder, and crimes against humanity. He systematically lists passages from the Bible and matches them against specific paragraphs of the German StGB , such as murder (§ 211) or incitement to hatred (§ 130).
: The book is written from a strictly rationalist and secularist viewpoint, aiming to demystify religious texts and hold them accountable to the same legal scrutiny as any historical or fictional character. Context and Reception
: By putting God on the "defendant's bench," Berghaus challenges theologians to reconcile the "merciful God" of modern preaching with the "wrathful and violent God" found in the scriptural texts he cites.