Citing healing, love and forgiveness on one hand, and wars and conflicts in the name of God on the other hand, the book shows that the organized church is not merely a spiritual body teaching only love. It is also a political entity with the power to make social rules and enforce them.
Drawing from the author's own childhood experience as she was reminded of God's anger in days of old, this book shows why it is in the interest of organized religion that God should be cruel at times.
A God of total love does not punish. This is unacceptable to most believers. Who would punish the bad? So we continue to perpetuate stories of God's anger and punishment although Christ tried His best to show that God was love and forgiveness.
With the generous use of narrative this non-fiction work is certain to stimulate debate between those who would want God to be cruel and those who know the meaning of unconditional love.