"If you talk about "God" in a deist-physics-behind-everything-pantheistic-feel-good-collective-consciousness sort of way then it's not really a conversation. That version of God is benign and a sort of mental exercise that an intelligent person performs to feel warm and fuzzy. But that's not what Mark Driscoll or most believers are referring to here. The Bible makes very clear claims about the nature and will and intervention of a personal God in this 3D (quite possibly many more dimensioned) reality. A God is presented that listens and responds to prayers, has a "plan" for you, created the whole universe and all life forms (99 percent of which are already extinct) for the benefit and enjoyment of humans. Not only this, you must take care and watch out because one day you'll stand before the judgment seat of this God and he'll cast your soul into a lake of fire to be forever tormented if you don't believe that he impregnated a 12 year old Jewish girl and sacrificed himself to himself as an atonement offering. Infinite punishment is threatened for finite offenses. Human sacrifice is presented as a benevolent act. Broken from Birth is the lynchpin of this whole worldview. I'm just saying it's garbage. Not enough people are speaking plainly about this."

This was a post by a guy in response to an article Mark Driscoll did for the Washington Post. See Here. While obviously some of his perceptions are off, probably due to some emotional response (like 99% of species being extinct), I find it amusing that even this guy, non-Christian, can figure out that the Bible says things that some Christians and Christian pastors don't (or don't want to) admit exist within the pages of scripture.

I've bold-highlighted the areas that in particular stand out.

I could go on a rant, but I'm tired, and I think 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 covers it better than I ever could.