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Summary: Satire at its best!
Review: A warning: the humor-impaired need not apply. Honest. This is one of those books that you either get or do not get, and there is no in-between. If, however, you do have a sense of humor, this book is laugh-out-loud, slap-your-knees, wish-you'd-thought-of-it, funny. "Betty" artfully and eloquently skewers conservative Christianity. There's no remorse or coddling in these pages, though some of the slams are so well-constructed, they often take a second reading to appreciate fully. The book reads like a portfolio of articles rather than featuring a central story, featuring material with a myriad of styles and subjects (though from a "True Christian" perspective). Even where "Betty" isn't laying down line after line of hilarious diatribes, she's spouting poignant and keen observations about society and religion. When you aren't laughing, you're thinking. I didn't give this book 5/5 only because I felt that a few of the entries seemed to go a long way for a gag. If you've read it, you might know which ones I mean, but beyond this tiny criticism, this is a great book. That said, if you are a conservative Christian with a good sense of humor, don't pooh-pooh this book. Give it a chance and you may be surprised. If you just enjoy good satire (especially if you're an Onion fan), pick this up. "Betty" never disappoints, and I'll buy the next 10 books she writes.
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Summary: Such an inspiration to us ladies who aspire to be like her
Review: Betty Bowers is my idol, even if that means I'm going to Hell. She is such an inspiration to any lady who wants to "submit gracefully" to her husband, as the Baptist Conference requires us to do. I would only pray to be one tenth as talented as she in the cookbook I am working on. Betty's recipes are too inspirational to eat afterwards! I think of her day and night, night and day, and beg God to let me be like her. She is more feminine than Martha Stewart. I bet her feminine silver service, feminine crystal, and feminine table linens are magnificent - I am unworthy to blot my lips with her feminine napkins.
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Summary: You've Seen the Website, Now Get the Book!!!
Review: Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, has finally done it! The wit and wisdom heretofore available only on her website is now available in a tasteful trade paperback. I was especially impressed by her interviews with Laura Bush and the Blessed Virgin Mary (of COURSE not together). Order your copy right now. Don't run the risk of embarrassing yourself by reading it in your local bookstore and snorting your latte out your nose.
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Summary: One-Woman Spanish Inquisition
Review: Betty's approach to all things naughty is to whisk the perpetrators off to hell and ask questions later. She is a one woman Spanish Inquisition (currently headquartered in Landover, MD) for the new millenium. The people who should read this book won't, but the people who do read it will find endless comfort in knowing that somewhere out there, a modern Voltaire is taking a bite out of "Christian" fundamentalism. Betty also has a wonderful e-newsletter and subscriptions are free.
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Summary: This book is funny as heck
Review: Good book, very funny. I loved it. Get this book, you won't be sorry. Sincerely, Mike Untstinx
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Summary: Moving Media Not a Problem for Betty...
Review: Growing up in the solid South, I can read things like this for hours. Again and again, I tell myself, "I know this person." If you haven't viewed ..., you really should. I won't spoil the jokes from the book for you, but I will say that there's enough in there to keep you laughing for at least two cross-Atlantic plane trips. With satire and style, this book manages to poke fun at all those people who are only friends of Jesus on Sunday. Like the bumper sticker says: God, please save me from your fan club.
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Summary: Satire at its best.
Review: Having been raised evangelical (but later recovered), I was really, really happy to find someone else that recognizes the humor in fundamentalist Christian ideology. Bradley is an excellent satirist, recognizing the absurd, but also having a thorough knowledge of the subject matter. At its best, WWBD attacks the scripture, analyzing precisely what makes nonsense of fundamentalist scripture quotation. Betty's advocacy of stoning recalcitrant children and discussion of the one unforgivable sin (insulting the Holy Ghost) put the fundamental error in fundamentalism. Recurring references to "God's Own Party" and "Demoncrats" underscores why when the freepers come across WWBD it's rating will, no doubt, go down drastically. Clearly, the blasphemous nature of much of WWBD makes it a book that is not for everyone. Further, much of the material in the book is available at the website (and some of what is on the website is not available in the book.) However, there is something comforting for those of us that grew up under the heavy hand of evangelical Christianity to know that we are not alone in our epiphany of fundamentalist Christianity's failed logic, self-contradiction and selective perception. This is a good book to shock your religious friends and relatives. There are also a few belly-laughs.
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Summary: WWBD? Is a MUST HAVE for the Christian (Baptist) home!
Review: Honestly, this is the best reading since the KJV 1611. Nothing says "I Love Jesus" like WWBD. I cannot wait for the second book.
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Summary: An ex-homersexeral loves this book (in a very masculine way)
Review: I am in an ex-homersexeral ministry and have been for 5 months (I hate it, to tell the truth, life without my Barbra Streisand & Judy Garland CDs stinks and they're forcing Country Western on me). I picked up this book because it talks about an ex-gay ministry. I figured out that the book was a parody, but, boy, was it funny. I laughed until I puked, and then I laughed at that. I know the BASH ex-gay ministry doesn't really exist, but if it did, I'd join in a second, if I could afford it. Good book, Betty. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go play baseball (hate it!) and learn how not to throw like a sissy.
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Summary: The ... review convinced me!
Review: I bought TWO copies. Betty's humor is more than your usual easy-shot political satire. Behind the jabs at current events is a great deal of scholarship and analysis on the roots of our religion, economic class, and cultural assumptions - all tastefully presented of course.
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