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Summary: Take care if you are a Christian
Review: I found this book to be compulsive and very enjoyable. It is depressingly astute for those who have been brought up in a Evangelical denomination and who must now grow up and realise the often times dreadful failings of such a dogma.I am such a person. As a result I squirmed as much as I laughed.
I discuss the book with people I know, who still practice this denomination and shudder with embarrassment at the admonition that "Don't you know the guy who wrote this book is a Homasexyule." My answer, that the observations are no less insightful into some of the worst excesses of contemporary Christians, usually means I must duck the ensuing verbal onslaught Evangelical Christianity from the time of the restoration in about 1952 has claimed to be the flag waving vanguard of the faith, holding back the liberal barbarian at the gate. Since Arthur Wallace launched this brand of Christianity, those who follow tie themselves in knots inventing endless justifications of why they have it right. If we analyse the previous one thousand nine hundred and fifty years to any great extent we realise that most of the trappings and expression of the Evangelical/Charismatic/Pentecostal faith are
1 Cultural
2 Social norms of right wing, capitalist, conservative politics... Although I laughed at this book, I did not laugh much, because of the pain of battering my head off a wall. So a word to all you born againees out there. Take care about reading this book. It may open your eyes to what is only one narrow and often unpleasant aspect of Christianity (the one that has endorsed a lot of war and mayhem). You may end up feeling like Homer Simpson on a bad day.
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Summary: Dislike
Review: I really dislike this author, but if people want to read what she writes i respect their opinion. I strongly feel that she has no idea what she is writing about and she is just trying to make money.
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Summary: Very Funny
Review: I really enjoyed this book, I even got a T-Shirt that says "W.W.B.D." Although humorous x 10, this book also exposes the sorry state of the self-righteous in our country, who are so busy judging everyone else around them that they forget to sweep around their own front door! 5 stars indeed!!!
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Summary: Hillarious - and cuts to the brutal truth
Review: I'm a devout Catholic and follower of Dr. Schlessinger and even I can appreciate the truth in this book. Mrs. Bowers has taken on the PC elements of the religous Right and exposed the hypocrisy of some of their beliefs: whether anti-woman, anti-black, or anti-gay. Many in the conservative movement will find that this book hits too close to home. But as a seriously religious person myself, I had the courage to get a sense of humor. From now on when people use the PC cliche of "we need to respect all religous beliefs such as the Levitical command to execute unrepentant homosexuals", I'll hand them Betty's book. Thank you Mrs. Bowers for a work of great Truth.
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Summary: Gay writer publishes mostly funny book.
Review: I've read the book and perused the website. I confess to laughing at some of the portrayals as well. Betty is a character created by a gay gentleman by the name of Paul Bradley. The satire is quite good if you are into the standard homosexual tilt on conservative politics. Liberalism may be on the way out, but with George Bush and the Republicans in power, this crossdressing male writing as Betty is really a laugh for you types that like campy homosexual humor.
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Summary: Betty's book is the best thing since sliced hosts!
Review: If America's Best Christian Betty Bowers did not exist it would be necessary to invent her. As the final arbiter of all things Christian Rite, Betty Bowers stands as a role model for all the sour and snobby Christian women that can only wish one day to be her. To aid them in their albeit feckless quest the generous Betty Bowers has published a how-to book, "What Would Betty Do? How to Succeed at the Expense of Others in This World and the Next." For those thinking persons who find the current turn-of-the-century pretensions of Christian piety, prudery, and pandering, as onerous as they are misled, Betty Bowers offers humor - the only real weapon against absurdity. Betty takes Christian virtue to its logical end, something the Christian Rite would never be accused of approaching: logic, or ends. With the personal style of a Coco Chanel, the stinging observations of a Dorothy Parker, and the genuine hilarity of a David Sedaris, Betty bridges the gulf for those alienated by Christianity, whether voluntarily, or not. Consider Betty's many charitable efforts, catalogued only to inspire: BITCH (Bringing Integrity to Christian Homemakers), BASH (Baptists Are Saving Homosexuals), SLUTS (Saving Love Until the Sacrament), her Christian Crack Whore Ministry ("Every knee shall bow&"), and many more - all profitable Fortune 500 corporations. The only time Betty would ever be seen with one of those women on religious television grubbing for money with mascara running down her face would be if they were drying out at one of her many halfway houses. For the nouveau Christian Betty offers fashion advice - what a good Christian wears to a lunch date with Hillary Clinton, an execution, or the bombing of an abortion clinic - certainly nothing from a "cardigan collection with an overbearing knit for each bank holiday." Betty's interviews with the rich and dubiously famous - Laura Bush, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Diane Sawyer, and rapper Eminem - had me laughing harder than sister-in-Christ Dyan Cannon at the Toronto Blessing. Buy the book. Buy two!
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Summary: George W. - God's chosen one.
Review: In the past three months, two people said to me that God picked George Bush to lead our country. After reading 'What Would Betty Do'?, I think those two people may be correct! This book is a quick read, filled with divine humor that points out how mean, nasty and confused God really is.
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Summary: sad sad day
Review: it's a sad day when something so serious is thrown into a comedy. If you must read this book, "to keep and open mind" might i suggest also reading "A Case for Christ" followed by "A Case for Faith" Then decide exactly how funny the subject matter is.
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Summary: sad sad day
Review: it's a sad day when something so serious is thrown into a comedy. If you must read this book, "to keep and open mind" might i suggest also reading "A Case for Christ" followed by "A Case for Faith" Then decide exactly how funny the subject matter is.
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Summary: sad sad day
Review: it's a sad day when something so serious is thrown into a comedy. If you must read this book, "to keep and open mind" might i suggest also reading "A Case for Christ" followed by "A Case for Faith" Then decide exactly how funny the subject matter is.
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