Welcome to Jesusland

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Homepage: http://www.welcometojesusland.com/
See Also: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Welcome-JesusLand-Chris-Harper/dp/0446697583/

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This is the official book of the web site landoverbaptist.com, which satirises the conservatism, hypocrisy and materialism of the "fundagelical" churches of the United States.

I expected it to be puerile but with some good laughs, but it turns out to be both more funny and more educational. The premise is that at Landover Baptist (God's favourite Church) they take their Biblical literalism seriously, so they obey the rules about unruly children being stoned to death, divorces not being recognised by God and people being sent to Hell for calling someone else a fool. Throughout the book, genuine quotes from the bible are used to illustrate the absurd and nasty consequences of fundamentalism.

Article titles like "America is now Torturing Foreigners: But is it Enough?" "Widowers are given permission to almost Masturbate" and "Food for Ethiopia fund airlifts emergency snacks to peckish missionaries" give a flavour of the book. It's chilling that, deliberately outrageous as this book is, in places it only slightly exaggerates opinions you can hear people expressing in real life.

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