Again, nothing exciting grabbed me from this week's new releases. So, in the spirit of year-end lists and "best of's," here is another of one of my favorite books from 2010. This review originally appeared on February 18, 2010. This book was released in 2009, but, hey, it's my blog....
I just finished Kyria Abrahams' I'm Perfect, You're Doomed, a book I've been wanting to read since it was released in early 2009. Thank Jehovah I wasn't disappointed.
Ms. Abrahams was raised a Jehovah's Witness, a particular denomination I didn't know much about except they handed out fliers that remind me of early reader books and that they don't vote. Now I know more than I ever expected to and I am relieved to discover that I feel neither perfect nor doomed.
As a side note, the JW's have been knocking on my door recently. And, thanks to my 91-year-old grandmother who lives with me, they've even been sitting on my sofa. I have been gently warning my grandmother that the "friends" she has met are actually not friends at all. But how do you tell a lonely, elderly lady that the seemingly nice people she has invited in are one day going to bare their teeth and announce that her Southern Baptist lifestyle is all for naught? How do I tell her that one day she will be told that she will die in Armageddon like the rest of the non Jehovah's Witnesses? I wish I could let her read this book, but it's not available in large print. So instead I have to be content to feed her tidbits of information like, "Nana, did you know your friends don't celebrate their birthdays," or "Nana, did you know Jehovah's Witnesses think that everyone except Jehovah's Witnesses are going to die and not receive eternal salvation?" This ploy seems to be working. She'll still talk to them but she'll put up her Southern Baptist dukes.
Also, I have a good friend who is a Jehovah's Witness. Luckily my personality is strong enough that this person will not try to "Bible Study" me. She and I have spirited debates and I am happy to report that, compared to the JW's described in Ms. Abrahams' book, she seems quite normal.
Regardless, if you've ever wondered what those non-voting, Watchtower peddling, door to door salesmen are all about, this is the book for you. A very, very funny and descriptive book. I put down one book I had already started and devoured this one in just a few days which is not my normal way of reading.
Get this book and thank Go...uh, Jehovah that you did.
Published by Touchstone
A Division of Simon & Schuster
http://www.simonandschuster.com
http://www.kyriaabrahams.com
...clearly ex-Jehovah's Witnesses can be a tad nutty, too.
ReplyDeleteI always wondered... if the JWs believed they were the only ones going to heaven, and that there was a fixed number who would enter heaven, why are they trying to convert people? Wouldn't that raise the odds that they could be 'knocked out' of a spot in heaven by a new convert?
ReplyDeleteJust askin'...
I don't know the answer to your question. Perhaps a JW friend of mine that reads this blog will respond.
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