Anybody can be cool but awesome takes practice pdf

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But Awesome Takes Practice. Mar 26, Matthew rated it did not like it. Here is a work that often appears on lists of books with awful titles, but I never expected to see an actual copy of it until a workmate brought it in one day. Worse still it is a collection of devotionals for teens. In case you were wondering, yes, the book really is as bad as its title suggests.

The title is reminiscent of trendy vicar language, and Lorraine Peterson tries to use a little slang, but really her bo Here is a work that often appears on lists of books with awful titles, but I never expected to see an actual copy of it until a workmate brought it in one day. The title is reminiscent of trendy vicar language, and Lorraine Peterson tries to use a little slang, but really her book is aimed at precisely the kind of square teenagers that we see pictured on the cover wearing terrible clothing.

In theory the book is aimed at restoring the self-esteem of teenagers through their devotion to Christ, but it is only likely to do this by making them into insufferably smug Christians who would be very boring to meet.

In a surprising touch of realism, these events are usually sparsely attended. Actually the book is just as likely to lower the confidence of its target audience as improve it, since the book is all about submission. It is full of busybody rules. Admittedly there is one passage where Peterson suggests that to achieve something requires a lot of effort, and that Christ expects this. Peterson does not draw the obvious inference that god is obviously not the main reason for success after all, but human endeavour is the real key.

I remember being stuck on a plane for an hour next to a devout believer who talked the same simpering nonsense as Peterson, and reading this book felt like being stuck on a long flight with one. Not that this matters to Peterson whose mind is so closed that she would be unable to admit doubt or approach self-knowledge.

Every doubt or bad thought that you ever had appears to be the work of the remarkably industrious Satan, who seemingly does more for us than god ever does. Indeed if Satan is really this busy, that raises questions of its own. Why does Satan spend so much time undermining teenagers who had an argument with their boyfriend or performed badly in a concert?

Why not work on influential members of society who can make a difference instead? Also if Satan is responsible for every bad thought, does this mean that Satan is everywhere and all-powerful, giving him equal status with god?

At the end of each section, Peterson provides a few general instructions, often with a childish drawing. The most amusing part however is the regular Self-Examinations where the reader is asked questions like in a test. The answers are written at the bottom of the page upside down, but you hardly need to read them. Either the questions are so loaded that you can hardly fail to pick the correct multiple choice option, or else the answer to the open questions is always something involving Christ or the Holy Spirit, so you can probably just write those words in, and you will pass the test.

This constant drilling of Jesus into the skulls of its followers, and not allowing them to ever think for themselves is the language of the worst religious cult — the kind that seeks to break the spirit of its members and keep them loyal. The book is about cowing your children, and reducing them into good little religious automatons who dare not think for themselves. Jan 02, Pacos Kid rated it it was amazing. Cover in excellent condition.

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