Being Gay is Disgusting [Paperback]

Edward Falzon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 13, 2010

What do you think of the Bible? Literal truth? Total rubbish? Have you read it? No? So how can you have any opinion about a book that you haven't read? There's nothing wrong with having faith; but must people insist on blind faith?

From Genesis to Deuteronomy, 'Being Gay is Disgusting' is a chapter-by-chapter paraphrasing of the Bible, using the most casual and inappropriate language possible. Creation, the Flood, Joseph's cool dreams, escape from Egypt and the long and surprisingly gruesome story of Moses are all covered in unpleasant-but-accurate detail. And won't it be nice to be able to have a semi-intelligent discussion about the Old Testament with your God-fearing friends!

Editorial Reviews

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"Hilarious and eye-opening" --Gay Chicago Magazine

"Dry, witty and at times laugh-out-loud funny" --Out in Perth

"A funnier, less-hectoring counterpart to The God Delusion" --Star Observer

From the Author

Why entitle the book, Being Gay is Disgusting?  Falzon explains:

     "I was motivated by so many well-funded groups who hark back to Leviticus for the moral turpitude of homosexuality. Homosexuality is mentioned exactly twice in 2,700 years, yet lobby groups focus on this 'law' far more than any other biblical rule. They'll never admit that the same biblical page also contains prohibitions on cross-breeding animals and wearing clothes of two different threads.

     "These groups will spend millions on anti-gay efforts, but nobody is protesting the local zoo for breeding ligers or farmers for breeding mules, nor are these groups attempting to shut down the Gap for using poly-cotton blends," adds Falzon. "And no one is lobbying to prohibit working on the Sabbath, yet that rule is peppered throughout the Old and New Testaments, and is even one of the Ten Commandments. It's the cherry picking that annoys me.

     "Whether the Bible is all true, partly true or all false," Falzon says, "few would disagree it has shaped Western civilization. For this reason, it bears reading by everyone. Discussions, debates and conjecture about its historical accuracy or moral truth cannot begin until we're aware of what it says. My book helps people take that first step - awareness. I don't get into whether it's true - perhaps that'll be my next book."

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Daijin Ltd (March 13, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9993187011
• ISBN-13: 978-9993187011
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,280,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in Sydney, city of sinners. In the mid-80s, my family moved North to Brisbane, city of /slow-driving/ sinners. Raised Catholic, I came to my senses in my teens, partly because I found religion to be utterly boring, and partly because I discovered that girls were generally more worthy of my attention.

My interest in religion was rekindled to a certain extent when I, quite accidentally, went on a date with a Born-Again Christian. The interest wasn't spiritual, but rather social. It was strange to me that an intelligent, super-hot girl was so caught up in this thing called the Bible... which we began to read at the end of our first date. /Not/ the best first-date in history.

So I started reading the Bible... and stopped shortly after, because it is, after all, a very long and boring book. It remains my considered opinion that, whether or not it is God's inspired Word, the Bible is quite possibly the worst-written piece of literature still in print today.

Inspired, though, by the potential of the stories that were buried under the tragic narrative style and twelve-hundred-year-long begat-a-thons, I set out to paraphrase the Good Book in a more readable way. Seven years later, 'Being Gay is Disgusting' was born. Yes, seven years; I'm that lazy.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, January 26, 2011

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J. Gates (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Being Gay is Disgusting (Kindle Edition)

When I heard about this book, I had to read it. It is a re-telling of the first five books of the Bible in today's language. However, it does not read like the NIV or the NRSV or any other Bible translation. In the book, the author refers to Sara/Sarai as a "hottie," for example. If you have an irreverent streak and can take a dose of laughing at your own religion, this is definitely the book for you. The author includes footnotes throughout, which are mainly his observations about the text, and which are also entertaining. There are diagrams, family trees, and pictures throughout as well. It's not a book to be used for scholarly purposes (and it doesn't claim to be), but it will provide some insight along with the laughter and entertainment.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining treatise on Biblical literalism, January 18, 2011

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Harold D. Hughes (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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One of the first things I noticed was this book sold very well both to religious and atheist readers; and there lies the beauty of this text. The author sets out to point out the inconsistencies and humor in the Pentateuch, as well as poor editing in the merging of the (at least) three documents edited into these books. It says a lot about the skill of a writer when the reader finds him/herself laughing out loud while reading; boy, is this a skillful comedy. As a gay person of faith, I was really intrigued by the title, and within a few words I was hooked.