God Made Me Do It, by Marc Hartzman.
Does God, in His infinite wisdom, convince people to get rid of their car insurance? Does He encourage cannibalism? Does the God of more than six billion people actually have time to root for the Minnesota Vikings?
According to some, yes. How do they know? God told them. Luckily, God also told Marc Hartzman to write God Made Me Do It: True Stories of the Worst Advice the Lord Has Ever Given His Followers (Sourcebooks, 2010), a collection of the most shocking, absurd, and hilarious things people have ever claimed God asked them to do, and to present them for your pure reading enjoyment.
Including:
- The man that God told to perform surgery on himself
- God’s generous offer to miraculously fill his believer’s gas tank
- The fateful day God (assumedly feeling nostalgic for his teen years) asked a man to TP a police station
- The woman God instructed to direct traffic—topless
- And, sadly, many more
Here’s what folks are saying:
“No one likes taking responsibility for idiotic decisions, but Bizarre writer, Hartzman, proves the deluded won’t think twice about putting God in the frame. Killing the wife over dirty dishes, invading Iraq, and DIY operations have all been laid at the big man’s door. The moral of the story? It’s all His fault. ”
– Bizarre Magazine
“A dash of morbidity and a good helping of irony – biblically speaking, it sounds like something God would find funny.”
– The Boston Phoenix
“The phrase “God told me to” is an excuse people offer for all sorts of behavior from harmless pranks to horrendous crimes. It also is the punch line for the funny tales in “God Made Me Do It: True Stories of the Worst Advice the Lord Has Ever Given His Followers” (Sourcebooks). Author Marc Hartzman is an advertising writer who has produced books about circus sideshow performers and bizarre items sold on eBay. In this new book, his affinity for the zany extends to an entertaining cast of characters, including Bob, who built a life-size Jesus out of toothpicks.”
– Boston.com
Available on Amazon, or contact me for a signed copy.
