Thursday, November 6, 2014

What Would Jesus Do? by Berenice Guzman


Living a “correct” life can be hard to distinguish because everyone believes something different, and it’s hard to categorize a lifestyle as good or bad. Yet A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, decides to write a humorous documentary on his experience of trying to change his lifestyle to be complimentary to the Bible and try to figure why people have involved certain morals from the Bible into their own personal life and in today’s society. His journey doesn’t come easy though because everything that was written in the times before Christ is difficult and rare to obey in today’s society. Although he had no experience with any religion, he still researched and experienced what the Bible commands man to do.

I would rate this book a 4 out of 5. Not only because is it surprising on how someone living in New York drops his everyday routine to strictly follow every saying in the Bible and apply it in his personal life and out in the open, but it’s easy to follow and understand his journey. This book is not always serious but it contains a lot of astonishing stories that the author goes through to obtain his goal of living according to the Bible for a year which makes it more interesting to read. Therefore I believe that this book is directed to people that are curious on how someone can fully devote themselves to live by a “history book,” or interested in what the Bible actually orders people to live like.

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