I have not read the book, but the shows are often changed from what was in the book.
Based on the trailers,
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Amanda Vaughn appears to be the only sane member of this community, and she doesn’t appear to be a practicing Christian.
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When her mother drags her and her children to church, Amanda tells her mother that she “didn’t raise the kids with any particular religion.” While we all know that there are hypocrites in every institution and every religion,
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GCB uses southern Christian women as the sole, stereotypical examples of self-indulgence, shallowness and hypocrisy.
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Other scenes show young girls being encouraged to wear revealing tops. When one mother expresses concern that her
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daughter‘s old cheerleader uniform is to tight, Chenoweth’s character tells her not to worry “cleavage helps your cross hang straight.”
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Later at the game, the football team cheers when the girl’s vest pops open.
Clearly, this isn’t exactly a message Christian parents would want to send their daughters.
Although the series may prove better than its trailers and name suggest, the fact that
***GCB ridicules God, morality, and Christians, who are little more than stereotypes, raises concerns for both families and Christians.**************
In this light, everyone should remember that ridicule was a tool that Adolph Hitler used to murder 6 million Jews during World War II.
What you’re missing is that this wasn’t directed towards Christians en toto. I can drive you to the Presbetyrian church that Hillside Presby is based on, and it wouldn’t take you more than two visits to realize that the author was on to something. Sunday morning there is really all about bragging rights, and little else. The worst possible sin there is be wearing last seasons shoes. Shoes aside, you’ll see a vast percentage of women there doing anything they possibly can to show off their expensive store bought boobs.
Whether anyone happens to like it or not, Kim Gatlin (married to a Gatlin brother) just wrote about what she saw and experienced here. An experience easily replicated for anyone who has doubts I might add.
Oh and for giggles, you should see the mess when said church opens up it’s afternoon program for children. If your child isn’t in the program (where space is limited) you’re a nobody. A line forms outside the church the night before registration begins, fights break out, the police are often called etc. Everyone from the Dallas Morning News to D Magazine has covered the phenomenon over the years.
See, what you and everyone else who’s so up in arms and offended don’t realize is Gatlin’s book is based on real life. It wasn’t a leftist slam against Christians. This was a budding writer who just happened by virtue of marriage to have stumbled upon a rich field of simply delicious material to write about.