Betty Bowers

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“”Bible-based marriage is between one man and his sister[1] and the help[2]… Goodness me, Lord, the help? Doing the help?? I don't even speak to mine!
—America's Best Christian explaining Biblical marriage[3]

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian is a satirical character portrayed by Canadian comedian Deven GreenWikipedia and conceived by Andrew Bradley.[4] Especially since her YouTube debut in 2008,[5] she has become quite influential on the internet, and has received overwhelmingly positive feedback.[6] As well as her YouTube channel, Bowers has featured in her own TV show, Betty Bowers: America's Best Christian, which ran from 2008 to 2013 and featured Green as Bowers, as well as her husband Joel Bryant as Jesus.[7] She is also an important member of the Landover Baptist Church and its most reliable financial supporter.[8]

Bowers is a haughty, prim, conservative American church lady who lampoons and deconstructs many aspects of modern American Christianity. Her mannerisms, exaggerated diction and withering admonishments have been quite a turn-on for some of her fans, who have expressed a desire for her to "punish" them.[9]

Her video, "Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else", skewers the phrase "traditional marriage" through Bible-drawn examples of incest, polygamy, child brides, rapist marriages, etc.[3][9] Other targets of her satire include (but are not limited to) Sarah Palin,[5] the GOP,[10] religious anti-abortion arguments,[11] the War on Christmas,[12] the Westboro Baptist Church,[13] The United States as a Christian nation,[14] Vladimir Putin,[15] prayer,[16] religious freedom,[17] Donald Trump,[18][19] guns and the NRA,[20][21] patriotism[22][23] and political snarl words.[24] She also made a comedic remix of two homophobes having hilarious breakdowns over same-sex marriage.[25]

Many of Betty's opinions and pieces of advice were published in the form of a book, What Would Jesus Betty Do?, in 2002.[26] In an interview, Bowers explains that the book "picks up where the two previous testaments that the Lord scribbled left off — only mine, of course, in a radical departure from the Lord's literary efforts, actually makes sense, tries to be consistent and has a central character who wears expensive shoes."[27]

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  1. ↑ Genesis 20:12
  2. ↑ Genesis 16:3
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else". YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Betty Bowers: America's Best Christian (2008)". Internet Movie Database. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Sarah Palin Debates America's Best Christian". YouTube.
  6. ↑ Condran, Ed (June 22, 2015). "Comic-Musician Deven Green Bringing Lounge Act To Twain House". Hartford Courant. 
  7. ↑ "Betty Bowers: America's Best Christian". Internet Movie Database. 
  8. ↑ "Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian™". Landover Baptist Church. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Coviello, Will (November 6, 2017). "Deven Green and Varla Jean Merman perform at Cafe Istanbul Nov. 9-10". Gambit Weekly. 
  10. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Join the Party!". YouTube.
  11. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Betty Bowers Explains Abortion to Everyone Else". YouTube.
  12. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "The War on Christmas". YouTube.
  13. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Calling (Out) Westboro Baptist Church". YouTube.
  14. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "America as a Christian Nation". YouTube.
  15. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Calling Out Vladimir Putin On Gay Olympics". YouTube.
  16. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "The DOs and DON'Ts of PRAYER". YouTube."
  17. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Betty Explains Religious Freedom". YouTube.
  18. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Trumping Trump". YouTube.
  19. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "America's Pharisees For Trump". YouTube.
  20. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "The Gun Industry's Killing in Killing". YouTube.
  21. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "GUNS: Both Sides Now". YouTube.
  22. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Are You a Patriot?". YouTube.
  23. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "10 Things About Patriotism". YouTube.
  24. ↑ Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian. "Speak English? YOU FIRST!". YouTube.
  25. ↑ Peeples, Jase (July 4, 2015). "Christian Woman Records Herself Losing it Over Marriage Equality, Gets Remixed". The Advocate. 
  26. ↑ Bradley, Paul. "What Would Betty Do?: How to Succeed at the Expense of Others in this World-and the Next". Amazon.
  27. ↑ Sawyer, Diane (March, 2002). "In Surprise Gesture, God Damns ABC's Diane Sawyer Straight To Hell!". Landover Baptist Church. 
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