Jesus Camp
Posted on: October 5, 2007 - 9:12am
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Jesus Camp
I'm sorry if there was a post about this before, but, i couldn't find it. I saw the complete movie yesturday and i was completely aoutraged, it reminded me about when i went to one of thos Jesus camps, the brain washing is amazing, I got sick and disgusted, and angry, very very angry. I mean, what type of children they are raising. I feel discusted. And im going to do soimething about it.
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I am glad someone has decided to stand up and declare they will fight for an end to this insanity.
What do you intend to do?
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I've seen this documentary and it is absolutely frightening.
I attended a group viewing of this movie organized by a good friend of mine who is a practicing Buddhist with a Bachelor's degree in psychology and a Master's (and partially completed Ph.D.) in religion. He's also one of the most down-to-earth and likeable people I've ever met. The group included an atheist (myself), a non-demoninational xian, a seventh day adventist and a presbyterian. Quite an interesting group. The general conensus was that these people need to be stopped. The home school sequence really bugged me.
For those of you that are unfamiliar with this movie, it should be required viewing for all atheists...hell, probably for all xians as well. It is a documentary about a pentacostal summer camp for kids that involves (among other things) organizing an abortion protest in fromnt of a government building. Some of the kids in the camp (and in the protest) are as young as five and six years old.
You can't rationally argue out something that was not rationally argued in.
I'm not sure how I ended up managing to watch this whole thing... or how my partner could watch it twice. I found myself actually physically ill on a regular basis throughout the film. I think one of the biggest things that stood out to me was the father walking in while the campers were telling ghost stories and complaining "Ghost stories are good and all, but I don't really see how they give glory to Him." For the love of Athe, even the most fundie camp leaders I knew as a child thought that all camps needed at least one kid scared shitless because of a flashlight ghost story.
All in all a sickening experience, and I for one am glad they shut down.
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Jesus Camp doesn't suprise me. Most Xians want their kids to be on "fire" for Jesus.
I saw the documentary a while ago. If I remember correctly, that camp was actually closed down.
Is there a chance of someone linking to somewhere where I can see the documentary online?
Indeed it was, largely because of the movie, and that's a good thing. But there are still more of them out there.
One moment that stuck with me from the film was when the adults praised one of the children for being "very obedient." The language alone was frightening. It's as if they're training their own children to be slaves... And I suspect they're doing it on purpose.
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