Atheists and Christians: "Jesus Camp"?

Question

*fist shake at the Submit button* Sorry fort posting that twice.

Answer 1

That is what happens when god blesses a country I guess and a good example of why the developed world shed such notions many years ago.

I agree with most people, it is sickening and in my mind, immoral, but, it is only in the USA, so it is not a big worry for the rest of us.

Answer 2

I, too, was appalled at Jesus Camp.  The most sickening part to me was the family from North Carolina whose husband/father was serving in the United States Army in Iraq.  When the Evangelist students woke in the morning and trudged into the kitchen to begin their homeschooling, they pledged allegiance to the CHRISTIAN flag first.  Not the American flag, for which their father was fighting and risking his life.  It was the Christian flag.

It made me sick.  

Apparently, after the movie was made, the producers showed it to the woman who ran Jesus Camp.  She immediately shut it down.

Answer 3

A truly frightening movie.  Brainwashed kids.  One thing they do right though: George W. Bush IS a cardboard cutout.

The film should be required viewing.  It didn't look like a parody to me!

Answer 4

It breaks my heart..  (A bit of sarcasm. But I'm somewhat serious..)

:)

Answer 5

HARRY POTTER IS THE DEBVIL!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

fking morons

Answer 6

This what they get up to when they have no political clout. Imagine what it will be like if they regain the power they had in earlier centuries. Those kids won't be talking in tongues, they'll be strapping on bomb belts.

Answer 7

i thought it was the scariest movie i saw in my life

im catholic by the way

Answer 8

I watched it just to see what it was all about

It was very enlightening and true

kids love Jesus

:)

Answer 9

Jesus camp is where all the religious teens get naughty!

Answer 10

I have not seen it but I would like to.

I've never been able to see it, its never played at a theater near me.

However just this weekend I discovered this little group of store, off away from the highway and it not only has this neat all you can eat pizza buffet in it, but next door to that is a Blockbuster.

I went into that Blockbuster tonight and the Jesus Camp movie was there.

Once I get my TV hooked up, (you see I just moved and I'm not unpacked yet), I will rent that and watch it.

Answer 11

Jesus camp is an example of true brainwashing and exploiting of children's naivety. Its absolutely sickening. Those people should be locked up and never released.

Answer 12

I honestly don't think it's a parody. As for whether it's a good thing or not, probably not but if you really want to see some brainwashed little kids, check out Islam. They teach their kids to hate Jews practically before the kids can walk.

Answer 13

I think jesus camp is just a bad brainwashing scam.

Answer 14

That movie makes me sick to my stomach! :'( Poor kids...

Answer 15

you see the truth

Answer 16

It should be placed in the "horror" section at the local video store...

I'm sure it was edited to paint fundies as dark as possible, but the punch is the simple fact that the most horrifying moments come during segments where there are no edits...

...btw, don't judge fundies solely on that or the way they act on R&S...their intensity is dying out slowly in the real world...

Answer 17

seen it

"No microphone problems in Jesus name!"

Answer 18

Let me start off by saying that I wouldn't consider myself to be a fundamentalist and I disagree with them on many points, but I find the term "fundie" to be derogatory and offensive, and I do not condone its use, even though I may agree with some of what you say.

That being said, Jesus Camp is an accurate picture of the experience of a small segment of the Christian population. I agree that it is a particularly dangerous group, and I also feel that the people in this documentary are not following the teachings of Christ, especially when they say that they are trying to train an army of Christian children just like the Taliban train their army. That is scary.

These Christians would be categorized as fundamentalists. Most fundamentalists and evangelicals, though, are not like this. I belong to a church that would identify itself as evangelical, and we are nothing like Jesus camp. My girlfriend is an Independent Fundamental Baptist, and her church is even more conservative than mine. They believe in a literal interpretation of the King James Bible. However, they are not like Jesus Camp, either. Not everybody who believes the Earth is 6,000 years old treats children like this. Most don't.

I feel the movie has done a lot of harm to Christians because it kind of implies that any Christian who believes in the Bible is crazy. Some people are crazy, but not even most conservative Christians are like those in the movie. It was made to sell and to shock, and it has certainly done that.

Answer 19

I think "Kids on Fire" was an appropriate name for that Camp.

I thought it was revealing how much the right side of politics uses religion in order to push their own agenda - ie, abortion etc.  

Answer 20

Absolute child abuse.  Sickening to the core.  Every last one of those adults should have been arrested and the children sent for deprogramming.

Answer 21

I feel sorry for some of those kids.

I once read this book about this girl that was brainwashed in some n**i brainwashing school. Reminded me a lot of Jesus camp.