Have you watched the documentary Jesus Camp?

Question

If you did, what were your thoughts?
I found it disturbing.

Answer 1

I found it disturbing as well. People give The Church of Jesus Christ a rough time, because they sing songs with actions and non members think they are hypnotizing their young. And that is all that Jesus Camp was doing, not hypnotizing their young, but brain washing them, and making them believe that a very evil man is great, and making them believe that other Church's are wrong and not giving them any free well to search on their own.
I know people can say that about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, however they are missing an important part of info, that is only members families and not the whole Church. If you were to ask President Gordon B. Hinckly he would tell you that the church believes in free agency, and any member of the Church at anytime can have their name removed from the records.
It did not seem that those kids would have the chance at all, because what their church believes in is engrained into their heads that no matter what someone would tell them, they would fight till someone winds up into the hospital.
Of course any church would like that, however many churchs also believe in agency as well.
Not only were those kids getting it at camp, but their parents, were helping as well, not letting their kids go to school, because they might learn about something else, and not their religion. However if the parents are doing a good enough job then they don't need to keep their kids home, they should let them be free at school, and have an open mind about what the world is and what is out there.

Answer 2

I used to attend that camp years ago; it was under different ownership and had a different name,but it was a Bible camp. I greatly enjoyed it,although I never grew up to be "born again". I'm not an evangelical,but they are fine people,except politically. I did see the film and I thought it was a vicious piece of religious bigotry. The makers obviously do not believe people with fundamentalist values are qualified parents; the implication is that their children should be taken away from them. I imagine the film was a huge success in urban areas. And yet any urbanite would blanch at the idea that children should be taken away from their families because mom & dad are - let us say - wiccan or pagan or what have you. I too found it deeply disturbing.
I went there four years,probably pretty much the same teachings. I'm a Catholic and a Democratic Socialist. No - I don't think I was brainwashed.

Answer 3

If they offered live combat training and instruction in how to create explosive devices it could easily be called a terrorist training camp.

The fact that parents would willingly subject their kids to such brainwashing is shameful.

Answer 4

It brought me to tears. Not just because it was christian but because it was so hateful, malevolent, militant and plain evil in my opinion. Those poor children are being brainwashed and turned into "god's army"?!!! They're just babies, their minds aren't developed enough. They shouldn't be having to deal with those sorts of issues at that young of an age. Those poor children have never had a chance to just be happy kids, did you see them sobbing and shaking! They are being molded into little hate mongering, evangelical funadmentalists! Too much to bear, I thought it was child abuse!!!

Answer 5

I haven't watched it, but based on some answers on here, I don't think I will be.

gw

Answer 6

that becky fischer is a gluttonous slob!!!