Jesus Camp

[soblessed53]

A 5 year old can tell right from wrong in a limited sense, at that age their concept of right and wrong comes from what they are taught by their parents, and possibly teachers. But also what motivates a 5 year old not to do something wrong is not that doing wrong things is the wrong thing to do but rather if I do this then I will get punished. It's not till a few years later that a child realises that the reason why stealing is wrong is not because it'll get them a spanking, but instead because it hurts people, it's dishonest etc.

I'm sure you'll agree with me that the best motivation to be good is not from fear of the consequences of being bad but rather out of a heartfelt desire to be good and a lack of desire to cause pain to others.

I'm with you on the indoctrinated bit soblessed, to want more out of life then you have to be aware that there is more too life, a 5 year old does not have that level of reasoning.

thank you! You know another thing,I have never seen the Bible mention anywhere,anything about children being baptized or even "saved", in all the accounts of "thousands of men and women", children were not mentioned. Yet they are mentioned in the feeding of thousands. I do not believe we are supposeed to prevent children from following Jesus and in fact should raise them up that way,but that is much different than pushing them to the altar to accept the gift of salvation before they even have the mental capacity to understand the concept of the gravity of what that is all about.

 

[Britina]

I hate to see things such as this movie come out. This not what Christianity is about, and as someone mentioned before, all it's going to do is turn people away from God and critize Christian's even more and compare us to radical Muslims (which has already started). It's exactly Satan's plan and I know I won't be seeing this. It doesn't represent me or anyone else I know who is a Christian.

 

[SuYen]

Yea this looked pretty messed up... No idea why.

 

[tomcat4u]

Just so you are all aware, the lady who is in charge of that camp was happy to have the documentary filmed, and is in full support of the movie. It's just presenting things as they are.

 

[soblessed53]

I hate to see things such as this movie come out. This not what Christianity is about, and as someone mentioned before, all it's going to do is turn people away from God and critize Christian's even more and compare us to radical Muslims (which has already started). It's exactly Satan's plan and I know I won't be seeing this. It doesn't represent me or anyone else I know who is a Christian.

Excellent points! Your last sentence is especially true for me, and all the Christians in my life,as well!

 

[Sketcher]

I hate to see things such as this movie come out. This not what Christianity is about, and as someone mentioned before, all it's going to do is turn people away from God and critize Christian's even more and compare us to radical Muslims (which has already started). It's exactly Satan's plan and I know I won't be seeing this. It doesn't represent me or anyone else I know who is a Christian.

I may or may not see it just to see if it lives up to the charges.

 

[FireRock]

Thanks for your point of view, twistedsketch!! I've been wanting to hear what people who are in favor of this movie have to say, but had yet to find any. I truly appreciate your thoughts.

I've seen an ABC news story on this movie, and several trailers and clips. I honestly have no idea what to think about it. I think the trailers could be misleading. I also think that the trailers could be right on. Parts of it inspire me, but the way the trailer is constructed and put together makes me very wary.

I don't know what to think of this movie and I know I won't have an opinion until I can actually see it. It opened in theaters somewhere here in Arizona, but too far away for me to drive. Any thoughts or ideas on how long it'll be in theater before it comes to DVD?

 

[Sketcher]

On the camp's website here, the lady in charge has posted her thoughts on the film and a faq.

 

[FireRock]

Wow...thanks for the link, twistedsketch. Reading her thoughts and opinions on the filming process and the ministry in general was very intriguing. I especially appreciated the comments she posted from people who actually went and saw the movie.

It gives me a better feeling about it.

I Also read a review of Jesus Camp on hollywoodjesus.com and it basically seemed to say that it was more a political movie than a religious movie, which seemed to be very faintly echoed by what Becky writes about in the FAQs.

I still haven't formed an opinion on it yet, I guess. I think I just really need to see it first. Movies can be like that...many times.

 

[Edelweiss4Life]

not even interested in it

 

[progressivegal]

Looks very interesting, though hard to watch. I'm planning on seeing it if I can though.

 

[Dean Anderson]

I'm sorry, but anything that teaches kids to be militants is just wrong...

 

[Theogonia]

I've heard about this movie, and what's scary is there are really people doing this kind of thing with children. It's sick and needs to be crushed immediately before it turns into some sort of terrorist organization, and believe me, it's only a matter of time before someone gets the idea that the end justifies the means.

 

[John Spong is wrong]

I'm sorry, but this kind of scares me.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/trailer/http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/trailer/

Yeah - when the tagline for 'An Inconvenient Truth' said "The Most Terrifying Film You'll See This Year", they obviously weren't counting on 'Jesus Camp'!

'Jesus Camp' - you'll never let your children go to summer camp again!

But seriously, I don't think the children in this film (i.e. at the camp) are being brainwashed; then again, I don't think what is going on at that camp is healthy or balanced. It looks emotionally manipulative and potentially emotionally abusive.

I am naturally a bit biased, having bad experience with Pentecostal churches . . . be interested to see if any Pentecostal Christians feel uncomfortable about what is portrayed in the movie.

What I don't get is that 'both sides' seem to be using 'Jesus Camp' to 'prove' their viewpoint.