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Jesus Camp.

This report leaves more of a boot camp aftertaste in my mouth as opposed to the summer camp feel the program initially had in mind. I couldn’t help but think I would hear or did hear the English translation or transliteration for Jihad amongst those little campers. If those kids would have been speaking another language (as opposed to English and “tongues”), one could easily have envisioned a future suicide bomber in their midst. I thought the report made the whole evangelical, but especially the Pentecostal and Charismatic compartments, come across has VERY CREEPY. It made me want to pull my kids out of children’s church and avoid every future Kids Camp our church may be involved with. Footage like this Saving Holly

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piece makes Christians in general seem so narrow minded, intolerant and brainwashed into robotically saving souls. It doesn’t depict most Christian’s normal day to day life having conversations with non-Christians about something other than their eternal destination. Now, while maybe I always introduce myself by saying, “Hi, my name is Juan, if you died tonight where would you go… Heaven or HELL.” Then closely following up that rhetorical question with “Why would my Jesus let you in to His heaven?” that doesn’t mean every Christian follows my example of living la vida loca.

On another note, being a youth pastor, I was also slightly offended, yet found myself chuckling, at how my colleagues or should I say peeps were portrayed. Youth Pastor is equivalent to skate parks, rock concerts, and being a republican if you actually think about politics beyond the abortion and homosexuality issues. I would love to put my two pesos in and simply say that the evangelical movement can include and indeed does include, youth ministries that read books written by NT Wright, discuss abortion and homosexuality as moral issues and discuss political issues knowing full well you can be a democrat and go to heaven and that many republicans are going straight to hell. I will be doing a follow up documentary about this movement’s other gathering; when Christians aren’t brainwashing kids at some charismatic, George Bush worshipping camp, they seem to be putting up a front as if they had some critical thinking skills by putting together conferences like this one…

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