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"Jesus Camp" is a very good documentary that had me feeling ill at ease throughout the film.In my opinion, it shows children ages 6 - 13 being groomed to preach the word of the Lord. From an early age these children are taught that they were once sinners, they need to be saved by the Lord and they need to "lead an army" to fight to get God back in the schools and to fight abortion.I felt uneasy because when these kids go to camp, they learn about the evil world they live in. They are taught about abortion, and to stay away from Harry Potter, because he is the devil. Thought the film kids are "moved" and cry and try to show the leaders of the camp that they are worthy of the word of God. It made me feel that these kids were being abused, and I felt sick to my stomach.The film does a great job of showing how the Evangelical movement is growing and taking an active role in trying to take over the government. If you think Trump is scary, catch a load of some of the people in this film that are doing God's work.

Jesus Christ! What is wrong with these American Pious? Why are they so disturbing to watch? Directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, this documentary showcase, the dangers of paramilitary indoctrination, by visiting an evangelical Christian summer camp in North Dakota called 'Kids on Fire', where children take part in controversial programs designed to strengthen and intensify their beliefs. The camp's founder, Becky Fischer, discusses her mission to indoctrinate youths in the word of God, as if she was running the Christian version of Al-Qaeda. From her own crazy point of view, she's thinks it's safe. After all, it's no different than the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine or CDD. However, that isn't the image, most people see, when watching this movie. Talks about 'army of God' and telling the kids that they should be ready to lay down their lives in the name of God sounds very similar to the same indoctrination that Muslim extremists used on their youth. Indeed, seeing young people being forced into Christian military style reenactment is a bit scary. It remind me of something out of a Hitler Youth camp. I don't think that is what Jesus was saying, when 'turn the other cheek'. Honestly if you ever see Becky Fischer, ask her, that. WWJD? Because I don't think, he would love this. Its gets even weirder that Becky Fischer was OK with showing all this, in the film. Not only does, she say that this film portrayed her camp accurately, but she also thinks, this film would be a good evangelism tool to bring Christians followers closer to God. I really have no clue, what cloud, her mind is flowing on, but she clearly has to be, crazy, or that she never watched the film. Because films like this, make me want to stay away from the Church as long as possible. Clearly, this movie isn't for everybody. Not only does it, fuel negative reactions and more harsh criticism to the Christianity religion from the outsiders, but for normal Christians like myself, I found it to be, very embarrassing and troublesome. Most Christians don't act this way. Yes, some Christians do have a trouble with LGBT communities & yes, they might protest outside of an abortion clinic; but most of them, are not telling their followers to worship a cardboard cutout of President George W. Bush as if a Saint and destroy mugs that represented the government. That's red flags to extreme Christian fundamentalism right there. About them, showcasing the children of the Pentecostal congregation speaking in tongues to Jesus. Yes, it sounds like they're worshipping the devil, more than Jesus, but I found that scene to be, more silly than scary. Let me be clear: becoming excited, emotional, even hyper-emotional with crying, even ecstatic, for praying is somewhat alright, however, I do believe that going with whatever sounds your mouth might utter under this trance is not what the Bible describes when it speaks about the gift of tongues. It's utter nonsense. Nevertheless, I found it somewhat harmless, unlike the next scene, where the children were somewhat forced to pray for forgiveness for being kids. I really didn't like that scene where Becky Fischer mentally abuse them. The camp seems to do that a lot. A very horrible method of making the kids cry and then using their emotional tumult to really cement their message. It's very sinister tactic for indoctrinating child soldiers. If anything, Becky Fischer is more of a hypocrite than the kids. First off, she called them to fast, yet she looks like she ate the whole supermarket for breakfast. Then she calls Harry Potter, an evil warlock that need to put to death, when Jesus was put to death, for nearly doing the same thing, many years ago. Also ghost stories are bad. What is the Holy Spirit then? Another mindless rant, she has is the separate of church and schools. I guess, she never heard that you can indeed pray in school, but it's unlawful to lead it. After all, this law, also protected Christians as well. How weird, would it be, if everybody was forced to pray toward Mecca every two to three hours? Now that would cause everybody to out-roar. Even her straw man arguments about the dangers of science and believing in global warming is full of fallacy. After all, Becky apparently thinks that power outages and equipment failures are the work of Satan. How bat-crazy stupid, can you be, honestly be? That is by far, one of dumbest statement, I ever heard. I think the worst one from her, is her criticizes of democracy because democracy means giving everyone equal freedom. Wow! What a horrible person! It's even more hypocritical and hilarious in hindsight, when the pastor of New Life Church, then head of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard is featured later in the film. Ted Haggard's condemnation of homosexuality is ironic, seeing how he was later revealed to be sleeping with male prostitutes at that time period. Also, take notes on the arrogant, mocking tone he talks with the person holding the camera & also the way, he talks to the kid. What a jerk! I'm glad, I'm not the only one that thinks they are asses. Many conservative Christian viewers like Mike Papantonio, a radio host considered these people's rhetoric message and harsh methods way over the top and ignorant. I'm glad, they feature him. So level-headed. The kids in the film were also alright, even if they were a bit brainwash. I can only hope the best for them, growing up. In the end, the film met with so much controversy that led to the closure of the camp in 2007 due to vandalism and threats. Since that date, it hasn't yet open back up. Overall: The film is fascinating, eye-opening, and well shot. It's worthy to be watch. Glad, it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 79th Academy Awards. So check it out.

If you need a good laugh...this is the film. Thank you Netflix! I almost peed myself when I watched the part with the homeschooling and the anti-science aspect of the teachings...it was HILARIOUS to say the least! Although, it is a little sad to think that people are still raising their children this way. OHHH and the Bush worshiping had me going for like 5 minutes, couldn't stop laughing! And did I mention the 10 year old's speaking in tongues and crying and breaking things?! AHHH this film had me rolling. Again, I do feel bad for these poor children, they don't know any better and that's probably the worst part. If I ever needed one more reason to be atheist...here it is!!!

Hi OK so I just finished watching this movie, and it was absolutely fantastic. You know, when I think about the camp that I would want to send my kids to, I just get so excited when I picture them crying and screaming, and learning to become martyrs in the name of Jesus Christ! No literally, this movie was terrifying. There is a time when people say "army of god", and they just mean people who defend of love god. But in this movie, the "army of god" are children aged aged 4-13, crying and practically having mental breakdowns because of their "love" of god. From most of what I know about the Christian faith, it is about loving god, loving others, and forgiving people. These "camp leaders" are condemning people, teaching kids to discriminate against people, and telling them that if "they don't (insert some generic radical Christian belief), they will burn in hell". But you know what, I've actually learned a lot from this movie. I never knew that Harry Potter was basically best friends with Satan, and that if he was in the Old Testament, he would've been put to death. It's good to know, because the next time I show a five year old any HP movies, I will take into consideration that they might learn leadership, friendship skills, or that they might just have a good time. Also, I've learned that God doesn't like quiet churches, in fact, he won't even visit those churches. God likes churches that condemns any other sexuality other than heterosexuality, and churches that really care about the critical situation of America. "One Nation under God". This was a very important part of Jesus Camp. The fact that church and government still remain separate, is a very distressing issue indeed. What really helped me understand the political situation of America was when the camp leader brought out a cardboard cutout of George Bush, and they had a ceremony where she spoke for him, and the kids answered. There is not one right thing in that entire situation. First of all, she spoke behind the cutout, which meant she said whatever she wanted to say to manipulate the kids. Then, she led the kids in a touching prayer, to all of America. The kids then proceeded to shout and plead on their knees with god, asking him to help Bush. This is not like the halfhearted "oh, please help". This is the on the floor, tears gushing from their eyes, red faced screaming and crying, as if they had just seen their dog get run over. Yeah, so this movie really educated me that it's not just Muslims that are radical and extremists. I don't know whether the camp leader saying : Oh yeah, Muslims have been training kids from a young age to kill themselves for God, and we want an army of children just as strong, and just as devoted as them– or, the kid that was talking about his dad's missionaries and how just before he left to a dangerous place, everyone would gather around and yell "martyr, martyr!", was more horrifying. Can I also mention that this kid proceeded to say that he thought it was cool that they yelled that, and that he would not mind laying his life down for the same cause (also, this kid is 13). So yeah.To be fair, this movie does not at all represent Christianity as a whole. The same way that ISIS doesn't represent Islam at all. This movie just focuses on one side of Christianity, and I guess kind of opens your eyes up because people think that Islam is the only religion with people who don't properly represent the religion. I definitely saw a dark side, but I think it's just sad that these kids grow up in these environments. Because if they know nothing else, how can they even begin to question what they're being taught. All I'm saying is that I believe in non violence, and I don't think this was appropriate at all to teach to kids. I'm not trying to offend anyone, you can have your thoughts, and I can have mine. I also think that these kids should have a chance to have their own thoughts, so I highly disagree with this method of education.