Young Jesus Warriors - VIDEO

[zengrifter]

Film Shows Youth Warriors for God
Some complain documentary exploits evangelical youth camp.
VIDEO - http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2456227

[adt_33]

If this is not brainwashing, then I don't know what is. They praise Bush, but he's synonomous with his ultra-common Braveheart-style "Freedom!" speeches. Isn't free will the foundation of freedom? Extreme forms of forced conformity just freak me out (in more ways than one).

"It's like they're training us to be warriors, but more funner."

Did I get that right?

The book Occidentalism explained some of the reasons the East hates the West. They interviewed a Middle-Eastern man who remarked that "Americans love Pepsi-Cola, but we love death." This is the value that the group in the ABC video supposes itself to trust in.

[Automatic Monkey]

Originally Posted by adt_33

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The book Occidentalism explained some of the reasons the East hates the West. They interviewed a Middle-Eastern man who remarked that "Americans love Pepsi-Cola, but we love death." This is the value that the group in the ABC video supposes itself to trust in.

Maybe Coke really does add life.

[SystemsTrader]

It's no different than the Madrassa's!

[zengrifter]

A clip from Jesus Camp -
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=249328211d

[zengrifter]

I finally saw Jesus Camp this weekend - quite a doc! There is one scene where New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard is described as the most powerful evangelical in America and Hagard looks into the camera and says "I know what you did last night but I won't tell your wife"! zg

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A Film Review by James Berardinelli


Many movies skirt the question of how the growing influence of Evangelical Christians as a voting block is impacting politics. Jesus Camp, from co-directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys from Baraka) plunges headfirst into these murky waters. The resulting production is both disturbing and enlightening. In addition to providing a first-hand view of this landscape, it raises a question that will earn Jesus Camp the label of "controversial": to what extent does the indoctrination undergone by the children depicted in this film cross over the line into child abuse? 25% of Americans describe themselves as Evangelical Christians, but not all those men and women will identify with the subjects of Jesus Camp. Yet, while Ewing and Grady have chosen to investigate the charismatic wing of Protestant Christianity, this is no mere lunatic fringe. 30 million people identify themselves with the groups presented in this documentary (or ones like it). That's about 10% of the American population. Their political power and influence is growing, in part because they are less apathetic than most U.S. citizens when it comes to activism. This block of voters represented one of the major reasons George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004.

...more - http://www.reelviews.net/movies/j/jesus_camp.html