Forget the Blair Witch project, you want scary? Watch the documentary, "Jesus Camp"... that's scary.Scary because it shows a part of Christianity that is anti-Bible and anti-Christ.
Scary because it shows this as the sum and whole of Christianity.
Scary because it shows the abuse of childhood innocence.
I was really torn by watching this movie. The movie shows my two largest pet-peeves with the American brand of Christianity: the reliance on war metaphors and the twinning of Church and State.
And yet the film makes go out of their way to say that this is a accurate, unbiased representation of Evangelical Christianity. This is ONE arm of it and the ugliest arm. Why not make this distinction in the movie? This is unbiased like Michael Moore is unbiased. And yet like Moore it seems to have hit something on the head.
The parents and pastors in the movie make it very clear: children shouldn't learn, they should be indoctrinated with the truth. If we, as Christians, have the truth... should it not stand up to scrutiny? Should we not allow children to 'test and approve' what they parents tell them? Will they not find it good and pure and right?
This movie just brings up bile on every level for me. The god of the film is not the God I worship. And yet I know that this is an accurate picture of some Christians. And I know that they are deadly serious about their beliefs. And it makes me sad.
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2 comments:
I totally agree with you again Eric. You are such an intuitive, smart man. When we went to an Alliance church in Martensville, they were so like what you described, it was a total turn off. Not a turn off of God but of organized religion itself. Long story.
These type of movies annoy me too. Gives such a bad name to Christianity and is a huge turn off for those looking for faith.
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