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Subject: Jesus Camp

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Amanda

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Date Posted: 21:29:26 03/18/07 Sun

I'm glad someone else agrees with me, that movie was nuts! I think the only term for it is "brainwashed" and I don't feel like that is too extreme at all! In fact, I would go further to say that it is sort of abuse. It isn't right exposing your child, the being that you are solely responsible for raising to be a healthy, mature, well rounded adult, to such craziness and it definitely is not right forcing them (by way of ignorance) into those sort of situations. All that those children can ever know is that crazy, extreme religion. Of course, I am of the belief that while it is important to raise your child with the knowledge of Christianity (or whatever religion is prominent in your family) it is not fair to shelter them from all other faiths (and in the case of the families in the movie-not only all other faiths but all sense of reality.) My mother was a devout catholic but never forced my siblings and I into that religion. A couple of us remained in the Catholic church, and a couple found different religious paths that suited them better. Who am I to say that this sort of evangelist, pentecostal, whatever religion was depicted in Jesus Camp is not right? I do, however, think that it is wrong in any religion to raise ignorant children...and in the case of the families shown in this documentary that is exactly what they were doing as they purposely hid their children from everything else in the world.

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