New Doc: "Jesus Camp" /God's Army

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cont'd: http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11628

God’s Army
Overzealous child soldiers -- and their parents -- in Jesus Camp, a film about Pentecostals, represent only a fraction of Christians.

By Kirsten A. Powers
Web Exclusive: 06.09.06


Gandhi once said if Christians lived according to their faith, there would be no Hindus left in India. He knew how powerful the fundamental tenets of Christianity -- fighting poverty, caring for the least among us, loving your enemies, eschewing materialism and embracing humility -- could be if everyone who called themselves a Christian truly followed them.

The new documentary, Jesus Camp, which chronicles a North Dakota summer camp where kids as young as 6 are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in “God’s army,” is an illustration of this sentiment in the extreme.

The film, by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, the duo who also directed the critically-acclaimed The Boys of Baraka, opened to an appreciative and flabbergasted audience at the 2006 TriBeca Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Award. The directors skillfully captured the daily interactions of a world that would be foreign to most viewers: children speaking in tongues and talking of being “born again” at age 5.

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1. kick

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2. "Soldier-ing" is anti-Life.

Why not some other metaphor?

They can speak in tounges as much as they want, as long as there is Separation of Church and State. They should "evangelize"/Convert themselves half-so-vigorously as they try with others and then maybe church would mean something.

Do these soldiers know that death would be a god's best, most efficient, means of getting your attention? - to put aside all of the Diversions.

That's why being robbed of your death, or robbing others of theirs, is such a High Crime, in War and Murder, being robbed of the last few seconds of your own life is a Terrible thing.

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3. Jesus Camp

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fTscmx3q5Z4&search=Jesus%20camp

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4. Do they pay taxes?

Can "we" put our donations to God's Army on our tax returns?