alright, I'm officially scared

[ladywnch]

I just viewed the trailer for "Jesus Camp" and I am scared!

They are actually pledging allegiance to the "Christian Flag"! So tell me, where is all the righteous outrage over pledging allegiance to a flag other than the US flag?...or even displaying a flag other than the US flag? I don't know that the Hitler Youth went through this rigorous a brainwashing.

In one scene a child speaks of having been 'saved' at age 5 because he wanted more out of life!!! They are talking about being 'soldiers of God'.

Another scene speaks about the Palestinians sending their kids to camps and teaching them with hand grenades so we need to send our kids to be equally fanatical! And we're talking about young kids. I don't think I saw any over the age of 12.....wailing, gyrating, chanting, crying....

It is VERY scary. I don't know that I would be able to sit through the whole movie but I guess I need to so to be prepared for what lies ahead for America.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Christian madrasas...

scary indeed.

[EFerrari]

24. Bingo! Turning out jihadis. n/t

[WA98296]

2. What is this...a TV show? Movie?

[mnhtnbb]

6. Documentary about kids wanting to grow up to be Billy Graham

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/

[Lerkfish]

25. that's an odd choice for an example, considering Billy Graham

was definitely not a fundamentalist whackjob. he was, probably the most level-headed evangelist america produced (I know, that ain't saying much when you compare him to the others)

[ladywnch]

7. the link can be found here on DU at the top of the home page

[RaleighNCDUer]

10. Movie coming out this month.

You WON'T be seeing it at your local metroplex.

[mwb970]

3. This type of thing is very unnerving.

If this is what is happening to America, it's time to look for somewhere else to live.

[stepnw1f]

4. I Think Their Movement is Dying Actually

[ladywnch]

12. I hope you're right but the place looked to be packed

[stepnw1f]

29. It's all a Game of Perception (nt)

[Der Blaue Engel]

13. It seems to be having a resurgence

I grew with this kind of sickness, but it wasn't quite this well organized or intense. :scared:

[izzie]

26. They have been around doing this since I was a kid.

That was years ago. I am not sure if there are more now or we just see them more now. With the power the Far right have got it maybe they are just in our faces more. After all, can we tell the difference in Jonestown people or the taliban. All zealots and scary. I have seen them in cities and we used to go hear them in Boston and I had them in grade school and high school so I am un-sure if this is growing or what. Get them young and cram it in and this is what you get.

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. It is going strong in 3rd world nations and anywhere there is a major

underclass. In other words, when times are harsh people grab onto harsh religions.

[treestar]

5. Is this real or fiction?

[waiting for hope]

8. Yes, it is frightening,

but, taken into a larger context, they do represent a small minority:

Focusing their lens on a Pentecostal children’s minister named Becky Fischer who runs a camp for kids in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, they weave her Pentecostal fundamentalism with onscreen statements about Evangelicals. The implication is made that Pastor Fischer is a prime example of Evangelical Christians’ beliefs and practices. This is not only untrue but it also leads to a pervasive misunderstanding. The vast majority of Evangelical Christians do not identify with either the practices, worship, theology or fundamentalism of the Pentecostal movement as it is portrayed by Becky Fischer and the Christ Triumphant Church of Pastor Carol Koch." - CinemaInFocus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Camp_Documentary

What bothers me the most is seeing the children being brainwashed like that. I want my children to be "children" - they will have to deal with adult issues soon enough.

[valerief]

9. These kids will overdose on the Afghanistan bumper crop one

of these days. Or they'll go insane. Or both. That much irrationality can last just so long.

[patcox2]

15. They tend to become parents at 15.

My step-daughter went to a christian school where they pledged allegiance to the christian flag every day. But they were mostly harmless people, except for constantly saying "praise jesus" and "jesus is lord" all the time. My wife sent her there because they teach phonics and arithmetic, instead of the crap they teach in the public schools these days. It didn't hurt her.

Amazing how many of the girls are pregnant before they finish high school, though. And then they all say in their yearbook they want to go to Liberty and become missionaries.

[ladywnch]

19. this is not a school, this is some kind of summer camp

where they talk about taking the back the country for God

[jwirr]

28. When a religion expects women to bow down and worship men

it is only a short step to understanding the being married is your only option.

[BuyingThyme]

11. That little fundy girl is freakin' me out.

[bdamomma]

14. Welcome to DU

"too much religion can make people stupid", I heard this saying and does it ring true.

[Lerkfish]

27. too many broad brush statements confirm one is stupid

boy, it sure does ring true.

:) (I'm parroting you, not saying I'm calling you stupid)

here's a test: do you consider buddhists stupid? Do you consider Wiccans stupid? Do you consider muslims stupid?
Do you consider Shintoist stupid? Do you consider jews stupid?

if you only consider christians stupid (as a whole group) but none of the others I've mentioned, then you're making a broad brush statement.
Also, there are many liberal christians right here on DU that would be willing to match their wits against yours at any time.

[Raffi Ella]

16. I'm not scared but yeah,

It is appalling to see them pledging allegiance to the 'Christian' Flag.This to me sounds like a direct threat to our Constitution...

[catmandu57]

17. Fanatics are fanatics

whatever the flavor, I'm just as scared of these people as any other looney wanting me to be just like them or else.

[mnhtnbb]

18. Hitler Youth is an appropriate comparison. These kids are being

brainwashed. They aren't being taught critical thinking skills. They aren't being taught love. They aren't being taught social justice.
They are being trained as an army.

Jesus would weep to see this.

[Double T]

20. The majority of Americans will NOT wake up and do something.....

about our declining nation UNTIL they are saluting and/or praying to ANOTHER FLAG!!

[ladywnch]

21. well, with all the furor over the Mexican flag being shown

in public I'm shocked no one is throwing fit about this. It IS a flag other then the American flag. Funny how that works isn't it.

[Bonhomme Richard]

22. It should be advertised as the prequel to.........

The Handmaidens Tale.

[cynatnite]

23. We did a pledge to a christian flag when I was a kid...

What should be really scary...is that all this is normal for most of them. Was for me.