Jesus Camp

[GoldieSaysMeep]

Funny, this is the second thread in as many days I have seen calling Christians "creepy".

This tolerance and diversity stuff we keep hearing about sure looks funny when put into practice........

But, since this is the game being played, let's look at some other vid pics........comments welcome.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAlrSRVdKZY



http://www.karachikids.com/index.html

1. I don't really see anything overly creepy about a bunch of kids singing a song for a political ad about peace and change for peace etc. Yeah, it's creepy that parents are forcing kids that young to follow their political beliefs, but it's a totally different ballgame, IMO, than religious extremism. All these kids seemed to be singing was Change, Yes We Can, blah blah better world via Obama's presidency. If he sucks in office, and doesn't deliver the peace and change, he gets 8 years max. And these kids will likely move on.


2. Religious extremists of all religions are creepy and scary. Seeing the change in these two boys was eerie. The stuff they said was simply not true (the stuff about no Muslims being involved in 9/11, no Jewish people dying on 9/11 etc.) and anyone with half a brain cell in their head knows that. I haven't seen Jesus Camp, but I assume it probably goes the same way. Normal, well adjusted kids get sent off to religion camp and in their isolation from reality, get brainwashed into thinking their god is the only acceptable god etc. Am I correct, people who have seen Jesus Camp?

I'd rather see kids singing change change peace change than chanting about they are not supposed to enjoy life but only obey god.

There is a difference between being religious, having morals and faith and being an extremist.

There is a difference between being a member of a political party and being a religious extremist. Granted there are political extremists as well, but I'd hardly call those 8 year olds singing the Obama theme song a group of militant lefties. A good chunk of the Obama vote came from moderates, independents and moderate republicans.

I am an independent agnostic, FWIW.

 

[Nik's Mom]

1. I don't really see anything overly creepy about a bunch of kids singing a song for a political ad about peace and change for peace etc. Yeah, it's creepy that parents are forcing kids that young to follow their political beliefs, but it's a totally different ballgame, IMO, than religious extremism. All these kids seemed to be singing was Change, Yes We Can, blah blah better world via Obama's presidency. If he sucks in office, and doesn't deliver the peace and change, he gets 8 years max. And these kids will likely move on.


2. Religious extremists of all religions are creepy and scary. Seeing the change in these two boys was eerie. The stuff they said was simply not true (the stuff about no Muslims being involved in 9/11, no Jewish people dying on 9/11 etc.) and anyone with half a brain cell in their head knows that. I haven't seen Jesus Camp, but I assume it probably goes the same way. Normal, well adjusted kids get sent off to religion camp and in their isolation from reality, get brainwashed into thinking their god is the only acceptable god etc. Am I correct, people who have seen Jesus Camp?

I'd rather see kids singing change change peace change than chanting about they are not supposed to enjoy life but only obey god.

There is a difference between being religious, having morals and faith and being an extremist.
There is a difference between being a member of a political party and being a religious extremist. Granted there are political extremists as well, but I'd hardly call those 8 year olds singing the Obama theme song a group of militant lefties. A good chunk of the Obama vote came from moderates, independents and moderate republicans.

I am an independent agnostic, FWIW.

I wanted to bold one of your comments because I think you hit the nail on the head! The Jesus camp struck me as being religious extremist. I am a Christian, but would never send my kids to a camp like that. But then again, I'm not the type of Christian who goes around calling people sinners. To each their own, I guess. Anyway, great post, GoldieSaysMeep.

 

[Dominus]

Indoctrination of kids is creepy. Whether it's for God or Obama. Let the kids be kids, and deal with that junk when they're older. Why burden them with the country's politics and they're eternal soul at 8.

 

[LoraJ]

1. I don't really see anything overly creepy about a bunch of kids singing a song for a political ad about peace and change for peace etc. Yeah, it's creepy that parents are forcing kids that young to follow their political beliefs, but it's a totally different ballgame, IMO, than religious extremism. All these kids seemed to be singing was Change, Yes We Can, blah blah better world via Obama's presidency. If he sucks in office, and doesn't deliver the peace and change, he gets 8 years max. And these kids will likely move on.


2. Religious extremists of all religions are creepy and scary. Seeing the change in these two boys was eerie. The stuff they said was simply not true (the stuff about no Muslims being involved in 9/11, no Jewish people dying on 9/11 etc.) and anyone with half a brain cell in their head knows that. I haven't seen Jesus Camp, but I assume it probably goes the same way. Normal, well adjusted kids get sent off to religion camp and in their isolation from reality, get brainwashed into thinking their god is the only acceptable god etc. Am I correct, people who have seen Jesus Camp?

I'd rather see kids singing change change peace change than chanting about they are not supposed to enjoy life but only obey god.

There is a difference between being religious, having morals and faith and being an extremist.

There is a difference between being a member of a political party and being a religious extremist. Granted there are political extremists as well, but I'd hardly call those 8 year olds singing the Obama theme song a group of militant lefties. A good chunk of the Obama vote came from moderates, independents and moderate republicans.

I am an independent agnostic, FWIW.

Well said!

 

[Freyja]

It may very well be the saddest and scariest documantary I´ve ever seen.

 

[rie'smom]

Indoctrination of kids is creepy. Whether it's for God or Obama. Let the kids be kids, and deal with that junk when they're older. Why burden them with the country's politics and they're eternal soul at 8.

I agree. Indoctrination of children is wrong no matter if the subject is religion or politics.

Was this the one where there's a blond girl robot asking everyone at a fair, "Do you want to take our survey?" and where some kids went to Africa. I've seen another one where there's this kid preacher with a pony tail or a mohawk or something and I don't know which story the post is about.

If it's the one with the fair Africa, the blond robot was annoying as hell. There were a couple of other kids though who weren't though and I enjoyed their stories. I hope that the girl with the drug problem is ok.