I have to agree with princess22.While i was not an attendee to NOJ i was leaving the MK on the night it started, and it was not what i would have expected from a christian gathering at all.Lots of unsupervised teens yelling and cursing - and i remember one group of girls who entered the MK drunk and puked all over the bathroom where i was trying to change my baby son's diaper.I think that a lot of parents think its "safe" to leave them unattended because 1: its a ghristian gathering and safe, and 2: they are teens and old enough to be responsible.
On the whole, while i have no problem with the idea of the NOJ, and i am sure there are many nice folks who attend, it was my experience that they were some of the rudest, loudest and most inconsiderate folks out there.At the AKL we were in a room next to a group who sat on the balcony all night, smoking, drinking ( adults) and talking loudly about (no joke) the Mother f#$$ing love of JC as the only path to f#$%ing salvation......huh? I didnt think that cursing and christ really went together like that!
Take this with a grain of salt, its just my opinion,and my personal experience.I dont think that all of the NOJ folks are bad, just that it didnt seem particulary uplifting to me with all the behavior.
Sherrie