2 thoughts about Jesus Camp
Posted on December 15th, 2007 by Reformed Pope into the Christian Pop Culture categoryI finally got around to watching the movie Jesus Camp, and yes, it stirred up a lot of emotions for me considering the fact that I lived that movie (as did many of you all I'm sure…it really shows what life is like growing as a "Charismatic Christian"). I don't really want to take the time to dig into it too much, but I did want to share two quick thoughts that I had:
1. Levi (from Jesus Camp) is Judah Smith (from The City Church). If anyone should be able to relate to that movie it should be Judah Smith. He and Levi are one and the same person. Raised from a very young age to be a preacher…with the heavy emphasis being put on passion and emotion rather than sound Biblical teaching.
2. How did anyone NOT know that Ted Haggard was gay? He only was in the movie for a short time, but it was a short gay time.
If you haven't seen the movie, go rent it and enjoy the trip down memory lane.
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December 15th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Or help support the downfall of the movie industry and grab it off bit torrent for free…
December 15th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
The only part that made me sad was that they were teaching the children to use their religion as a political tool and of course to justify treating other people as less than human under the guise of being “loving” towards God and ultimately towards those others that they were treating as less than human. (i.e. Homosexuals are the worst of all sinners and we tell them so as often as possible and in as many different ways as possible because we love them and we love God).
December 15th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Ted Haggard seemed so slimey in that movie to me.
The political indoctrination that I witnessed in that film really ticked me off because I personally feel that politics has no place in the church, let alone children’s ministry. Why do their parents feel it is important for their kids to be concerned about abortion when they can barely put together coherent sentences?
I saw myself in those kids, especially Rachael, and now I’m here being all “bitter”. I’d be very curious to see follow ups with those kids years later when they encounter the real world. Are they headed to Bittertown as well?
December 15th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
I dunno. I had those same dinosaurs videos.
To be honest I started watching this and had to stop a couple times. It hit to close to home.