Anybody out there seen the documentary Jesus Camp? Oh my gosh, as they say in the doc. Except not for the same reasons.
It's a documentary about the evangelical christian summer camps for kids in the States. I get so upset and bothered by this kind of thing. Poor little kids are being totally brainwashed by extremist christians who whip the children into a frenzy of hysterical worship and love for Jesus. Really terrifying to see.
These people running the camps - and the parents sending their kids to them - are utterly convinced they are the chosen people, selected by God to save the world. the blind self-righteous arrogance makes me choke.
The doc isn't saying that every christian is an extremist fundamentalism who belives in Creationism and who thinks its okay to preach to seven year olds that abortion is evil. There's an interesting guy who has a talkshow on Christian radio, who seems to be a standard guy. He has his religious beliefs, however, he thinks that these evangelical groups go way too far. Agreed. Way too far.
Of course, Bush has a piece of the action, via Ted Haggard who is/was the preacher to 30 million people through all his churches. Apparently they speak every Monday. Scary. Since the doc, though, Haggard has been outed as a sleazeball so that's good (click the link for CNN coverage).
Grrr. We didn't come from Adam's rib, people. get over it.
