I saw this a few days ago, I have the movie as well but have yet to sit and watch it, these clips and deleted scenes on youtube are disturbing enough.
This kid will either be lucky and grow up into an atheist or commit suicide.
And thus begins the cycle. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe more. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe even more. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe even MORE. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe EVEN MORE. I don’t feel god. I must not believe enough. I WILL BELIEVE EVEN MORE!!
The more you tell yourself you believe this crap, the more you hope it will eventually be true. When it’s not, you just try harder rather than simply realizing…hey, maybe there’s a reason I don’t feel god!
We can only hope this poor kid has some good friends who will support and love him. It’s obvious that his parents sent him to Jesus Camp to help him “get right with god”. It happened to me once upon a time. I consider it mental abuse. I was FORCED to attend when I started asking the hard questions. Everytime I asked questions at camp, I was told I was being defiant to god and it was merely my sinful nature. I was told again and again I had to submit my will to god and let his will be done.
I’m one stubborn heathen. I sulled up, suffered through it, gave them no satisfaction and was sent home as an abysmal failure. The camp director recommended that I be sent to some sort of psychological counseling or a treatment center because I couldn’t believe. I was 15. I was not on drugs, I made perfect grades, I was involved in student and civic activities and I was an athlete. My parents did discuss sending me to a psychiatric treatment center and I caved. I pretended to be a good little Christian until I could escape to college.
Those were the longest 3 years of my life.
Now, I’m happily single, childless and heathen! I haven’t been inside a church except for a wedding or funeral since then and I refuse to even associate with those who identify as Christian.
I don’t agree with this camp, I think they are misrepresenting the love of the Lord. This boy would have stayed faithful to Christ had he been taught about His love and sacrifice for this world through reading the Bible. So sad that there are clueless people in this world who take the Bible out of context and form their own humanistic “conclusions”.
Oct 25, 2010 @ 20:48:10
I saw this a few days ago, I have the movie as well but have yet to sit and watch it, these clips and deleted scenes on youtube are disturbing enough.
This kid will either be lucky and grow up into an atheist or commit suicide.
Oct 26, 2010 @ 09:21:36
Makes you want to go over there and drag the poor kid out & help him get away from it all.
Oct 26, 2010 @ 14:32:48
And thus begins the cycle. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe more. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe even more. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe even MORE. I don’t feel god. I must not have enough faith. I will believe EVEN MORE. I don’t feel god. I must not believe enough. I WILL BELIEVE EVEN MORE!!
The more you tell yourself you believe this crap, the more you hope it will eventually be true. When it’s not, you just try harder rather than simply realizing…hey, maybe there’s a reason I don’t feel god!
Oct 27, 2010 @ 04:32:08
Jesus Camp is superb movie even though it’ll make atheists furious.
This is the funniest part of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXnVhoOT_Vo
Nov 03, 2010 @ 10:58:41
We can only hope this poor kid has some good friends who will support and love him. It’s obvious that his parents sent him to Jesus Camp to help him “get right with god”. It happened to me once upon a time. I consider it mental abuse. I was FORCED to attend when I started asking the hard questions. Everytime I asked questions at camp, I was told I was being defiant to god and it was merely my sinful nature. I was told again and again I had to submit my will to god and let his will be done.
I’m one stubborn heathen. I sulled up, suffered through it, gave them no satisfaction and was sent home as an abysmal failure. The camp director recommended that I be sent to some sort of psychological counseling or a treatment center because I couldn’t believe. I was 15. I was not on drugs, I made perfect grades, I was involved in student and civic activities and I was an athlete. My parents did discuss sending me to a psychiatric treatment center and I caved. I pretended to be a good little Christian until I could escape to college.
Those were the longest 3 years of my life.
Now, I’m happily single, childless and heathen! I haven’t been inside a church except for a wedding or funeral since then and I refuse to even associate with those who identify as Christian.
Nov 17, 2010 @ 16:43:07
I don’t agree with this camp, I think they are misrepresenting the love of the Lord. This boy would have stayed faithful to Christ had he been taught about His love and sacrifice for this world through reading the Bible. So sad that there are clueless people in this world who take the Bible out of context and form their own humanistic “conclusions”.