A documentary on kids who go to a summer camp where they learn about Jesus from an evangelical standpoint. Dirty thoughts, ghost stories and Harry Potter are banned in this camp.
This film really scared me, because this was a real-life example of kids being taught ignorance and hatred. Yes, you can learn ignorance (rather than question things, science was automatically bad when it didn't serve the Bible). And you can meet Ted Haggard, the very epitome of hypocrisy (after this film, Haggard -- a preacher who knows George Bush personally -- was caught with drugs and a male prostitute). Oh, and they even have a big cardboard cutout of Bush. Creepy!
Some of the kids were scary, most were just sad cases of parents exerting themselves too much. One of the main kids, Levi, wanted to be a preacher and was already "born again" by age ten. He seemed bright enough ,although his preaching was very hollow and meaningless. His actual words meant nothing other than a generic sense of booming authority.
This film isn't for everyone, and many will find it boring or offensive. I wasn't offended, but did think it got boring at times. There was not really all that much material to cover. The contrast with the radio host who was Christian, but more liberal, was interesting. I don't know if this is a real documentary as it seems very one-sided, but maybe it's just that the truth is so one-sided. Who knows? Glad I watched it.
This film really scared me, because this was a real-life example of kids being taught ignorance and hatred. Yes, you can learn ignorance (rather than question things, science was automatically bad when it didn't serve the Bible). And you can meet Ted Haggard, the very epitome of hypocrisy (after this film, Haggard -- a preacher who knows George Bush personally -- was caught with drugs and a male prostitute). Oh, and they even have a big cardboard cutout of Bush. Creepy!
Some of the kids were scary, most were just sad cases of parents exerting themselves too much. One of the main kids, Levi, wanted to be a preacher and was already "born again" by age ten. He seemed bright enough ,although his preaching was very hollow and meaningless. His actual words meant nothing other than a generic sense of booming authority.
This film isn't for everyone, and many will find it boring or offensive. I wasn't offended, but did think it got boring at times. There was not really all that much material to cover. The contrast with the radio host who was Christian, but more liberal, was interesting. I don't know if this is a real documentary as it seems very one-sided, but maybe it's just that the truth is so one-sided. Who knows? Glad I watched it.