Good a time as any -

[kyburg]

Seen the trailer for 'Jesus Camp' yet?

Uh huh.

Hey.

I grew up in Hemet and thought these guys were nutjobs all on my own. I strongly suspect I'm not the only one or unusual in the least.

I don't think I need to tell you that just because they say they're for Jesus, that they are? I mean, say what you like about bitpig, but he gave me a very good refresher course on how the whole thing works.

See. You use message - not force - when you're for Jesus. These guys seem to think that brainwashing is good because their enemies do it! Yeah! RIGHT ON!

You can put them right up there with these nutjobs.

Also, the one thing that really jumped out at me? Where were all the parents? I mean, the ratio of kids to adults in the scenes you could see? I don't think public schools accept a ratio that high - do they?

I'll go out on a limb here.

These aren't the Christians you've been looking for. You can go about your business. Move along.

Comments

[machineplay.livejournal.com]

i can't watch it. way too close to my experience.

camp was sleep deprivation, rote memorization, reward systems, chanting... yeah. brainwashing.

[bigbigtruck.livejournal.com]

Ditto here. Not with my camp experience (which was 99% positive) but with some of the shit I saw in college.