Jesus Camp is the sort of movie that needs to be watched at home with a group of people. I say this because the movie brings up so many points that need to be discussed that one cannot possibly remember them after seeing the movie at a theater.
Overall, Jesus Camp was an amazing movie. The editing was awesome and the viewpoint was very objective. It told the story from both sides and showed everybody in a human way. The kids are innocent and playful. The camp owner is charismatic and kind. The parents looked like they were genuinely looking out for their kids’ best interests.
There was, however, the matter of isolationism. The parents didn’t want their kids going to public schools because schools were no longer based on “Judeo-Christian values”. Instead of watching Spongebob or Sesame Street, the kids watched videos about creationism and were quizzed about whether global warming was real by their parents.
If you never let the kids see the “real” world, how will they be able to decipher what they want to believe or not believe? When they are indoctrinated at a young age, there is no chance for doubt to arise. Any doubt that does arise is called the “work of the devil”. When it comes time for these kids to go to college and get jobs, they will be forced to see all of the things that have been hidden from them for their entire childhood. This will be shocking and some will have a very difficult time getting over it.
The crowd at the theater last night was pretty mixed. A lot of people laughed at the idea of people praying and speaking tongues to president bush (to which the person behind me reminded everybody that doing this is what kept the church’s tax exempt status).
I would definitely recommend this movie. The evangelical movement is one of the most important forces in current affairs and is bound to shape society for years to come.
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It seems like every day in the past week, something new has been revealed in the Mark Foley incident (are we calling it Foleygate?). First Foley asks a kid if he makes him horny and blames the alcohol. Then it comes out that Foley was molested as a child. Today, it comes out that he had sex with a former page.
I realize the true victims here are the pages and not Foley, as the GOP is trying to portray, but aren’t congressional pages supposed to be this country’s best and brightest high school minds? There is, apparently, a very competitive process to become a page and, from what I’m hearing, everybody seemed to know Foley was a pervert. Why then, did it take so long for come forward? It didn’t even have to be those in direct contact with Foley but somebody could have said, “Hey, I feel uncomfortable around this guy, somebody should check him out.”
Throughout my earlier years, I was barraged with videos, posters, and lectures on the subject of what to do when you come into contact with a person like Foley. The Boy Scouts have a strict code to cut down on the possibility of any sort of assault and teach all new scouts what to do should something occur. Maybe classes and codes like that should be inserted in the pages’ training courses so they will be equipped with tools to fight the Mark Foleys.
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I can’t really say whether I am an introvert or an extrovert. There are some things that I enjoy discussing with people but there are others that I keep to myself. Most people I know are more extroverted. Those I know who are introverts are considered weird by their peers.
Today, I was talking to somebody and he said that introverts can’t understand their more talkative friends either. He said extroverts “wore their lives on their sleeves” while introverts seem to always have it together. It felt like he was confused why anybody would need to do that… Just a thought.
… ant that’s all I have to say about that. I hope you had a good month off, mine has been very busy. My birthday was a few days ago. Happy 17!