Jesus Camp

Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
(2006)

Jesus Camp is a documentary about children who attend a church summer camp in order to build their relationships with God and Christ. I must say, as a Christian, I was completely appaulled by the content of this film. It has certainly left a lasting impression on me and viewing it is an experience I will never, ever forget.

I disagree with the things that these people are teaching thier children and masking it as Christianity. I don't think that anything that I saw in the film was even a slight reflection of the Christianity that I was brought up on. Those people were absolutely ridiculous.
I believe that the last straw with the film was when the children at the camp were exposed to the plastic fetuses and the cardboard cutout of George W. Bush. They were teaching these children all the WRONG things. Not about the love, understanding, acceptance, unity, etc. that Christians are supposed to have but other things that I could never have imagined people could attach to Christianity. It almost made me embarrassed to call myself the same things that they call themselves. I believe that religion should be considered a life enhancement not a crutch to use when you find yourself condemning others that are different from you. That's the lesson that these children should be taught, not the one they're getting.