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 Feb 17 2007, 07:34 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16  |
So, I'm watching this documentary called "Jesus Camp," which is basically about how Evangelical Christians are quite literally brainwashing the youth of the United States... anyways, about twenty-five minutes into the film, the mom of one of the Jesus Camp participants makes her kids say the Pledge of Allegiance before lunch.
At first I was like, "Hm, that's weird... but her husband is serving in Iraq so they're probably all gung-ho for America." Imagine my absolute surprise when the kids picked up two little mini-flags (the Christian flag and the flag of Israel) and a bible. They then recited this garbage. Are you fucking kidding me? Seriously, though my thoughts and feelings about organized religion are well-documented, you could literally replace the film's references to Christianity with Islam and you'd have yourself a documentary about radical Islamic fundamentalists. If you're even the slightest bit moderate, and want to get the shit scared out of you, go watch this movie. |
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Feb 17 2007, 08:31 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
that's nothing stupider than having to say a pledge to texas every day, which they're making public school kids do now
i've wanted to see this because i did hear that this film shows absolutely ridiculous stuff. did you rent it at blockbuster or netflix, or did you get it some other way? |
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Feb 17 2007, 08:33 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Feb 17 2007, 08:31 PM)  that's nothing stupider than having to say a pledge to texas every day, which they're making public school kids do now i've wanted to see this because i did hear that this film shows absolutely ridiculous stuff. did you rent it at blockbuster or netflix, or did you get it some other way? Netflix. I stopped about half an hour into it to watch the hoops game, but already there's a ton of stuff that has made me go WTF. |
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Feb 17 2007, 09:36 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Yeah, I thought about going to see this when it was in theatres. I've heard the Christian flag & bible pledges before... was at a Baptist service. They did the US pledge, then the other two. Freaked the ever living hell out of me.
Oh wait, maybe that was the point... lol This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Feb 17 2007, 09:36 PM -------------------- |
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Feb 17 2007, 10:50 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
I went to Protestant Christian-centered private schools until I was in the seventh grade, and I was *never* exposed to anything like this.
I mean, one of these fanatical mothers home-schools her kids and says stuff like, "Creationism is the only possible answer because it explains everything," with a straight face. And then they have these six and seven year-olds "speaking in tongues," and their youth pastor bragging on camera that he could walk up to any group of kids on any playground across America and have them speaking in tongues within five minutes. Seriously, this shit makes me want to buy a gun to protect myself when the inevitable happens and these nut-jobs think that a comet in the sky or something is a sign of the impending rapture. |
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Feb 17 2007, 10:57 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Okay, this is getting so retarded that I'm going to do a running commentary.
Right now, the head youth pastor is praying over every seat in the auditorium, the electrical system, the powerpoint presentations(!!) and the microphones... oh, wait, now she's speaking in tongues. This is fantastic. |
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Feb 17 2007, 11:00 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Can't say that I'm shocked that one of the main subjects of this Jesus Camp documentary is sporting a foot-long rat tail.
Awesome, Christian rap... "You take JC wherever you go, yo!" The word "homey" was also used quite liberally. |
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Feb 17 2007, 11:03 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Yep, just started attacking Harry Potter. "Warlocks are enemies of God!" I wonder what she thinks of Quidditch?
Haha, "Had it been in the Old Testament, Harry Potter would have been put to death!" The emphasis was hers, not mine. |
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Feb 17 2007, 11:06 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
And now all the kids are crying...
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Feb 17 2007, 11:13 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Yep, first abortion reference... surprised it took this long (43:05).
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Feb 17 2007, 11:14 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Little Girl #1 is telling the camera about which kinds of churches God likes to go to... good to know.
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Feb 17 2007, 11:17 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Rat Tail kid is preaching, "Don't let Satan get you off!" Haha.
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Feb 17 2007, 11:18 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
must see this.
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Feb 17 2007, 11:18 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
"How many of you would like to be those that give up their lives for Jesus?"
...and all the kids raise their hand. Seriously, this could be straight out of Palestine. |
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Feb 17 2007, 11:22 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Now they're breaking cups... WTF... something about corrupt government or something.
"God touched you tonight," said Australian Guy #1. "I want to hear about it, come tell me what happened." Seriously, this is freaky. They've got kids in camoflauge pants, brown shirts and camo face paint dancing in formation with sticks, while the youth pastor lady screams, "This means War!" Naturally, the next scene is a bunch of kids swinging on a swing set. |
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Feb 17 2007, 11:25 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
I want to kick Rat Tail Kid in the teeth: "America is supposed to be God's Nation."
Yep, now the whole bunch is talking to, praying over and speaking in tongues to a cardboard mock-up of President Bush. This is like a bad science fiction film. |
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Feb 17 2007, 11:29 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Yep, full on lecture from Youth Pastor #2 on abortion.
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Feb 17 2007, 11:37 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
This is unbelievable, this cat has a box the size of a checkbook that has four or five little replicas of a fetus in different stages of development. Where the hell do you buy those?
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Feb 17 2007, 11:39 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Now everybody is chanting "Righteous judges" in unison.
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Feb 17 2007, 11:43 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
I'm going to feel gypped if they don't talk about gay marriage and the War in Iraq.
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Feb 17 2007, 11:48 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Oh, this is awesome, they're filming Rat Tail Kid at one of those McMegaChurches in Colorado... Ted Haggard, the pastor that resigned after a gay sex scandal, is preaching on... wait for it... wait for it... homos.
Perfect. |
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Feb 17 2007, 11:58 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Now Rat Tail Kid, Little Girl #1, Youth Pastor #2 and some other brainwashed kids are silently protesting abortion outside of the Supreme Court building.
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Feb 18 2007, 12:02 AM
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monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
hey thanks for ruining the movie for everyone
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Feb 18 2007, 12:15 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Feb 18 2007, 12:02 AM) hey thanks for ruining the movie for everyone Nah, half the stuff you have to see for yourself.. I'm just giving you highlights. |
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Feb 18 2007, 03:13 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
my gf tried telling me mormons werent christians earlier.....because what they belive in isnt christian
i laughed at her because she is religious and everything she says about religion is right anyways she left because i told her she was wrong fuckin mormons -------------------- bored...so i did this
http://beerlist.wetpaint.com/ |
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Feb 18 2007, 12:35 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Mormonism is the Scientology of Christianity.
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Feb 18 2007, 01:28 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 1,551 Joined: 19-April 06 From: Lubbock Member No.: 162 |
dumb-dumb-dumbdumb-dumb
btw, every summer bible school I went to growing up we had to say that prayer to the christian flag as a group. One of the kids was actually giving the bird below the pew while saying it once. -------------------- Je suis toute du merde.
....bitches!!!!! |
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Feb 18 2007, 04:13 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
I really want to see this
Fundamentalists are awesome  Edit: I grew up in the church of Christ and I also attended a baptist church for awhile, so I know how crazy those guys can get This post has been edited by Dr. Gonzo: Feb 18 2007, 04:17 PM -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Feb 18 2007, 05:28 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 16 |
Towards the end, the Youth Pastor Lady admits that she's indoctrinating these kids and uses the fact that Muslims do it as justification.
Good news is that the "Jesus Camp" in question has been shut down because they were worried about vandalism. |
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Feb 19 2007, 06:44 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 20 |
another friend recommended this movie. I'm about 30 minutes in right now.
We should start a christian band, this way we can totally suck balls, yet make a bunch of money. -------------------- Beers that I have had, updated July 5th, 2009: 1,548
My Beer List "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" - Samuel Johnson "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ" - Mahatma Gandhi |
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