Jesus Camp

ls_7040 shared a tip "I prefer documentaries that are not obviously biased one way or another. This was a hard one for me to watch. I grew up very religious, and this one brought up some feelings as I watched the children crying in the camp meetings and how distraught they were as they prayed and "spoke in tongues." They're taught so young that they must be warriors of god on a mission to save the world, and if they fail to convert the lost souls they are failures in the eyes of god. That is a heavy burden to place on young children, and the guilt and fear indoctrinated in them lasts a lifetime. Children deserve to learn about the whole world, including what is outside their limited bubble, to be able to decide for themselves how to perceive the world, what is good and evil, and how to live their lives. Just because someone is not part of your religion doesn't make them bad or evil- you learn that by going out into the world and meeting all kinds of people and realizing we are all humans. Why would god make us all so different if he wanted us all to be the same? I'm curious to know what the lives of some of the featured kids are like today."

savannah_bennett_2454 shared a tip "Growing up in an evangelical church and deciding to move away from my own indoctrination made me curious about what children like myself are subjected to in churches like this. It’s an eye-opener but if you’re not open to hearing about the negatives of organized religion, skip this one."