Jesus Camp

It is crazy that I have spent almost a month researching Evangelism, and never truly felt I "knew" this religion until last night. Doc Oc suggested I watch the documentary Jesus Camp, and it was truly eye-opening. It follows a very radical, fundamental Evangelist summer camp in North Dakota. Truthfully, it was shocking. There were children crying, seizuring, and speaking in tongues(click HERE). Parents were homeschooling children and blatantly teaching their children global warming was a hoax by liberals. Children were approaching strangers in the park and asking for their vow to accept Jesus. These same children were vowing to die in the name of Jesus Christ. I tried to be as subjective and non-judgemental as possible, but for someone so used to the North Shore, it became pretty difficult to watch. My mom had to leave the room.

While this was all so fascinating to observe, I think the biggest culture shock to me was just how important religion is in the lives of these people. They speak, breathe, and eat in the name of Jesus Christ. Everything in their lives is dictated by religion. It was eye-opening in the least, and yet I completley understand that this is not remotely close to what all Evangelists lives are like. These are the most extreme of the extreme.

I highly suggest to my peers that they look into a documentary or movie about their topic. While books are articles are fine, they can never grasp the images and footage that movies can reveal.