Jesus Camp Page #7

Synopsis: Jesus Camp follows several young children as they prepare to attend a summer camp where the kids will get their daily dose of evangelical Christianity. Becky Fischer works at the camp, which is named Kids on Fire. Through interviews with Fischer, the children, and others, Jesus Camp illustrates the unswerving belief of the faithful. A housewife and homeschooling mother tells her son that creationism has all the answers. Footage from inside the camp shows young children weeping and wailing as they promise to stop their sinning. Child after child is driven to tears. Juxtapose these scenes with clips from a more moderate Christian radio host (who is appalled by such tactics), and Jesus Camp seems to pose a clear question: are these children being brainwashed?
Genre: Documentary
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
2006
87 min
$900,000
Website
799 Views


This is it.

You know,

I have to believe with all my heart

that this is just

a tip of the iceberg.

I believe those kids made

an impact in heaven.

God hears the cries of children.

Ufff! It makes me wanna cry.

We are talking to Becky

in Bismarck, North Dakota.

She is a children's pastor

and she runs a summer camp

for evangelical children

there, in North Dakota.

- Becky, how are you?

- I'm doing very good.

Why kids? Why are they supposed

to be some new army of God?

Why are we using

kids to do that?

Anyone who does any work

with kids knows this

it's because the reason

you go for kids

it is because

whatever they learn

by the age of 7, 8, 9 years old

it's pretty long there

for the rest of their lives

and there are statistics

that you can research for yourself

No, I I I know these statistics,

but you used the term "to learn"...

The word to learn

is different than indoctrinate...

God gave us a brain

God gave us the freedom to choose

and learning is part of that choice.

And I think everytime

the fundamentalist movement, Becky

interferes with that,

we are doing harm

we are doing harm to

the progression of the mankind.

I don't think any kid

anything by choice.

Uhm.. If I understood,

your question to me was

if I feel it right for

the fundamentalism

to indoctrinate their children

with their own beliefs.

I guess, fundamentally,

yes I do.

Because every other religions

are indoctrinating their kids.

Hello? I would like to see

more churches indoctrinating.

You can tell a child anything.

Just like I say,

you can tell a child

You can make a child

into a soldier that carries a AK-47.

You can call it brain washing

but I am radically passionate

in teaching children

about their responsibilities

as Christians

as God fearing people,

Woa, Becky,

let me ask you this:

How do we ignore that all of this

sadden??? were creating

children soldiers

for the Republican Party?

How... How is that figuring

to anything that Christ had to say about

how we should live

our life on the Earth?

It is I am not safe

I am not aware of any churches

that with that political cause.

I I am not going after

my kids politically

but that, you know because

at the same time I wanna say

that I don't have any problem

saying to my children:

"We are Pro life."

I got to tell you God

is watching us

God has and I

And God has a very special place

for those people

who mess with our children.

- It is not a pretty place.

- You know what?

I am not going to go there, Mike.

You know, what's always made

this country special?

What's always set

this country apart?

is because there is

something that we called:

a separation between

Church and State.

That's always something

that separates us

and has separated us

for 200 years.

It is worked.

I respect your right

is fundamentalist

to teach your children

whatever you wanna teach them

but don't let that bleed over

into the public sector.

Don't let that bleed over

into the schools.

I with you,

Christianity is important.

We believe it's the most

important religion in the world

because it changes

the life of people.

But Becky, it's a witches brew:

it's gonna take over democracy.

You know,

I think democracy

is the greatest political system

on Earth

,

it's the only the only

it's the on Earth,

you know

and it is designed

to destroy itself

because we have to give

evreyone the equal freedom

and

it will destroy us.

And so perfect world

it is not going to be perfect

until Jesus

is truly Lord.

Ok. Becky,

thanks for joining us. Ok.

Aw, man!

The more I hear about this

that is to say, every time

it is getting crazier and crazier.

On this vote,

are 58, are 42.

The presidence nomination

of Samuel A. Alito Jr

of New Jersey

to be associate justice

of the Supreme Court

of the United States

is confirmed.

I love America,

I love the American life style...

... and to be part of 21st century.

I wake up every day excited about

what I'm gonna do

but at the same time I look at

this sick old world

and I :
God,

let's get out of here.

Knowing what I know

how do I not give

my whole life

to helping other people:

children, teenagers or adults

come to a saving knowledge

of Jesus Christ.

How can I enjoy heaven?

with the knwoledge

that I never told people

that it matters so much to me...

about Jesus.

That is not a burden,

it is the greatest joy of my life.

The most religious nation

in the world is India.

The most irreligious nation

in the world is Sweden.

We are a nation of Indians

ruled by Swed's??.

As Christians, you are the leaders,

you speak for God.

We cared about our country.

And what I wanna say is

we want to get our message out.

We can't down to she said:

you just your message down

to single sentences???.

Let me give you some

single sentences.

Number one:

it's a new day.

Number two:

liberalism is dead.

Number three:

the majority of Americans are conservative.

Number four:

you can count on us, showing up and speaking out.

And number five:

let the Church rise!

Thank you, Dr Sutton.

Ready to sing?!

Prt(e) chanter?!

?Listo para cantar?

Let's go!

C'est parti!

!Vamos!

# When I die and they lay me to rest #

# Gonna go to the place that's the best #

# When they lay me down to die #

# Goin' up to the spirit in the sky #

# Goin' up to the spirit in the sky #

# [Spirit in the sky] #

# That's where I'm gonna go when I die #

# [When I die] #

# When I die and they lay me to rest #

# I'm gonna go to the place that's the best #

- Hi...

If you

to die right now

where do you think

that you would go?

- Heaven.

- Really?... Are you sure?

- Yeah.

- Ok.

# Prepare yourself, you know it's a must #

# Gotta have a friend in Jesus #

I think that they were Muslim.

# So you know that when you die #

# He's gonna recommend you to the spirit in the sky #

# [spirit in the sky] #

- I want to give this to you.

- No, thank you.

- No, thank you.

Oh... we know,

they could be Christian already.

You know what I mean?

Do you think people

actually think...

... we are trying

like sell something?

I betcha that some yes.

We are kids,

what we sell?

Pamphlets in our hands.

~ God has been so good to you

you have to ~

~ And praise and

magnify the Lord ~

~ Because He is only

who can set you free ~

~ Praise him ~

based on aRGENTeaM's work

# Never been a sinner,

I've never sinned #

# I've got a friend in Jesus #

#So you know that when I die #

# He's gonna set me up with the spirit in the sky #

# Oh, set me up with the spirit in the sky #

# [spirit in the sky] #

# That's where I'm gonna go when I die #

# [when I die] #

# When I die and they lay me to rest #

# I'm gonna go to the place that's the best #

# Go to the place that's the best #

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