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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 11:53 AM
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I watched Jesus Camp last night.
I alternated between being really scared about the Evangelicals' grip on our government, really sad for those poor children (who really do not know any better, because mom and dad are brainwashing them), and really fucking pissed at the adults for outright lying to those children.

And that youth pastor woman...what a fucking hypocrite. I forget what it was in the opening sequence, about being fat is sinful (Like I said, I forget the exact wording), but she has to be at least 300 pounds. Good Dog, woman, don't you see a disconnect in what you are telling the children and the appearance you maintain?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 11:58 AM
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1. I liked the scene where she was pissed about her hair
and kept spraying it with hair spray

GAH!!!!!!!

...and the praying over things inside the chapel to keep Satan at bay...
These people are fucking insane

Watched the first hour, went to bed. Am going to watch the rest today.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 11:59 AM
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2. Yeah, the hairspray scene was classic.
"I'm too tired for this."

wah fucking wah, lose some damn weight woman.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 12:05 PM
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3. Good for you, watching it...
There is no way I will ever see this one...

It scares me just hearing about it...:scared:
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 12:08 PM
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4. I'll do you one better. I watched Jesus Camp AND Sicko last night.
I am both terrified and angry.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 12:15 PM
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5. "the devil comes for the young" oh the irony in that statement.
I felt so bad for those kids, Tory the 10 year old already judging herself as a sinner for dancing because she liked to, 9 year old Rachael using the watch me grow proselytizing kit at the bowling alley and 12 year old Levi with the shaved head and the giant rat tail, you can almost see him in a few years just losing it.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 12:20 PM
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6. there's a special place in hell for her


i'm thinking a spit fire and a apple in her mouth.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 12:22 PM
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7. How blind are the adults who allow her access to their kids...
:nuke:
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 03:34 PM
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16. Those adults are of two sorts
1: Those who buy into what she's selling.

2: Those who don't give a crap about what their kids are doing as long as they aren't getting in trouble (and even then there are some who wouldn't notice anyway). These sorts of churches will target these kids, giving them a sense of family they don't otherwise have while feeding on the children's fears of abandonment and feelings of guilt.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 01:18 PM
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8. I saw part of it last night
when she got all up about Harry Potter and then with the balloon and Adam and Eve, Barbie and Ken dolls.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 01:25 PM
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9. I can't bring myself to watch it. I know pretty much what to expect and don't
wish to subject myself to their way of thinking for even one show.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 02:06 PM
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10. I've seen most of it
but then I got too pissed off to finish it. I was literally screaming at the TV.

I grew up around some similar shit and it just hit a bit too close to home.

:scared:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 02:17 PM
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11. That was a freaky movie, for sure.
I felt pretty much the same way you did, Kitchey.

The way they got those children to sob their eyes out made ME cry, and also made me very angry.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 02:22 PM
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12. Jesus Jihad?
And they talk about islamofundamentalismistical...................:shrug: :shrug: :rofl: :hi:
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 02:23 PM
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14. I thought that was called a crusade.
Well, what do I know? I'm a hell-bound skeptic.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 02:22 PM
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13. Don't the Fundies point to that movie to demonstrate how great they are.
"Wow," they might say, "I can only pray I achieve the levels of self-imposed stupidity that are enjoyed by the people in that movie!"
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psychmommy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-31-07 03:26 PM
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15. i was truly disturbed
the mom was "home schooling" the kids and teaching them that evolution and global warming were merely political flame-bait and not real concerns. be afraid, very afraid. i can't wait to watch it again. i am a christian also, therefore i should not find it both amusing and disturbing but, i do. i can't wait to watch it and giggle again.
wwjd-He would run away very quickly.
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