"Children are so usable in Christianity."

[attentionpandas]

"When I grow up, I always thought it would be fun to be one of those people who paint nails and stuff cuz you would get a chance to tell them about the Lord." - 9-year-old girl in Jesus Camp.I spent 50% of this film gaping in disbelief. The same kids who fell to the floor weeping and moaning as their minister whipped into a frenzy projected a

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[anonymous]

When people ask me what my favorite horror movie is, I look at them with a straight face and say, "Jesus Camp." It's the scariest movie I've ever seen.

Oh, and I've been a Christian for 22 years.

[asaresquares]

That's just....terrifying. =[

[calindigo]

That movie is terrifying! I watched a segment of it on youtube when I was supposed to be studying, and I couldn't stop. I agree with you that it was pretty darn even. If anything, that made it scarier -- there weren't tons of breaks where you got to step back and take a breath; it just keeps on coming.

The New York Times had a thing in the magazine section today about evangelicals not voting as a block anymore. Becky Fischer et. al. probably aren't the ones splitting off, but it was pretty interesting.

[attentionpandas]

thanks for calling my attention to the article! ... definitely interesting. i guess that's encouraging news question mark ? :\ maybe christianity shouldn't have become so politicized in the first place.