http://www.jesuscampthemovie.com/
In class it seems we’re always asking, “how could that happen?” and “how could someone bring themselves to commit crimes of hate against someone else?”
We wonder how the Nazis were able to massacre Jews, how some Islamic extremists wanted so desperately to destroy us, and the list (unfortunately) goes on.
This trailer shows just how easy it is. These camps focus on the manipulation of innocent minds and the creation of a generation of children who want nothing more than to die for Jesus. They are teaching blatant religious stereotypes and we’ve seen the devastation that springs from that.
These young children are learning that “there are two types of people in this world, people who love Jesus and people who don’t.” They are learning separation from those who don’t is the right thing to do and even separate themselves from other schoolmates, neighbors, etc. by pledging allegiance to the Christian flag. They are learning to alienate those who think differently, instead of learning cooperation
Every conflict we’ve studied starts this way: with one group declaring to be the chosen ones- the ones who are right while everyone else’s beliefs are wrong. These divisions are obviously not just a thing of the past or something occurring somewhere else across the ocean. Intolerance is being taught right here in the United States, right now.
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2 comments:
Oh, god...what is there to say about this? It's pretty shocking. Raising children to be fanatical Christians seems to be very similar in the ways that other extremist groups raise their children to hate us. Is this really the answer? Dozier talks about meaning systems and how they are formed in the brain. He also talks about the vital role of nurture in forming children's perceptions about the world. On this blog a few months ago, there was a post about a young Muslim girl who spewed anit-Semitism because that was how she had been raised. It seems that this Jesus Camp is doing exactly the same thing. It is contorting Christianity into a radical group and training young individuals in its doctrine. By speaking of "those who believe in Jesus and those who do not" this camp created effective us-versus-them distinctions which could be noxious to the future.
I don't think the Jesus Camp people would like me very much, since I'm one of the people who doesn't love Jesus. I'm Jewish. Sorry?
This is pretty scary. I'm not even in this class, but I find this blog very interesting. This Jesus Camp post is especially frightening. Kudos to whoever put this on here...I definitely need to check out this movie.
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