(Ewing & Grady 2006) Jesus Camp

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Pas­tor” Ted Hag­gard in action

Worshipping George Bush, Jr at Jesus Camp

Wor­ship­ping George Bush, Jr at Jesus Camp

One of the creepi­est doc­u­men­taries I’ve ever seen. It fol­lows the activ­i­ties of a fun­da­men­tal­ist chil­drens’ camp that employs grotesque brain­wash­ing tech­niques to indoc­tri­nate chil­dren, large­ly for obvi­ous polit­i­cal ends. The orga­niz­er, a mon­strous­ly evil woman, makes you sick with every word she spouts. Also includ­ed are a famous pas­tor, Ted Hag­gard, one of the most influ­en­tial evan­gel­i­cals in the coun­try, preach­ing anti-gay hatred at the chil­dren. Hag­gard was lat­er dis­cov­ered hav­ing sex and doing hard drugs with gay hus­tlers, and resigned. Anoth­er dis­gust­ing scene involves chil­dren bab­bling “in tongues” while wor­ship­ing a card-board cutout of George Bush, Jr. It should be not­ed that the move­men­t’s lead­ers con­sid­ered the doc­u­men­tary to be a fair rep­re­sen­ta­tion of their views.

"sinful" children repent

sin­ful” chil­dren repent…

.... the irony is painful.

.… the irony is painful.

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