Jesus Camp

           Its always interesting to see what movies will be nominated for an Oscar.  This movie was shocking for me to see. On one hand the motives of some of the parents of these children are good.  It is a good thing to want to teach your child all about God and his word so that they will be prepared when they face troubles of many kinds, but in some instances, to me, it can go a bit over the top.  I think that if these parents are also telling their children about things that the world thinks and other opinions that it is fine, but if they are limiting what their child hears to just what they think that is where it crosses the border into brainwashing.  When the little girl went up to the lady at the bowling ally it just seemed strange.  It is really good to reach out to people, but when you are 9 years old and you walk up to someone three times your age and tell them that God has put you on my heart, it is just an unlikely occurance.  When the average person is 9 years old they are not typically listening for God to direct them to lead someone to Christ.  It can come off  very weird. The way that the girl's dad reacted seemed very robotic.  She told him what she had done and he just patted her on the head like he expected it.
         I really enjoy Christian camps, but this one may be a little too extreme.  It seemed to me that the director of the camp was doing a lot of guilt tripping the campers.  She seemed a little too sure of herself too.  I did not like how she said that she can talk to a student for just a few minutes and can have them seeing visions of God.  She really does not have that kind of control, only God does.  Sure God can use people to lead other people to him, but I think she was boasting a bit.
         All in all I think that this movie shows how some people can take things in to their own hands too much.  It almost seems like these people are not even doing it for God even though they say all these holy things and pray outloud.  I wish I could have been there to see the second half of the movie.  I have never heard of any of this and I find it very interesting.