After watching Jesus Camp, I can honestly say that I am not convinced on whatever the argument the documentary is trying to make. It seems to me that the documentary is trying to convince others to become Christians by using children as a persuasive weapon. In my opinion, there are good and bad sides to everything, but the documentary mostly showed the good side of Christianity. There were no other point-of-views from other children who do not believe in Christianity, and to me, that was what made it unconvincing. Furthermore, I think they should not have used children to portray their argument. Children believe in everything anyone tells them. I know, because I believed in everything my teacher or my parents said as a child. I didn’t know how to think for myself. Therefore, I don’t think using children to persuade others into spreading Christianity was very wise.
Another thing I noticed most about the documentary was that the main speaker, Becky Fisher, was not very persuasive in her argument, especially the one about sins. She spoke of people sinning, but it doesn’t seem like she has been doing her part. She spoke of fasting, but it doesn’t look as if she has been fasting in the name of the Lord as well. From my experience, Christianity seems to mean generosity towards others and not being judgmental against others because that’s God’s job. Yet, from the documentary, I see people criticizing others who are different from them. For instance, the Harry Potter comment made no sense to me. I’m positive that Harry Potter has nothing to do with Christianity, so I don’t think Fisher should have used that example to make her points.
Overall, I think the documentary was okay. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t find it very convincing either. If the purpose of the documentary was to show the faiths of children, it should have shown other types of religion that children can have. Anyway, I hope no one got offended by my opinions on the documentary, as I realize that religion is a very sensitive subject. I don’t want to insult anyone with my comments, and I just wrote the truth as I see it.
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I didn't think there was anything offensive about your view of the documentary. I think you make a good point about the unclarity of the purpose of the documentary. I think it was just trying to portray a certain people group. I agree that children will believe anything they are told. Think about all the things some children grew up believing in- Santa, Tooth Fairy, Monsters under the bed, etc... Yea, children are very trusting and accepting. Sometimes they are not very logical. There was one boy that was trying to be logical (he was repenting for not always believing in the Bible) but he felt guilty. In a way Becky uses coercion to manipulate the kids into believing what she has to say. I thought it was ironic that she talked about them being hypocrites but in some ways she seemed to be one herself. (like you pointed out with the fasting example).
totally agree with you on Harry Potter! love it an I am still Christian!
hahahaha "It dosen't look like Becky has been fasting." Man thats funny. Yeah children are often times very gullible. However so are adults. An example could be global warming as we have several people who don't believe in it. I don't really know much about the topic but when it comes to being conditioned starting people off young can be very effective. That doesn't neccesarily mean that we can't be also though.
Yea, her comment about fasting was way out of line. I also laughed when she mentioned how people were being fat and lazy. I definitely agree with everyone about kids being easily manipulated. I've always believed that people should discover what they believe in on their own, whereas here they're pushed into it.
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