Review of Jesus Camp (2006) by Katy W — 28 Dec 2008

Wow. This documentary left me feeling wary of what the future holds for these kids. I'm sure most of the quotes are taken out of context, but the message that is getting through to some of them is extremely dangerous.

"It's no wonder, with that kind of intense training and discipling, that those young people are ready to kill themselves for the cause of Islam. I wanna see young people who are as committed to the cause of Jesus Christ as the young people are to the cause of Islam. I wanna see them as radically laying down their lives for the Gospel as they are over in Pakistan and Israel and Palestine and all those different places, you know, because we have... excuse me, but we have the truth!".

Later in the movie, two of the kids talk about being part of "God's army" and how it would be "really cool" to die for their religion.

Makes me wonder what these kids got out of the activity at camp where they crushed coffee cups with a hammer, being told: "We're going to take this hammer and destroy the government who takes Jesus out of your school.".