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Jesus Camp's Use Of Conservatism And Evangelicalism In Jesus Camp

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‘Jesus Camp’ is a documentary on a Christian summer camp in North Dakota (America) where evangelical kids go to fulfill their "prophetic destiny". It unifies on the control of religion and kids to accomplish political and selfish desires. The film additionally represents kids as the foundation for evil, therefore at a young age, they must be taught to eliminate the evil within, to be pure and also to preach and experience the word of God in order to forestall a dark future with their evil deeds. This documentary shows how the children in the evangelical community are being abused in the name of God, how the experts, the parents and the teachers, are applying evangelical techniques to manipulate the children, and how there is a far right religious …show more content…

The evangelicals have encircled the world such that they just see things in black and white: there are the true believers and then there's everyone else. As one parent noted in the documentary, "We believe that there's two kinds of people in this world: people who love Jesus and people who don't." The spread of liberalism and scientific naturalism in the U.S. has pressured evangelicals to take it to the next level. They've declared war against their enemies and expected responsibility for the United States; they are attempting to reclaim what they see as God's country. Also, it's not simply a fight for political power - it's a culture war in which thoughts themselves are under attack. Evangelical youngsters are selected into this battle at a delicate and suggestible age. In one scene a kid named Levi is shown at home being educated by his mom. She asks, "Did you get to the part yet where they say that science hasn't proven anything?" She then turns his attention to global warming. If it's something that scientists have educated us about, similar to "evolution," then the evangelicals feel that something suspicious must be going on. Climate change is rejected

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