If you haven't already destroyed your TV in the process of watching Jesus Camp, go do it now. It's worth it, I promise. This movie is an astonishing look at how evangelical christians are (brainwashing) preparing their children for the second coming of jesus, which they feel is imminent in said childrens' lifetimes. The main character, a radical fundamentalist, believes if they are training young kids in Afghanistan to wield weapons for god, then we should do the same, sans guns. But it's the same thing, regardless.
If that doesn't scare you in to watching it, then maybe the fact that in one stanza, a pastor from Colorado Springs looks directly into the camera and, with a straight face, states that the evangelical right is so strong, and gaining so much momentum, that with it's sheer numbers, it could influence EVERY presidential election from here to kingdom come, will.
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