tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post3664455748479477938..comments2023-11-03T06:26:00.486-07:00Comments on Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show: Jesus CampUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-25387416513087182382007-01-30T20:23:00.000-08:002007-01-30T20:23:00.000-08:00I wouldn't say there was any "being made fun of", ...I wouldn't say there was any "being made fun of", but it certainly didn't portray the camp in a good light. It was pretty awful.<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-14908142202413399432007-01-30T19:31:00.000-08:002007-01-30T19:31:00.000-08:00Some folks have panned the movie, since it was dir...Some folks have panned the movie, since it was directed by Nancy Pelosi's daughter and felt like the movie's subjects were being made fun of. However, as someone who's met folks like you described in the movie, I find that all one needs to do is give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves, as Ted Haggard did.<br /><br />I would agree that these adults are very possibly doing spiritual damage to these children. The best thing our parents ever did was allow us to discover the Great Unknown on our own terms so that we didn't hate spirituality when all is said and done.Mile High Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276750909800945131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-85006197514189122007-01-29T11:47:00.000-08:002007-01-29T11:47:00.000-08:00An excellent post. I dread seeing this movie, thou...An excellent post. I dread seeing this movie, though I think I need to.<br /><br />I grew up in & live in the Bible Belt and was traumatized early on by the sort of people we see in <i>Jesus Camp</i>. One babysitter took my sister and me to her Pentecostal/Charismatic church, and as I (a scared 10-year-old) watched the adults writhe and moan on the floor, I prayed, "Lord, if you get me out of here, I promise never to be bad ever again, or ask for anything." <br /><br />The same babysitter told my sister & me that we were sinners, and that Jesus hated us because we liked pop music (The Police, Paul Young, Duran Duran...it was the early 1980s).<br /><br /><i>Jesus Camp</i> is real. That's why I dread seeing it. But I think it'll help me better deal with the crazies down here in Georgia, and to process the damage our babysitter and her church cronies did. I have many religion/church issues even today.Miss Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210249894351503887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-36136364985830282152007-01-28T11:46:00.000-08:002007-01-28T11:46:00.000-08:00On first reading, I somehow assumed that you were ...On first reading, I somehow assumed that you were commenting on a film which was a sobering but fictional expose' of how such a camp might run. On second reading, I belatedly caught that it was a documentary about a real camp. Ouch. Although I have a deep conviction of the importance of Christianity, I doubt that I could identify it with what you describe. <br /> LinguistFriendLinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.com