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DID YOU SEE IT! JESUS CAMP!I'm not a big hater of Ann Coulter. I ROTFLMHO, though, when she starts talking about religion, defining which churches are liberal and which are not! Coulter thinks she is the professional liberal or conservative church identifier, while taking a stab at uglifying liberal churches' worship services. Coulter claims to be from an evangelical Episcopal Church. Evangelical Episcopal is an oxymoron.
I consider myself a conservative Christian, free lance writer. Shoot, as a lay preacher have had the opportunity to deliver sermons on a 5 minute notice. Now, get this right, first - I am deadly pro-choice, as my right-wing Republican uncle learned when he allowed one of his idiotic, Bush-worshiping emails to land on my desktop. My Macintosh desktop is restrictive. After chewing him up and spitting him out, he sent one more whimpy email, and now discusses with my two brothers and my mother on the Q-2, about how liberal I am! But, of course, he is right because "I know I am right!" Sound familiar? Isn't it amazing how many people claim "I'm right because I know I am right?" Sorry, that phrase gives me belly laughs. You think a suicide bomber proclaims that phrase before they disintegrate?
Did you see the video of the lady teaching "Christian children" how to be anti-Democrat? MSNBC! Believe me, that kind of junk is characteristic of right-wing, "fundamental-conservative-evangelical" churches. My wife and I have been to more Christian Children Camps than that disgusting lady in the "Jesus Camp" video will ever experience. Let me assure you, that if I had been at that camp, that lady would be sent home or Duck-Taped and hog-tied into silence and left in a chair under the showers.
First of all, not all Christians brain-wash there kids that way! Not even close. Proof source? My kids were raised going to Christian Camps, and they are all Christians, but, ... they will stuff a small New Testament down a throat, if anyone tries to tell them who they should vote for - pro-choice or pro-life. The lady in the video-cut volunteers to identify "the evil-doers" in America by showing a huge Bill Clinton or Al Gore picture and then teaches the children to hate by throwing stuff at the man-high cardboard cutouts. Of course, the kids cheer when a cutout of Bush is shown. LOL
Embarrassing! The video clip is ugly, as it shows her and the man force-teaching kids to worship God, their way. I was surprised that they didn't have a huge picture of Hillary Clinton, ... the REAL anti-Christ identified by today's conservative Christians.
Sorry, if I break up here, but, ... I can't help it. Coulter claims liberal churches worship at the feet of an aborted fetus, such as Presbyterian, Methodist, Christian (Disciples of Christ), Lutheran, and other "liberal" churches, which also believe in miracles, speaking in tongues, and other spiritual gifts. A child is safe, if sent to a camp by any of the liberal churches mentioned above. Camp directors as such, try to build faith, make friends and have fun rather than force religious decisions down campers' throats. Ann is dumber than the spine on a Bible when it comes to catagorizing churches.
To "evangelical churches," Christian summer camp is a great way to "proselite." Kids bring their friends, whose parents expect their children to have fun, swimming, making crafts, and studying the Bible. That is the way it is supposed to be. But sending a child to a Baptist, Assembly of God, or Pentecostal Holiness camp and what we see on the video, is what our kids will have to put up with. So, ... in reality, Ms. Coulter's churches, which she claims to be conservative, do the awful stuff with which she characterizes liberal churches. I know that is hard to understand, but read it again and again. Bear in, mind that the words conservative, liberal, fundamental, rapture, and dispensation are not mentioned in the Bible. Not once! They are all man-made words. There is little difference in the methodology which is used in evangelical church camps than is found in "Terrorist camps in Afghanistan."
MSNBC is showing clips of that documentary, and I think it is a good view. The head of the Assembly of God Churches is, at this point, backing away from the video they authorized to recruit campers. There is no instance in the Bible, where children are asked or forced to choose to be a Christian. Not one.
A young person who makes a spiritual decision, needs to be old enough to really understand the theology behind their decision. My own daughter-in-law, was nearly thirty when she decided to be Baptized. We were excited and supportive. Even Jesus, didn't start his ministry until he was in the 30s. It is absolutely a sin, to force kids to scream, cry, or "speak in unknown tongues" at a church camp. I had a "full-Gospel" preacher grab my head and squeeze hard chanting, "Praise the Lord. Teach this man to talk to you, Jesus!" The only foreign tongue I can speak is PIG LATIN.
If the government grants voucher options to Christian schools, students can expect more indoctrination than education!
If you get a chance, it would be worthwhile to watch the abusive nature of many of our right-wing churches, as displayed by the video. It's scary, child abuse. And now we have another man in Florida who thinks he is the returned Christ. Pass the offering bucket over this way!! I say, "It's okay to be a Christian, but, "ppplease, don't be a dumb Christian."
