Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The hijacking of JC

While on the set of Red Harvest, I learned of a Hell House. Also commonly known as a judgment house or Doom House, it's a haunted house-style attraction typically run by fundamentalist Christian churches. These attractions are meant to depict the divine judgments that await unrepentant sinners and the torments of the damned in Hell.

Similarly disturbing was a film I saw at the cinema last week. Jesus Camp is a documentary about one faction of the evangelical Christian community who hold summer camps where children are trained to "take back America for Christ". With about one third of all Americans identifying themselves as evangelical, they make for a large voting block.

1 Comments:

At 9:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I saw some footage of that camp on the news. Made me feel sick! Kids as young as 3 crying to jesus for forgiveness!

 

Post a Comment

<< Home