Just came from Jesus Camp. I highly recommend it. I found it to be a fair and balanced movie. One's interpretations of it depend wholly on personal perspective.
Two things that the religious right has that will be hard for the rest of us to duplicate:
- threat of punishment by God for voting wrong
- weekly (at least) meetings and a national network of people with common cause
The Congress may be upturned this time, but these crazed religious legions are not going away any time soon.
On the way home from the movie, my girlfriend and I were discussing how evangelicals have corporatized Jesus. The merchandizing is a multimillion dollar business. There are extensive and well-funded ad campaigns. If you listen closely, there is a whole lexicon of vocabulary, phaseology, and slogan. Jesus is a franchise. In this brand lies not only extraordinary power, but also tremendous profit.
About Me
- John T. Martin
- I am a 3rd-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University.
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