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RE: Yes or no?
December 8, 2010 at 4:00 pm
(December 8, 2010 at 10:59 am)Dotard Wrote: (December 7, 2010 at 3:55 pm)Thor Wrote: "Can somebody tell me how many is a brazillion?".
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RE: Yes or no?
December 8, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Yes! I just watched that two weeks ago when it popped up on my Netflix. It was absolutely awful, but I couldn't stop watching. It was like a gruesome car wreck that is both appalling and fascinating. What parent could watch their child weeping, wailing, and falling on the floor in agony and think this is a good, normal,healthy thing? Anyone with good boundaries would scoop up their child and RUN from such emotional abuse, so I felt quite angry at the parents for not doing a better job of protecting the young of the congregation. I also felt very bad for the young preacher, Levi. He seemed introspective and reflective and I hoped for him that someday he will be given an opportunity to listen to the views of others with an open mind and to decide for himself what he believes and why. This is the way I am approaching religion with my own two children now. I am an atheist and my husband believes, and our children are free to choose whatever path that makes sense and will enrich their hearts and minds.
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RE: Yes or no?
December 14, 2010 at 3:23 am
My room mate and I watched it a couple of months ago and it was insane. How can you put your child through that kind of torture and call yourself a good parent?
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RE: Yes or no?
December 14, 2010 at 3:26 am
I've seen it,and, wow! It is absolutely crazy!
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RE: Yes or no?
December 14, 2010 at 4:24 am
Just watched and i really couldn't watch it to the end. It was almost like watching children being physically abused its so twisted.
Unfortunately the parents who allow this are so twisted they don't see the wrong in it. But it really is child abuse and going to leave these kids mentally fucked up for many years to come, if not for their whole lives.
I follow another link to a kid questioning his faith at Jesus Camp and I so wanted to reach out and offer him my support. I almost cried.
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RE: Yes or no?
December 14, 2010 at 6:45 pm
(December 14, 2010 at 3:23 am)LWP17 Wrote: My room mate and I watched it a couple of months ago and it was insane. How can you put your child through that kind of torture and call yourself a good parent?
What's really scary is knowing that fundies can look at this movie, even watching the interviewer's commentary during the movie, and have no idea it's a negative portrayal.
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RE: Yes or no?
December 14, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Oh yeah. Mainly it's because it "shows the power of god?" I guess. I'm not really sure.