The movie Jesus Camp is an interesting video about religionand politics in today’s society. Atfirst there was no separation between church and state, and then it became veryprominent until recently politics become intertwined with religious views. There was very little separation in the movie;Evangelical Christians were pushing their views and beliefs on children of the same faith. Pastor Becky was one whoreally struck me as a radical leader. She was constantly pushing the students to be soldiers of God and taketheir religion to an extreme. Thechildren were not allowed to believe in ghost stories
because they arefalse. Small ideas like that made theidea that their country would fall apart if not everybody was ethical and honest. The problem with this is peoplehave different morals and different views on issues like abortion and gay marriage. Thomas Jefferson wantedcomplete church and state separation and this Jesus Camp preached theopposite. The way the
leaders instructed the children it was like they were building a bunch of soldiers to fight the rest of the words ideas and opinions about religion. I do not think there will ever be a complete separation but implementing it into teaching is not going to help, it’s making the connection stronger.
because they arefalse. Small ideas like that made theidea that their country would fall apart if not everybody was ethical and honest. The problem with this is peoplehave different morals and different views on issues like abortion and gay marriage. Thomas Jefferson wantedcomplete church and state separation and this Jesus Camp preached theopposite. The way the
leaders instructed the children it was like they were building a bunch of soldiers to fight the rest of the words ideas and opinions about religion. I do not think there will ever be a complete separation but implementing it into teaching is not going to help, it’s making the connection stronger.
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