Jesus Camp Response

I found this film very shocking and frustrating to watch. The rhetoric and brainwashing going on at the camp seems parallel to mental abuse which can last a life time for many of the kids who experienced it. Because they are so young and prone to believe whatever is taught in consistency at this camp, they believe they are right and anything else is wrong. For a young kid to be confident and committed to spread the messages going on at the camp was sad to watch because their whole soul became based off an alternative motive and something that cannot be proven. Theres a difference between being confident and comfortable with yourself as oppose to developing your mental strength which solely depends on the fantasy of someone else. The woman who ran the camp spreads and screams her fantasy into the ears and souls of the kids who attend. A fantasy which became the truth for many of the children there, and even empowered some to be fearless and motivated in their newly adopted illusion. It is scary when a child becomes developed based on such a fantasy, not because they are predicted to do harm, but because they will never truly live in reality.