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A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America that requires Christian youth to assume leadership roles in advocating the causes of their religious movement.
JESUS CAMP, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, directors of the critically acclaimed The Boys of Baraka, follows Levi, Rachael, and Tory to Pastor Becky Fischer's "Kids on Fire" summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years-old are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in "God's army." The film follows these children at camp as they hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled in how to "take back America for Christ." The film is a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future.
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I haven't seen the movie yet but after watching a few trailers and read reading the reviews it got me thinking - what's the difference between attempting to instill in your children the morals that guide your life and brainwashing them? How young is too young?
I spent 17 years in church learning a similar (although not nearly as extreme) world perspective as the kids in the documentary and it amazes me how believing myself to be "a soldier in the king's army" seemed to be a perfectly rational thought.
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Where should the line be drawn and exactly how do we go about drawing it?