thank God for the rain

[theladyrose]

I've possibly watched the scariest move I've ever seen, and certain friends know that I have a tendency to start laughing at inappropriate moments during those kinds of movies...

There were times during the film when the room felt claustrophobic, like the air was being sucked out, and I felt almost nauseated enough to possibly throw up at a few points because of the emotional intensity.  I don't think I've watched anything that left such a visceral reaction in a long time.

I caught a screening of the Academy award-nominated documentary Jesus Camp with a Q and A with the directors afterwards tonight.

I must admit that my personal relationship with American evangalism has been antagonistic at best; I've theoretically been 'born again' by earnest female Korean missionaries once a year for the past four years.  My relationship with organized religion is ambivalent or ambiguous at best;  secular humanism is probably the best description of my spiritual beliefs at the moment, but it's a constantly evolving, organic concept.  These extreme evangelicals are the ones who tained my perceptions of Protestant Christianity for years, but after seeing this documentary they've become terrifyingly human in their dogmatism.  It doesn't matter to which religion or beliefs you subscribe - Jesus Camp will seriously open your eyes.

More commentary to come.  A supernova exploded in my brain, and I want time to think.

Comments

[dragonfly66.livejournal.com]

aw, man, obviously you never went to Lutheran school : ) barrels of fun, I tell you.

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I didn't, even if students in parochial schools achieve more academically on average. Someone I know once joked that Catholic schools did more to convert people into disbelievers than any other force.