Rationality at Jesus Camp

This is a sad clip. An intelligent kid, who can think critically and freely, feels that 'God hates him' because he finds it all so hard to believe.

Instead of developing this bright mind by encouraging him to think objectively, Evangelicals look to suppress free thinking by using fairytales as nefarious mental weapons.

Note: the reaction of the adult church leaders as this child speaks openly and honestly about Christianity.

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[boomtao]

Poor child feeling guilty for using his brains. Anyone who watches this and still does not think this religulous scam is child-abuse, is hopelessly lost.

[3234718]

Dear god, please let this kid embrace reason and accept that you don't exist.

[currie1967]

So sad to see this obviously free thinking boy trapped in the indoctrination of his parents etc. Probably alot of fakers in America scared to "come out" if only he had been born into a secular family. Quite upsetting really.

[eperger]

and this is why i hate overly religious christains they scare the shit out of kids so that they will be "saved" when their actually going to be tormented for the rest of their life by the thought of some guy in the sky danming them to eternal torment because they did 1 thing wrong

[perfectbark]

@debrainwasher1

interesting comment.

[Lushken]

i hope this this kid today is a non-believer, but if you watch the whole documentary and as you see this kid throughout it, it doesn't seem like that was going to happen

[manthasagittarius]

The weight of everyone's no-response response is crushing. It might as well be a funeral with an empty casket because the body can't be found. That's about the bravest thing I ever saw a kid that age do -- because he already knows it puts him on ice.

[debrainwasher1]

If you're 25 and still believe the bible, you are like a 12 year old that believes in santa.

[ItIsBadForU]

he sounds like me when I was 10 or something.I was shy to ask questions and I felt guilty for thinking about it.Thankfully my grandma who was88at the time,(now passed) said that you can believe if you want to but said that it is your life,you can think whatever you want and gave me a reason to do so.She was the first who directed me to a route of reason and sceptism and I thank her for that.Later I found out that my grapdparents hadbeen antitheists so they lived a full and happy life(96,92years)

[HauntedKitty777]

@JediHobbit89 true, I actually wonder why they didn't address that in the interveiw they did with that woman. they addressed the fact that the kids looked incredibly distressed but they didn't address their feelings of guilt and self criticism.

[JediHobbit89]

@HauntedKitty777 Oh yes, I completely agree. Not to mention, every action as an equal and opposite reaction. Many of these kids will end up going completely bonkers when they get out of that sort of repressive environment and end up getting themselves into all sorts of trouble in rebelling against their upbringing.

[HauntedKitty777]

@JediHobbit89 the only thing I really have a problem with is the way they make these children feel bad if they doubt anything. "it makes me a faker and makes me feel bad" should never be a part of a reason for believing. that woman (maybe without realising it) I dare say has probably done a lot of damage to some kids that they might never recover from.