What's A Pentecost? If you have to ask you can't afford them!

posted by The Vidiot @ 2:08 PM Permalink

Watch this trailer of religious extremists crying out for, and indoctrinating their children to fight a holy war ... and no, they aren't Muslims.

Some quotes in the trailer especially disturbed me; A child saying "we are being trained to be God's army." (Quick question, if God is all powerful, why does he need an army?) At another point the imam pastor asks "How many of you wan't to be those who give up your life for Jesus?" Now as I remember, being Christian means giving up your life to Jesus, not for Jesus.

They Cry, Pray to Bush and Wash out the Devil - Welcome to Jesus Camp

The children at the Kids on Fire summer camp are intent as they pray over a cardboard cutout of President George Bush. They raise their hands in the air and sway, eyes closed, as they join the chant for "righteous judges". Tears stream down their faces as they are told that they are "phonies" and "hypocrites" and must wash their hands in bottled water to drive out the devil.
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At one point Pastor Fischer equates the preparation she is giving children with the training of terrorists in the Middle East. "I want to see young people who are as committed to the cause of Jesus Christ as the young people are to the cause of Islam," she tells the camera. "I want to see them radically laying down their lives for the gospel, as they are over in Pakistan and Israel and Palestine."
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"Extreme liberals who look at this should be quaking in their boots," Pastor Fischer says at one point in the film. She goes on to tell the children, mostly aged from seven to 12: "This is a sick old world. Kids, you got to change things. This means war. Are you part of it?"
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The Rev Haggard said the film was too literal in its presentation of some of the opinions of Pastor Fischer. "My concern is ... that those on the far left will use it to reinforce their most negative stereotypes of Christian believers," he told Christianity Today. The "war talk", he said, was allegorical. "It doesn't mean we're going to establish a theocracy and force people to obey what they think is God's law."
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Her Kids Ministry International states on its website: "We believe that childhood is the time that God designed for people to receive the gospel." Amid all the controversy generated by the film, Pastor Fischer has defended herself. "Excuse me," she says in the film, "but we have the truth."

They have 'The truth'!? I don't think they even have a clue! Have they never read those bibles the thump so loudly? "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God" (Matthew 5:9)

BTW, according to their website, (no link for religiofascists), donations to them are tax deductible ... take a second ... think about it ... these kids are taught to pray to Bush and fight in a holy war andare subsidized by our tax dollars. This is exactly what the separation of church and state was intended to prevent and exactly what was predicted when Bush's faith (and Feith) based programs were foisted on the American people.