If the goal of a documentary is to depict a subject honestly, this movie scores big. Scary big.The basic premise of this film is the ambition of evangelical Christians in this country to marry religion and politics. Or if they aren't seeking after a marriage, they are hinting at a fearsome love affair. Most of the film takes place at a summer camp for evangelical kids called Kids on Fire. The leader of the camp is a woman named Becky Fischer, who frankly looks to me like an overweight Lesbian. And when you get into the nitty gritty of camp life, things get really strange. Fischer has the kids in an auditorium talking to a cardboard cutout of President George W Bush. And it gets even more ridiculous as it progresses: we have a kid named Levi, who sports a rather idiotic- looking mullet and whose Jesus- glaze is so thick you could cut it with a knife, getting home schooled by his mother about how global warming is a hoax and the earth is no more than six thousand years old.If it were not so frightening I would have found it all hilarious. For balance, the directors have given us Christian radio host Mike Papantonio, whose worldview is much more moderate than the maniacs we are seeing in this documentary.As far as what happens to the kids, I would call it abuse, but the kids don't seem aware of it.Someone really needs to tell these people, who are calling for "warriors for Christ," that Jesus already said the final word on that subject:"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God."God isn't looking for an army. He is looking for peacemakers.Anyone who buys the mess that this movie is selling is seriously deluded and needs to study the teachings of Christianity.

Kids are sent to an Evangelical Christian camp to learn about Jesus and God. A couple of the kids are interviewed and some of the adults about their faith. All most all the kids would die for Jesus if they had too. All the kids had very emotional and intense experiences when they would go to church and shout to God. Most of the kids had ideas about faith from their parents and their pastor. Also the pastor and adults around them put ideas into the kids for instance, about their stance on abortion. The adults in this movie had a very key and powerful influence on the kids. Most of the kids hope to be the next Billy Graham, who was probably the most successful Evangelical Christian. The camp that the kids go to is called Kids on Fire. Becky Fisher is the founder of the camp and she talks about her mission to indoctrinate these kids about God.Throughout Jesus Camp the children would have very intense experiences with God, mostly in the church. This movie showed a lot of the other side of the life of Evangelical Christians and how some of the kids are taught a lot. Sometimes people would probably question the way that Evangelicals teach and indoctrinate children, and this movie was a pretty clear example of that. I did not know that their were really intense and faithful Christians who would actually sacrifice their life for God. These children are ingrained with the political side of religion, even though it is a camp to become more religious. This film strongly shows the religious political cultism of Evangelical Christians. This movie really opened up my mind to the worse side of religion. This movie had a kind of cult-like theme, in the way that the children were almost encrypted with morals and ideas. Jesus Camp showed me the kids who were drained from a normal childhood and I was pretty surprised about this. These kids who went to the camp did not have a fun and creative childhood, but instead had a faith intense childhood about God and Jesus.I always thought that Christianity was one of the less faithful religions in the world, but after watching this I think that it is one of the more faithful religions. Jesus Camp showed me the cult side of religion and kind of the bad side of religion. Becky Fisher and other adults in the movie were basically putting the ideas/words into the children's mouths. They kept saying that the kids were the ones who would change our world, but the adults were almost brainwashing the kids to be like them, so in that sense the kids were just like the generation of the adults just younger. I would give this movie a 5 out of 5. I really enjoyed watching this movie. It gave me another view on what was actually going on in the world and religion. The format of the movie was very interesting to watch, it really did open up my mind. Jesus Camp showed me the other side and the worse side of religion. I really enjoyed watching the interviews with the kids and how they truly felt about God. And all the things that they said were really mind-blowing. These kids really would die for God. I think that the kids and their thoughts, views, and ideas really made the movie what it is.

To those of us who do not live in a part of the world where it is resurgent, evangelical Christianity appears a strange thing, one part madness, one part scam, and one part cover for vicious conservative nationalism. But the standard picture doesn't altogether prepare you for 'Jesus Camp', in which we follow the efforts of an apparently true believer to teach/indoctrinate the next generation. What we see is startlingly close to child abuse: indeed, it's hard to consider how this could not be considered abuse (in the purest sense) if it wasn't being done in the name of the established religion of the day. Quite how little of the doctrine is grounded in the words and spirit of the New Testament is also shocking, as is the way the kids learn quickly to behave as expected, and to express the same intolerant attitudes as their elders. If you hadn't thought of Christianity as a contest to prove who loves God the most before, then think again. If this documentary has a fault, it's only that it delivers the goods upfront: the first 20 minutes effectively summarise most of what follows. Still this is a pretty powerful denunciation of attitudes not just misguided, but close to pure evil, yet cloaked in false layer of suburban orthodoxy.

If you need a good laugh...this is the film. Thank you Netflix! I almost peed myself when I watched the part with the homeschooling and the anti-science aspect of the teachings...it was HILARIOUS to say the least! Although, it is a little sad to think that people are still raising their children this way. OHHH and the Bush worshiping had me going for like 5 minutes, couldn't stop laughing! And did I mention the 10 year old's speaking in tongues and crying and breaking things?! AHHH this film had me rolling. Again, I do feel bad for these poor children, they don't know any better and that's probably the worst part. If I ever needed one more reason to be atheist...here it is!!!