Why do I never see anything about radical Muslims, rabid Jehova's Witnesses, or any other religion?

While I do not agree with many of the things nor how they are done, I am not going to deny these people have a rght to feel as they do and do as they do. Every Amrican has the right to freedom. Not just to have freedom if it does not offend someone.

As a Christian myself, I find many of the things to be what even Christians would point out as being non-biblical (For example - praying for a bowling ball to hit a pin) On the other hand, why can they not educate their children as they see fit? Is it wrong to believe in intellgent design or do we all have to agree in the big bang? Even evolutionists agree that their theory is unprovable and now defer to the spermian theory of a comet containing life forms seeded the earth rather than the primordial soup theory. Is this not a religion in and of itself? Either way it takes faith to believe it.

In all, I hope that this network decides to not air this kind of thing. Tell me why I should be subsidizing ethanol production which uses more fuel to make than it delivers and it also increases overall greenhouse gas emissions. That is more useful to me than bashing Christians.

I saw this movie when it first came out - have you all really wathed the ENTIRE movie? For people who have "woken up" I'm pretty surprised that you can't smell the propaganda. This is a total hit piece on "conservative Christians" by NWO minions. That little kid who paces on that log thinking about what he's going to do that night is an ACTOR. This is all totally bought and paid for, just like Hagee and Wright, etc. Please do not believe everything you see just because it has an "underground" feel to it! Thank you Patriots!

I think that parents should have the right to bring there children up as they see fit as long as they aren't being abused or there personal rights aren't being violated. That being said, their seems to be no apparent abuse, although one could argue that this movie portrays an element of a cult-like behavior. These children aren't questioning anything....they are blindly following there leader. One could also argue that this type of education is why we are in the current state we are in. I personally think that withholding pertinent information from the masses in order to make an educational and logical decision, is abuse. So, seeing that we are bringing up followers, it makes perfect sense that people have learned not to ask "why". LMW

Someone should remind that woman in the video that gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins.

As much as this movie is an indictment of some very sick and immoral beliefs, it doesn't belong in the Matrix queue...

So many people want to input religion into political discourse, citing the bible, for example, as a reason to vote toward or away from something. There are those who even make the ludicrous statement that a Ron Paul presidency is what "god" wants. Mike Huckabee made his platform about religion and promised his followers a religious presidency and a move back to the fictitious teachings of the bible.

Mitt Romney stood up and stated that it doesn't matter what you believe, as long as you believe some ridiculously godly thing and are "faithful". Look how many people voted for him because he was a Mormon in Utah and Nevada...

Irrational beliefs have been the bane of human societies since the inception of societies. At some point, as was profoundly understood by those that wrote the founding documents for this country, those beliefs need to be completely removed from the political arena. (Sure, lie to your kids at home all you want; just don't call it "moral".)

Showcasing a movie- even though it indicts religion and shows it for what it is-- just invites it too prominantly into the discussion where it never should have been welcome to begin with.

What is BTM selling, anyway? What goods will be set down on the table?

"Anyhow, for a balanced view, the producers should've interspersed some clips of 12 year old kids singing along at a hip-hop show to lyrics about murder and sexual acrobatics."

I agree with AdamAdamR. This was a very biased and poorly produced movie. This film to me was something you would see broadcasted by mass media today to create intolerance of others beliefs. It's interesting that people are regressing back to pre-constitution ideas of NOT believing people should be able to worship "how where and what they may"

Why do people care if a parent wants to home school their kids. They have every right to be their childs main influence and teacher instead of the state.

To me BTM is about Freedom, truth and hope and optimism. I don't see where this broadcast supports any of this. It merely supports some peoples opinion and perception

What happened to people leading by example instead of force and intolerance. I to am Christian and believe in doing unto others as you would have them do unto you regardless if they think differently

To echo Ether 8-24

"I think that there is other programming that would be more appropriate to engender the positive message that BTM promises to bring to us. I vote against "Jesus Camp" due to its extremely divisive nature. There is little common ground in that movie that all freedom-lovers can agree on."

She makes perfect sense. She believes the "other side" indoctrinates their kids, and Muslims indoctrinate their kids so she's trying to combat this. She doesn't claim to be a prophet or a divine messenger or anything. She pretty much explains that religion is the most important thing in her life and that she wants to pass this on in a country that is not supporting all of her beliefs.

She was perfectly calm and rational when she called in to the talk show. I don't support her politicizing religion but she gives a valid reason for it.

I still don't support using kids as little soldiers in a culture war.

Anyhow, for a balanced view, the producers should've interspersed some clips of 12 year old kids singing along at a hip-hop show to lyrics about murder and sexual acrobatics.

I consider myself an ultra-Conservative Christian and I'm all for BTM. I've been a friend to the message of Ron Paul since I met him at an Eagle Forum Collegians event in 2001.

I've only made it 45 minutes into "Jesus Camp," but I disagree with the presentation of much of what I've seen so far. So far, teaching children about Christ is framed as sinister, and homeschooling is branded as dangerous. This type of anti-Christian framing is problematic in the context of the history American political thought, and even to our organic documents like the Declaration of Independence. I think it is entirely American to allow people the freedom to worship "how, where, and what they may" and for parents to raise children up in what they believe to be true. That is what American freedom is all about.

I'm Mormon, and a staunch believer in Christ, and I also intend on homeschooling my children to keep them out of the secular-humanist, anti-freedom, earth-worshiping, socialist-indoctrination-mill public schools. I think that the open earth, human and government worshiping promoted in our government schools is a massive problem in America today. In California they are on the cusp of taking away the freedom of not having to attend a school system that promotes these objects of worship, though a student may not agree with the teaching of such religious tenets in the public classroom. This movie ridicules that type of freedom. How is that going to contribute to BTM's positive message of freedom and prosperity?

By showing this film you might be pushing many freedom-loving Christians and home schoolers, like me, away from BTM--even though we may generally agree with you that neoconservative religious dogma is not Christianity at all; that preemptive war is entirely evil; that there is a conspiracy to enslave the free people of the world through a new world order.

I think that there is other programming that would be more appropriate to engender the positive message that BTM promises to bring to us. I vote against "Jesus Camp" due to its extremely divisive nature. There is little common ground in that movie that all freedom-lovers can agree on.

-Ether 8-24

"[If a man] makes his vices public, though they be such as seem principally to affect himself, (as drunkenness, or the like) they then become, by the bad example they set, of pernicious effects to society; and therefore it is then the business of human laws to correct them. Here the circumstance of publication is what alters the nature of the case."
-William Blackstone

anyone who comments to do the same. Here are some of my thoughts I jotted down while I watched. I think they'd be hard to pigeonhole:

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I think young children often repeat what the adults around them say, however
The young boy in this movie seems wise and thoughtful beyond his years

A paraphrase with a twist,
“the devil goes after the young” that’s why we’re going after you

the atheists have better looking cover girls

the girl who stars in this movie ought contact a lawyer when she turns 18 and sue the producers for exploitation

why the spooky music when the young boy gives his sermon?

There’s something dishonest and manipulative about lecturing on the evils of government to children

The music soundtrack is totally biased!!!

Blessing the president? Why replace one political indoctrination (public school) with another. Politics and Religion don’t mix well! I long for the separation of Church and State!

The little girl screaming “no more” may be asking for an end to the group ritual she’s partaking in

Wow, Ted Haggard came across as really cynical to the kid. He’s such a charlatan.

Favorite quote: “The word learn is different from indoctrinate.” - Mike Papantonio

It wouldn't be hard to guess the bias of the producers of this movie

first sentence, Does Christianity need an enemy to grow and spread its message? I would hope not.

BTW I'm still watching the movie and taking some notes ... not finished yet :)

Forget suicidal murderous Jihad Joes! We've got Jesus freaks out there nagging us to love one another! We've got to stop them! Besides, they make me very uncomfortable because I don't like the idea of being accountable to a Creator when I die!