I Want to Expand on JESUS CAMP

After watching JESUS CAMP and then writing my pathetic little review about it, then calling my mother to discuss with her, I really started to think about how fucked up it can be.

I was lucky. I had a LOT of fun at Jesus Camp (which included Non Denominational camp, Bible Based camp and even 7th Day Adventist camp = no meat and no guys with long hair allowed!). We had regular classes we would sign up for like Arts and Crafts and Horsemanship...I must have been a wannabe cowgirl back then because I always made sure to get into Horsemanship (wayyyyy past Horsemanship I), riflery and Leather making (well, whatever you call it when you burn patterns into leather. Jesus! I was practically a lesbian in camp!). Anyways. I had a great time. An old friend of mine got shipped off to Jesus Camp but since his family were totally non practicing Christians, it was kind of weird. His step mother was the one that would send them. His father was a doctor and he had had an affair with and then married one of his nurses. She was fucked up and would only eat popcorn and drink diet coke to stay skinny. I guess her daughter, Stephanie- I think it was- would do the same thing and was all anorexic. (How I wish I had the will power). Any who, this nurse would send my friend and his half brother to Jesus Camp and one day we were talking about how retarded it could be and he was like, "They always tried to get you on the LAST night...like all week was fun and you talked about Jesus a little bit and they kind of talked to you about accepting him into your heart but it was ALL leading up to that LAST NIGHT." And he was totally right. I remember the last night of JC being sooooo dramatic. Girls were crying about what sluts they had been back at home and how they wanted to CHANGE now! Since I had been raised Christian I didn't really get what all the fuss was about but I "got it" in a way. The kids would sing songs with their arms around each other and be really morose and hopeful at the same time. Then the camp leader or one of the favorite (=hot) counselors would get up at the end and tell you how this was your last chance to "Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and be saved by the Blood of Christ". It seemed to me that for the non believers, you guys were FUCKED until next Summer so you'd better not die or it was straight to Hell for your ass. Too late for you!

My sister and I were both counselors at JC at one point. I know, right? The screening process must be jacked. However, I must say that at the time I wasn't quite the person I am now. I was much more...um...good.

I'm glad I went to Jesus Camp. I've got great stories and pictures...I just don't know if I'll send my own one day or just ship them off to day camp at the Y. MUCH safer!