I watched Jesus Camp tonight. I’m trying to figure out who Becky Fischer is more in love with – Jesus or Joseph Goebbels. After watching her hateful indoctrination of such young, impressionable minds I would have to go with the latter.

Where is the message of Christ in this film, at her camp, or in her ministry? Where are the edicts of Christ? Where are compassion, peace, and forgiveness? For if Christ was anything, he was the embodiment of those three virtues.

During the film a group of children, some perhaps no older than 4 or 5, are asked if they are prepared to die for Jesus, their faith, and belief in a nation governed by individuals of a similar disposition. I had to stop the film at that point and pause. There is no need to die for Jesus because that is precisely what he did for those who believe in him. He died to forgive them their sins and to ensure that his message would not be forgotten or corrupted. That the tenets of love, compassion, and peace, above all things, are of paramount importance.

“It’s a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart. It’s getting harder and harder to tell them apart.” - Josh Ritter, Thin Blue Flame