Check out "Friends of God"
HBO is now showing Alexandra Pelosi's documentary "Friends of God." She travels the south interviewing people from the religious right and taping their speeches. It's enlightening and frightening. It presents many of the themes in Thomas Frank's book "What's the Matter with Kansas." Both illustrate the vast gap between what the right would like to believe the left stands for and what it actually does stand for.
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Thanks Eileen
Thanks Eileen for "Christian Fascism: The Jesus Gestapo of St Orwell", it was very interesting. The "dark side" of Fundametalist psychology is a whole study in itself.
Christian Fascism: The Jesus Gestapo of St. Orwell
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/02/01/chris...
02/01/07
Christian Fascism: The Jesus Gestapo of St. Orwell
Carolyn Baker
New York Times reporter, Chris Hedges, has written an extraordinary book, American Fascism: The Christian Right And The War On America. Having survived a Christian fundamentalist background myself, I marvel at the timely urgency of Hedges’ book, but also, at the obtuse disconnect most Americans have with the pivotal thesis of his book: the power of the religious right in the United States to bring forth a nation whose totalitarian repression could dwarf that of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
As Hedges notes, we are well on the path toward such a reality, and the Domionist Christian right is a principal player in the process. While the nucleus of that movement is small, measuring only about 1% of evangelicals and led by the likes of James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and John Hagee, those leaders are supported by throngs of evangelicals sympathetic to their theocratic views who dutifully preach the consummate tenet of the movement, submission. Citizens must submit to their government officials, particularly the ones who claim to be born-again Christians and receiving their orders from God; wives must submit to husbands; children must submit to parents; and everyone must submit to the teachings of the bible as interpreted by evangelical Christianity or burn in hell. I will herein use the term “Christian fascism
Unfortunately, I've only read about Jesus Camp. I'm anxious to see it. As I understand it, Jesus Camp focuses almost entirely on children. In Friends of God the focus is on children and adults. To me that would make Jesus Camp slightly more scary.
Cam Is Right On About <i>Friends of God</i>
Alexandra Pelosi did a first rate job. I strongly advise all our readers to catch this HBO production as it clearly defines in their own words what they believe.
Jesus Camp
Is it as scary as the movie Jesus Camp?