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Deliver Us from Evil
http://www.deliverusfromevilthemovie.com/
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Although the film focuses on the lives and confessions of one paedophile priest and his victims, to me it encapsulates the problem which has been present within the Roman Catholic Church for decades, perhaps centuries.
Yesterday, in another thread on a related subject (child manipulation/abuse by religious authority figures), another poster wrote to me:
In response, I posted a few titles in that same thread, most of which I thought were along the same lines as Jesus Camp, where Children were more manipulated than abused (a fine line, I know, in most cases between manipulation and abuse, but a line nevertheless).
In my opinion, that other is somewhat easier to shake, to escape, as one is growing up. It's more a case of learning common sense, right from wrong, personal preference. As the children develop - and provided they are free to "escape" into the real world - they have a good chance of shedding the mental shackles donned on them by those evangelist saviours during their childhood.
In the case of sexual abuse as a child, it is not as easy to shed those shackles, IMHO. That baggage stays with you for the rest of your life, until and unless you receive confession and apology, therapy, or both. Even then emotional "salvation" is not guaranteed. Many go through life never being able to pick up the broken pieces of their childhood. Some are not able to go through life at all.
"I honestly think you're a cold dude if found jesus camp to be boring"
Cold? No, I doubt it. Now, if one can sit through Deliver Us from Evil and not get glossy eyed in at least one spot during the film, or get filled with anger or contempt at any time between beginning and end, then that person could indeed be considered cold, in my most humblest of opinion.
A few direct quotes from Deliver Us from Evil:
http://www.deliverusfromevilthemovie.com/
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Although the film focuses on the lives and confessions of one paedophile priest and his victims, to me it encapsulates the problem which has been present within the Roman Catholic Church for decades, perhaps centuries.
Yesterday, in another thread on a related subject (child manipulation/abuse by religious authority figures), another poster wrote to me:
In response, I posted a few titles in that same thread, most of which I thought were along the same lines as Jesus Camp, where Children were more manipulated than abused (a fine line, I know, in most cases between manipulation and abuse, but a line nevertheless).
In my opinion, that other is somewhat easier to shake, to escape, as one is growing up. It's more a case of learning common sense, right from wrong, personal preference. As the children develop - and provided they are free to "escape" into the real world - they have a good chance of shedding the mental shackles donned on them by those evangelist saviours during their childhood.
In the case of sexual abuse as a child, it is not as easy to shed those shackles, IMHO. That baggage stays with you for the rest of your life, until and unless you receive confession and apology, therapy, or both. Even then emotional "salvation" is not guaranteed. Many go through life never being able to pick up the broken pieces of their childhood. Some are not able to go through life at all.
"I honestly think you're a cold dude if found jesus camp to be boring"
Cold? No, I doubt it. Now, if one can sit through Deliver Us from Evil and not get glossy eyed in at least one spot during the film, or get filled with anger or contempt at any time between beginning and end, then that person could indeed be considered cold, in my most humblest of opinion.
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A few direct quotes from Deliver Us from Evil:
