tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21366808.post2038623895743695396..comments2023-11-12T00:10:06.681+09:00Comments on Beliefs, Blackness & Bollywood: Jesus Campt-HYPEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754869629100022097noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21366808.post-7070633059471519652006-09-19T03:20:00.000+09:002006-09-19T03:20:00.000+09:00Liz, did I go to that camp?! I don't remember the ...Liz, did I go to that camp?! I don't remember the group shower thing at all.<br /><br />But we both know I'm very prone to blocking out the more frightening aspects of my childhood. (Thus, I have so few memories...)t-HYPEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754869629100022097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21366808.post-65566323680293986242006-09-19T02:56:00.000+09:002006-09-19T02:56:00.000+09:00Heh... by forcing spirituality do you make referen...Heh... by forcing spirituality do you make reference to the CRC experience of taking kids up to a hillbilly church in the mountainous regions, making them sleep in a moldy basement, shower in dirty public restrooms in groups, drink red flavored corn syrup water and telling them that their demons are keeping them from speaking in tongues while shouting in their faces with a microphone? LOL. Oh yeah. I know what you mean....I'd have done better with a Bethel Christian/Supper Nanny approach.<br /><br />Good thing I've recovered from that...took me a YEEEARS though...lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21366808.post-50718643096960229262006-09-17T13:43:00.000+09:002006-09-17T13:43:00.000+09:00Wow, this is extremely interesting- i hope i get t...Wow, this is extremely interesting- i hope i get to see it! I got saved when i was 12, and i didn't go to an alter call or had an overly emotional experience. I was sitting in my room, reading a christian testimony and my heart was just beating, it hit me for the first time in my life that i didn't really know Jesus at all. I prayed the prayer but i didn't tell anyone until i was about 14. People get saved in different ways, and the Christian message is interpreted in many different ways. The fundemental message behind it is that man sinned, and so God sent his son into the world to die for this sin - whoever recieves and beleives will be saved. There is nothing about age, or gender, or religion in this message. It's simple. Whoever believes and accepts Jesus into their heart will be saved. I think it's entirely possible for a five year old to know Jesus - some children have more faith and more knowledge than me! As for the Jesus camp, if they want to go then let them go. I hated sunday school when i was young but i think it gave me a foundation of morals and ethical values that i still hold really closely. If these children are enjoying ths and have a will to learn, then that's their belief and people should respect that.Lidiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196002055847914826noreply@blogger.com