#Jesus camp license#

Bush, complete with a cardboard cutout of the same. This is after footage of a camp meeting where Becky instructed the kids to pray for George W.Which raises an important question - if they honestly believe it, is it rightly called a 'lie' or simply a 'fervent delusion'? There's more of it in the deleted scenes included in the special features on the DVD. 'I am not going after my kids politically.' It's worth noting that those portrayed seem to sincerely believe this.Black-and-White Morality: Levi's mom divides the world into two groups: 'people who love Jesus and people who don't.'.Because Destiny Says So: Dominionist preacher Lou Engle tells Levi that God chose him (Levi) to become a faithful Christian and preacher before he was born.Meaning Galileo actually didn't give up much in terms of science, and he wanted them combined with Christian (Catholic) doctrine. Given that he couldn't satisfactorily explain inconsistencies in his theories (he had circular orbits, not elliptical ones, his theory of tides was off the rocker, etc.) he was condemned to house arrest and given a rather large stipend, as well as the freedom to talk about his theories as theories and not dogma. In reality, Galileo was hauled to the Inquisition because he wanted his theories to have the theological backing of the Church, that is: he wanted for his views to become dogma.

#Jesus camp license#

Artistic License В– History: Levi believes Galileo gave up science for Christ.Haggard condemned the film and told his followers not to watch it, garnering a personal response from the film's directors on its official website. Armoured Closet Gay: A scandal that transpired after the film's release revealed that pastor Ted Haggard's condemnation of homosexuality apparently had quite a bit of this in the subtext.

This film contains examples of the following tropes: