Essay On Military Boot Camp

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Recommended: Indoctrinate children in religion

I do believe that the Evangelization of the participants is a practice of indoctrination and brainwashing. At a young age, the children are sent to Jesus Camp. With innocent minds, the children would be easier subjects to manipulate. Their minds are too pure to be able to analyze the information they are fed. If the teachers are continuously emphasizing their teachings and persuade their mind set on life, the children would soon believe that this is the only view of life. At these camps, educating eventually becomes brainwashing.

How does what you saw differ from military boot camp?
What i saw differs from military boot camp because it forces on the spiritual aspect rather than the physical. The military boot camp’s main focus is physical endurance; to prepare them for the force. However, at this Jesus camp, the children are trained to perceive life in a certain way and to become custom to extreme Evangelical practices.

In your mind, do you feel that these Christians feel the urge to militarize further, into a sort of David Koresh kind of way? Or is it more just activist fanaticism, and that their words and actions wont ever lean towards violence?
In my opinion, I believe these Christians’ words and actions wont ever lean towards violence: it is just activist fanaticism. Despite the practices at this …show more content…

By continuing your faith with others, it would allow you to strengthen your faith and unite with your community. In our Catholic faith, the activities at these camp serve the same purpose as Communion: “communion draws myself out of myself towards him, and thus also towards the unity with all Christians. We become “one body”, completely joined in a single existence”. Another benefit is that you would be able to learn from the experience. By participating in certain activities to test your faith, your knowledge on religion would continue to

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