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I watched The Burning Hell and Jesus Camp. One thing that stood out to me was all this talk about why hell is bad, you shouldn't sin, and what will happen in hell if you go there.
Neither spoke about how to be a good person and what you should be doing. Aside from the kids in Jesus Camp being told to elect more judges to ban abortion.
It would drive you mad to be constantly told what not to do, with no direction on hoe to be a good person
The church in Jesus Camp is a Pentecostal or something similar to Pentecostal. Pentecostal is the church that does the speaking in tongues. Some Pentecostal churches also drink poison and handle snakes. They think that god makes them immune to poison or something.
The Burning Hell was made by Reverend Estus Pirkle. Estus Pirkle is very much political and is most famously known for directing anti-communism propaganda movies. You should watch his other movie 'If footmen tire you, what will horses do?' The plot of the movie is basically a fantasy where Fidel Castro takes over the US and starts killing all the Christians. It's one of my favorite movies just because of how absurd it is.
Southern Baptist Church is very much political and they do tell the congregation what to do. Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has 13 million members in the US today. It is the largest Protestant organization in the US. Southern Baptist Convention formed in 1845 for the purpose of supporting slavery. Southern Baptist Churches are known for opposing the 1960s civil rights movement. Southern Baptist Convention didn't remove support for slavery from their charter until 1995.
content warning list for the movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336618/parentalguide/
https://archive.org/details/if-footmen-tire-you-what-will-horses-do-1
And the more political preachers rail against the convention being taken over by “liberalism”, vaguely, without ever saying exactly what they mean. Mine did.
I've heard of If Footmen Tire You from BYNWR. I didn't realise it was by him as well. I know it's chuddy but I'll have to check it out