The new morality plays

[Christa]

Evangelical Christians in America have long decried "evils" from homosexuality to teenage pregnancy.
Now, they're giving a 21st-century twist to medieval damnation tableaux - drink-drive carnage, rapes,
abortion scenes - in a bid to terrify teenagers into their Saviour's embrace.
Welcome to the "hell house", Texas-style.

Ten minutes later, her daughters are watching a teenage girl writhe in agony
on a hospital bed. Overhead, two television monitors show graphic pictures
of aborted foetuses. A nurse wipes the girl's brow, while a doctor scoops
blood and pieces of "foetus" (actually chunks of meat) from between her
legs. "This hurts sooo bad," the girl shrieks - and then
dramatically flatlines. Aghast, the young audience recoils, while a devil,
dressed in a black hood and mask, mocks the patient's suffering and asks the
children, "Can you believe these doctors actually think they are doing a
service for women?"


The tour takes 45 minutes, and at the end, the Hines family file into a room
where a group of pastors invites them to pray. They have seen visions of
"Heaven" and "Hell", their senses have been bombarded, their fears preyed
upon. With all the strobe lighting and effects, they have viewed scenes more
bloodcurdling and "real" than many movies offer.



They cry, they hug, they hold hands with strangers, and as they emerge into
the cool night air, the tears continue. One girl in a different group passes
out. Another cries convulsively on the grass. Faces that had been happy and
joyful at the start are now shell-shocked and terrified. Terri Hines
embraces 11-year-old Madison, whose reddened face is wet with tears, just
like her two older sisters. Does she regret exposing her children to this?
"The girls need to be prepared," she repeats...

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6890482.ece

My comment:

I don't know what Mrs Hines thinks she's preparing her three daughter's for - unless she wants them living in a box in LaLa Land with severe psychological problems and no clue as to what reality might be.


Edited for spelling

[EvolveOrConvolve]

1. This is classic brainwashing

Overwhelming the emotions, breaking the subject down, then attempting to reinforce the brainwashers as "the only way".

It goes hand in hand with the other forms of emotional manipulation and abuse seen in many religions (even some of the mainstream sects): love bombing, the threat of hell, the promise of heavenly rewards, shunning, etc. In this instance, they are playing on the fears of a vulnerable demographic (teenagers and young children) to reinforce a black and white view of the world. If it were any other group (a school, community group, etc.) doing this sort of thing, there would be outrage at the mental and emotional abuse being dealt.

[NMMNG]

2. I might go to one of those one day

So I can point and laugh.


Does she regret exposing her children to this?
"The girls need to be prepared," she repeats...

Mind you, these are the same assholes who whine that their precious children are too delicate to be exposed to the existence of same-sex parents and marriages, which is why we simply must eradicate rights for LGBT couples to "protect" the children. :eyes: