Kansas
Well I finally got around to reading this. The first thing I want to say is it's not a bad film. I was expecting to see something really really contraversial. Don't get my wrong there's still plenty of contraversy but it's not the worse CAYOM film. There's no way of reviewing this film without adding my religious experience throughout my life. As I mentioned before I'm Mormon and I grew up into my religion. It's not evangelical christian or pentencostal christians, but we still believe in God and Jesus. Have I questioned my faith? Absolutely. But I never questioned my faith at an early age. It wasn't till I was probably a sophomore in high school that I started to ask questions and found some things my church does ridiculous. But still, I belive everything that I was taught from an early age. I can't see myself being any other religion. I felt this would have been more relatable if it was a teenage camp instead of a children's camp. It would be more believable. More so because in my church I can only recall there being youth conferences and youth camps.
Most people say my religion is extreme and while I do agree, it's not as extreme as what is portrayed in Kansas. We don't have a flag and our services are more quiet. I must say thought that I related a lot with the science book. Recently, I had an argument with my father because he doesn't belive in evolution and he got worried that going away for college is making me have less faith. I'm conflicted. Being a biology major and seeing all the evidence and being taught that God created everything as it is makes me so confused.
Now when it comes to church and state, I also related to that given that so many members of our church wanted to vote for Mitt Romney cauase he was Mormon and he shared our beliefs. I on the other hand didn't want him to win. I love going to church and I love reading the scriptures whenever I can as well as praying. It's something that is a part of my life. But idk I just didn't want any church rules or laws to be enforced upon the nation.
I can't hate Kansas. Sure, some of it is unbelievable but as I grow older I now see how church controls a huge chunck of how a person behaves and how he acts. Guilt is one of the things that came to mind when watching Kansas. More so because as I grew distant from my church starting from high school I began doing things I wasn't suppose to be doing and I feel the reason I became distant was because of the idea that I was suppose to attend my mission when I graduated high school. Only one in my church that chose to go to college instead of their mission. In a way Kansas inspired me to maybe write my own CAYOM film about my religious experience. We've all had different religious expriences and if this was Alpha's then I can't hate on it.
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