Evangelical group hopes to scare kids straight

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Inside a 20,000-square-foot tent, amid heart-thumping rock music and frightening screams, dozens of actors portray in graphic detail the usual perils facing today's youth.

A fatal, head-on car wreck, complete with crumpled vehicles and a girl in a prom dress lying dead across the hood, dripping in blood.

A crack house with a girl cutting cocaine on glass and a girl throwing up in a toilet.

A suicide video from a young girl apologizing to her parents before firing a fatal bullet.

As if awaiting a thrill ride, hundreds have lined up outside the massive tent for a turn at “The 99”

— a live, walk-through production outside the Santikos Northwest 14 theaters. (ANYONE EVEN GO THERE ANYMORE?)

Organized by a traveling Tulsa, Okla.-based Christian ministry also called The 99, the event is a team effort by evangelical churches, ministries and dozens of local volunteers.

SELECTED EXCERPTS:

“We're showing young people the end result of what happens when you make a bad decision,” Henshaw said. “Young people don't really think about the consequences.”

Groups are taken through more graphic scenes, from a jailhouse with the devil and demons to a crucifixion.

“It scared me. I really wanted to run at one point. I had to remind myself this is about God and heaven and hell,” Natalie Myrick, 22, said after the devil scene.


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[greyforest]

controlling people through fear, an age-old technique

[TheProfessor]

I used to love going to the Christian haunted houses that pulled this stuff. Hilarious.

[boutons_deux]

"this is about God and heaven and hell"

No. It's about childish "Christian" adults misleading, confusing, propagandizing children with OT fairy tails that exclude Christ's message completely.

[Marcus Bryant]

"this is about God and heaven and hell"

No. It's about childish "Christian" adults misleading, confusing, propagandizing children with OT fairy tails that exclude Christ's message completely.

True, Christ is easier to deal with when ignored, for friend and foe.

[Marcus Bryant]

Naturally the American Christ would show up on tour, along with a soundtrack and special effects.

[Marcus Bryant]

And 'ultimate experiences'....

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Young people don't really think about the consequences.”

'nuff said. This may be an extreme example but I'm fine with it. I'd like to know what exactly makes this wrong for the people here that don't like this. I can't comment on the "explicitly religious elements" cuz me nor you know what those are. I'm strictly speaking about the scenes they talk about here.