A Haunted House Without Zombies? What Gives?

First off it has been a while since I have posted on here. Maybe you thought I decided to stay in Vegas or I lost all my motor functions. No I have been doing all right. I wanted to write something on here a couple of times but I just had no motivation.

Anyways I just got done watching a documentary called Hell House. IT was about a church down in Texas that created a Haunted House but instead of Chainsaws cutting through spines and zombies munching on brains it was girls bleeding to death from taking the Plan B pill and girls getting raped at raves after being drugged and molested by their dad and going to hell because they killed themselves (yes that was really happening).

First I guess it should be mentioned I have no beliefs at all. If I was going to define myself as anything I would like to think that I am a nihilist but the whole definition of nihilism kind of negates the whole point of being a nihilist. I mean being a nihilist means you think life is without meaning, value, or intrinsic value but wouldn't the fact that you are a nihilist stipulate that these funtions are present in your life? Way to think that theory all the way through Nietzsche!

Anyways back to Hell House. I don't get the purposes of these houses. Who are they really set up for? The whole point of running them is to scare these kids straight into Jesus but I would think the only ones who would really enjoy these houses would would be those who all ready inclined to be associated with and aware of Christian dogma. (Update: Actually with some reflection these are the people who even if they live a just life as defined by their religion they will still be moved by what they see and want to double down on their devotion to Jesus).In fact there was one point in the flick where someone who went through the house was offended by their portrayal of the gay person who died of aids (which was kind of offensive since they said the only reason he was gay was because he was molested and the only reason he had aids was because he was gay).

My biggest problem with the whole aspect of the Hell Houses is that they are trying to scare people into accepting Jesus as their savior. I think this is misguided for two reasons.

1) I don't know everything there is to know about Jesus but he seemed like a pretty upbeat guy who delivered a message of hope and peace and love and pinball. I would think instead of trying to scare these kids straight it would be easier to get people into your religion if you went with those messages. People would probably be more upbeat as well and you wouldn't have to always talk about burning for eternity.

(Quick Aside. Billy Mays is on television right now trying to sell me some Health Insurance. Knowing that he is dead right now makes me think that he doesn't seem like the greatest pitchman for this product huh)?

2) The whole point of the Hell House was to scare people into turning to Jesus with the threat of burning for eternity in hell. I know eternity is a long time and burning would be a nuisance but I don't really find this a compelling reason to devote your life to Jesus. If you ask me it seems pretty weak to devote your life to something because you are scarred of what the consequences would be if you don't. By threatening people and coercing them into your faith by impending fear makes you the school yard bully picking on the little kid. Kurt Cameron and that weird little Aussie dude he hangs out with employ this tactic as well and I find it deplorable. If you introduce this fear and let it linger to the point that it becomes your sole reason you affiliate with whatever religious institution is your cup of tea it leads to some fucked up notions and beliefs such as thinking all gay people have Aids or you might think it is a good idea to invade a country even though they had no weapons of mass destruction.

Well those were my quick thoughts on the movie. I could go on but its late and Harrison Ford is barking at the president of the United States telling him that he doesn't dance!

Yeah. But the next two movies on my list of things to see are Prayer Of The Rollerboys and Gymkata!