This guy is just taking a page from a very old book.  The Puritans were BIG on the "scare the crap out of them so they'll behave" form of religion.  Ever want some eyebrow raising reading, check out some of the old Puritan sermons...seriously over the top stuff worthy of any televangilist.

What the teens of today need is for their parents to actually be parents and not "friends". They need people to set boundries for them and to teach them that it's okay to have self-esteem.  There is media saturation that has an effect on the children of today, but turning them into little bible thumping clones is not the answer, it's just a different kind of problem.

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Crazy is as crazy does.  

Fanatics of any belief are dangerous to the freedom of others.

My son participates with his youth group (he's a leader) in a multi day camp out Christian music event and anyone who has ever endured a Fundamentalist Christian event such as these has to understand that like any sector of our society there is good and bad in everything. Christianity is no different. Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, politics it all is in the presentation. I have spent countless hours deprogramming my son when his baby Christian attitudes get the better of him.

I think turning your kids on to religion is a positive overall. It gives them something to ground them. The religion itself is immaterial really as long as they are able to learn faith, because faith can get a person through some damned trying times. And in the world today there are always damned trying times.

Stalking (especially criminal stalking) is a big idiotic word for getting out there and witnessing to your friends and family. Personally, I think it is a stupid idea to do so with fervor and crazed indifference to another persons opinions. Personally, my faith in God leads me to tell people about all his goodness in non-obtrusive and non-offensive ways. I want to endear God to people not be a fanatical kook that scares or annoys people with my beliefs. This whole idea is obviously a person who doesn't understand religion very well, because if he did he would no that when you push people they push back in defense. If you want to get people to be open to an idea, smile, engage, relate and gently plant a seed. God can do the rest. Why is it all the kooky people can only find the most annoying and ridiculous passages of the bible to transliterate conveniently to their needs. No one ever picks the important stuff, like "Love thy neighbor as you love yourself". "Judge not lest ye be judged."  "The greatest of all gifts is love."  A whole biblical wealth of positive uplifting love filled doctorine and these nutburgers come up with "criminal stalking."  Priceless.

Any movement which militarizes humankind's longing to connect with the Divine is completely ridiculous.  All this "Onward Christian Soldiers" crap is just disgusting.  It simply creates an us verses them mentality that completely ignores the tenets of compassion, humility, of loving one's neighbor as oneself. Of course it's going to develop a massive following because it appeals to people's desire to belong to something big.  I wonder if casting the whole thing in such violent tones appeals to a more American mindset, or if it has a universal appeal.

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

-Voltaire

I live by AT&T park and those concert goers where the loudest punks after the concert let out.  Yelling and rabble-rousing like it was a parade or something.  We've had import car shows and extreme sports at the park and were much quieter.

Nice, let's teach our kids that people who are different than you are the enemy....lovely!!

It baffles me how the sinful mind works.  I was at  Battlecry SF with 36 youth all the way from El Paso, Texas. What you guys are all saying is a twisted interpretation of the truth.  Ron Luce did say "seeker", "student", "stalker" as to levels of commitment to know about God (and I do agree that "stalker" is not the best term -though it's obvious he tried to stay with the "S" words to make his main points), but it's simply an analogy.  To read into it by making agree with your philosophy or preconceived ideas about Christians proves that your "open minds" are a bit biased.