The movie does a slick job utilizing voice-over, interviews, photographs, and film footage to present a slanted view of the history of separation of church and state in the United States. They slyly try to set up the case that the United States should not have a separation of church and state.
Make no mistake, this is not a balanced documentary. It has an ulterior motive and is willing to use dishonest tactics to achieve its aims.
For example, it blatantly cherry-picks quotes from the founding fathers... and then dismisses other quotes that go contrary to its objectives. For example, they dismiss a quote of Thomas Jefferson that goes against their objectives, saying it was written 10 years after the Constitution (implying that the date makes it irrelevant)... but they freely uses other quotes that occur later without a problem.
They do provide some dissenting opinions, but these appear to be token voices. Many of their assertions go unchallenged... even though there are easily found refutations to their statements.
One thing that really irritated me is that they totally ignore the problem of how you can have religious freedom if certain religions are endorsed over others by the government.
I gave this movie 10 stars out of 10 because it is very slickly made. I think children should watch this with a knowledgeable adult. Children should learn about dishonest propaganda tactics. If you don't know to watch for them, you very well might be hoodwinked.
Make no mistake, this is not a balanced documentary. It has an ulterior motive and is willing to use dishonest tactics to achieve its aims.
For example, it blatantly cherry-picks quotes from the founding fathers... and then dismisses other quotes that go contrary to its objectives. For example, they dismiss a quote of Thomas Jefferson that goes against their objectives, saying it was written 10 years after the Constitution (implying that the date makes it irrelevant)... but they freely uses other quotes that occur later without a problem.
They do provide some dissenting opinions, but these appear to be token voices. Many of their assertions go unchallenged... even though there are easily found refutations to their statements.
One thing that really irritated me is that they totally ignore the problem of how you can have religious freedom if certain religions are endorsed over others by the government.
I gave this movie 10 stars out of 10 because it is very slickly made. I think children should watch this with a knowledgeable adult. Children should learn about dishonest propaganda tactics. If you don't know to watch for them, you very well might be hoodwinked.