This film is a spurious attempt to draw a straight line between the Catholic church's historical oppression of Jews and the growing number of conservative Christians at the Air Force Academy. It is heavy on ancient history and personal anecdotes, but light on any actual facts or theories that might connect the two.
I also lost a bit of respect for Mr. Carroll due to the way that he portrays the persecution of Jews as a phenomenon entirely unique to Christianity. As if religious minorities aren't oppressed all over the world. Ask a Muslim in India, a Buddhist in Afghanistan, or a Christian in Israel: persecution is a fact of life for religious minorities, regardless of what you believe or where you live.
Carroll's journeys in Europe--meant to showcase both his childhood memories and the historical suffering of the Jews--are touching. But he presents irrelevant point after irrelevant point in his quest to provoke the audience into thinking that Colorado Springs today is like Berlin in 1936. He also conveniently ignores the fact that following several reviews, the right people at the Academy were fired, and better disciplined officers were promoted in their place. But I guess that wouldn't fit in with his parting shots at conservative Christians and the government.
I also lost a bit of respect for Mr. Carroll due to the way that he portrays the persecution of Jews as a phenomenon entirely unique to Christianity. As if religious minorities aren't oppressed all over the world. Ask a Muslim in India, a Buddhist in Afghanistan, or a Christian in Israel: persecution is a fact of life for religious minorities, regardless of what you believe or where you live.
Carroll's journeys in Europe--meant to showcase both his childhood memories and the historical suffering of the Jews--are touching. But he presents irrelevant point after irrelevant point in his quest to provoke the audience into thinking that Colorado Springs today is like Berlin in 1936. He also conveniently ignores the fact that following several reviews, the right people at the Academy were fired, and better disciplined officers were promoted in their place. But I guess that wouldn't fit in with his parting shots at conservative Christians and the government.
