Ever been to a fundy haunted house?

[pstokely]

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like a "judgement house"

http://www.judgementhouse.org/

[hobbit709]

1. Aren't ALL fundy houses haunted one way or another?

[daleanime]

2. +1

[ryan_cats]

3. Hi didly ho.

[sharp_stick]

4. Those people are fucking insane

I had one get really pissed at me when he tried to tell me that if I didn't come around to his way of belief I'd be tormented in Hell. I responded that it sounded better than being tormented in heaven with him.

[frogmarch]

6. holy SHIT!

so they scare people half to death in order to save them. Because if you're a fundy wacko, It's What You Do. (Geico should use the video in an ad.)

[justiceischeap]

7. No but I saw the documentary "Hell House"

Those fundies take their "haunted" houses very seriously.

A look at the "Hell House" performed annually in October by the youth members of Trinity Church (Assemblies of God) in Cedar Hill, Texas (a Dallas suburb) - seen by over 10,000 visitors each year. We see the organization and planning of the event - including auditions, construction, scripting and rehearsals - largely through the involvement of one family: a single father with 4 children (one of whom suffers from cerebral palsy) including his daughter, a cast member.

Scariest movie I've ever seen... oh this and Jesus Camp.

[Brickbat]

8. Those have been around for awhile; another variation is the "Hell House."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_house

They would have a different "sin" in every room -- drugs, suicide, the inside of an abortion clinic depicting an evil doctor performing a super-gory abortion. Which...always seemed a little pornographic, to me.

ETA: Having seen that, it's interesting to see how the "script" has changed. The Hell Houses were gory and showed terrifying things happening here on earth, ending with salvation. The Judgment House script relies on a more personal narrative, whether you're ready for the unexpected death that could be coming your way. Sin isn't what's scary; being unsaved when the moment comes is. Interesting.

ETA again: Here's some info from the Judgment House site:

Judgement House and Hell House are only similar in that they are both walk-through dramatic presentations in which a guide helps audience members follow the story or scene being shared. This is the only thing they have in common. The message of a Judgement House presentation is that a person must make a choice about what to do with God's offer of a saving and personal relationship with His Son Jesus Christ before their death. The Bible teaches that there are only two choices. One is to accept this gift of salvation and the other is to reject it. Not choosing is the same as rejection and each of those choices has consequences after death. Judgement House shows participants the consequence of choosing to accept the gift of salvation by giving audience members a small glimpse of what awaits them in Heaven as well as experiencing a small part of the eternal separation from God in Hell that is the consequence of rejecting that same gift.

Judgement House does not deal with socially controversial issues and instead chooses to focus the entire presentation and in fact every scene, even Hell, on presenting people with the opportunity to choose a saving and personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Hell House on the other hand, deals very graphically with highly controversial social issues such as abortion, homosexuality, date rape and suicide. The guides for a Hell House presentation are demons who want to convince the audience that there is a penalty for these sinful social behaviors. Hell House is very controversial, not only to most churches but to the general public as well. Hell House is headed by Keenan Roberts, Pastor of Destiny Church of the Assemblies of God, in Broomfield, CO. (Information about Hell House comes from their website as well as their readily available literature.)