It's hard to get across how I felt watching this programme. Mainly because I had so many contrasting feelings throughout. There was one recurring theme however, that those people are ****ing idiots. Sounds like a sweeping statement but if I tried to justify myself I'd just get pissed off. I found their stance of homosexuality and almost everything else in that programme, laughable.
I adore Louis Theroux's style as a journalist and a broadcaster. He's incredibly clever in the sense that he knows when to probe and when to stand back and let the audience see what is happening for themselves. He's definately unique. I don't know if he was angry or scared or just bemused by the whole situation but I would have liked to have seen him dig deeper, really get under their skins. Perhaps he felt that there was little more he could do, they weren't going to budge on the issue but I would have liked him to bring his own beliefs to the fore and question the validity of their beliefs. For example, what evidence they have to back up some of the ridiculous statements they were making - that they are right and everyone else in the world was wrong?
It was very interesting to see just how stupid and brainwashed people can become. I'm almost tempted to say I pity those people but I don't. I can't have any sort of compassion or empathy for a group of people who bring it upon themselves to cause hurt and anger amongst a group of people who are grieving at the loss of a brother, sister, mother, father etc... Picketing at someone's funeral, taking great satisfaction from other people's grief and despair are not the actions of people who believe in God and are hell bent (excuse the pun) on carrying out his 'work'.
