Thanks to EvangelicalRight for exposing me to the whole concept of hell house.
Every year at this time, the Trinity Church in Cedar Hill Texas takes the haunted house to the next level. Scared yet? Ok, then add the weirdest, freakiest, scariest material you’ve seen. Scared now? Well, then add a huge dose of Christianity to it. Ah Ha! Now I know you’re scared.
Now make no mistake, Trinity Church is not doing this to get in the Halloween spirit. They have one goal in mind and that is to save as many kids as possible from the eternal flames of hell. While it may sound funny to you and me, I can assure you that they are über serious.
They elaborately portray various sins in a very graphic and realistic manner. These sins include a girl having an abortion, taking drugs, suicide, and of course homosexuality. The goal here is to scare that absolute sh!t our of these kids so they will cling tightly to a life of religion.
Words can’t describe it. It has been made into a documentary and a Broadway play if you can believe it. It’s very powerful and very well done. Take a look for yourself. These videos are taken from Hell House a Documentary Film. There are 5 videos to choose from so be sure to see them all. This years Hell House is hosted on yet another site. It’s very professionally done and contains a trailer that I do not have here. So go take a peek for another taste of this crazy Christian acid trip.
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October 5th, 2006 at 12:20 am
Some people that lived in my town used to do this on a smaller scale in their house. Abortionist’s pulling out fully formed babies, homosexuals rotting with diseases, and the like. As a fan of crazilly disgusting things like Gwar concerts and movies like Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter these only bring a morbid laugh to me. Then I remember that people actually get converted by this crap… then I get scarred.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:17 am
I heard about it just yesterday for the first time and it completely freaked me out. There’s no age restrictions either, but they recommend kids to be at least 12…
If anyone’s interested, I heard about it in the two part documentary The Root of All Evil. It’s one of those science vs. religion ones.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:55 am
Fear is a great motivator. Just ask the Republican party. The best way to resist the fear is to be educated. I believe that the fundamentalists know this and that is why they target schools and school aged children with their agenda and propaganda.
If you ask me, I find using fear as a motivator nothing short of immoral. As I’ve stated before, someone who is truly afraid is incapable of making a choice. Thus using fear as a motivator is imposing their will onto others by subverting their freedom to choose. The only difference between putting a gun to someone’s head to make them do something and the tactics Hell House is using to achieve the same is a matter of degree. The gun is simply better at subverting one’s free will.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Yes…nothing better than mortal fear to convince people that you are right. Just like Jesus taught.
If you have to scare people into believing you are right, then that already shows your argument has a problem. If you then have to lie to reinforce that fear, than you should probably re-evaluate your stance. People shouldn’t accept God because they don’t want to burn in hell. They should accept God because they believe in God and whatever teaching (if any) they chose. With fear anyone will say they believe anything, but that doesn’t mean it’s right.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:50 am
lol? some can be converted by this stupid a$$ $h!t (sorry for the lame cursing on a comp at my school:P) i couldnt help wanting to destroy the people who made this, and the truly scarey part i supose is people pay for this ftw?
, also just out of randomness i saw a good law and order last night about christian vs. agnostic family or something like that and it had an arguement,” why would my mother want to take god out of the pledge its already on our money’
reporters comment,’well if you knew anything the pledge was already changed in 1954 to add “god” to the pledge aswell and in god we trust in the early 1900’s, just a fun fact if anyone didnt know like younger people on the site like myself, always good to know something about the government,
FOLEY FOR PRESIDENT 08!!!
October 5th, 2006 at 10:04 am
I can’t help myself, but is that how they teach english in american schools ;)?
Sorry dude, I really, really couldn’t help myself…
October 5th, 2006 at 10:22 am
What the hell? in one of the videos on the site their in “the decision room” and the speaker says “these were not scare tatics”… thats exactly what they are! They are scaring the shit out of everyone in there, so now if i talk to one of those people they will tell me “YOUR GOING TO HELL!”
“I don’t believe in hell.”
“YOUR GOING TO HELL!”
October 5th, 2006 at 10:26 am
they don’t think it’s scare tactics because they think it’s “the truth.”
that’s the saddest thing, there are adults who think an abortion means pulling out a miniatur human with thoughts, arm and legs, instead of a fingernail sized little slug. (etc etc)
October 5th, 2006 at 11:15 am
sigh, fear and hatred
and i just wanted to preach love and peace
am i truly a heretic?
October 5th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Back when I was a young’n I did a video for a high school class (the theme was Romanticism) in which I made fun of the high school’s (from my young eyes) totalitarian administration. Strangely enough, the administration in the video did things like show students what drug withdrawl was like in order to prepare them for real life. I thought it was funny, because it was so over the top that no one would actually ever do that. But now I see that the world is much crazier than I imagined.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
Ack, I’m a double poster! Shame on me. Anyway, I got onto the thought track of videos and confused youth dealing with faith and Jesus, so I thought I’d share this with you all.
http://www.shortfilmfest.com/theatre/TheLouishFaith_large.mp4
It’s a film I wrote and directed having to deal with a college age guy, his very Christian ex-girlfriend, wanting to have faith, and Jesus. It may be slightly sacriligeous, and it is in a retarded .mp4 format that you may have to use Quicktime to view (if you don’t have Media Player Classic w/ffmpeg or VLC or other crazy stuff installed). Sorry if it’s a bit off topic, ummm… we should show videos like this to kids instead of things like this hell house spoken of in the post. Yes. Back on topic.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
I can’t believe I watched the whole thing. It started off with some terrible acting, but it looked like it had some kind of point so I kept watching… but then came the Zombie Jesus and Volcan Death grip…. oi vay.
October 11th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
What exactly does your exercise in copy, paste, and poor English intend? Must be an offended evangelical….
October 11th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
Well now ya’ll have removed the offender, and my comments looks lost, scuse the double post.
October 16th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
i’m from trinity church and i participate in Hell House, i just wanted to let you all know, it isn’t scare tactics. Abortions go on every day, ppl die from drug overdosing everyday, school shootings happen all over the world, ppl are actually lost in homosexuality and dealing with the affects of the things in Hell House, what we are trying to portray (as realisitic as possible) is that these things really do happen and they are apart of actual ppl’s lives. and that you can be free from the demonic-yes it is all there-those demons you see in Hell House are right here in the same room as you and me-but not visible. it’s all supernatural. I just pray that you begin to realize the truth and know that we are not trying to scare you into having a relationship with God. One day you really are going to face God all by yourself. and your friends that are there for you everyday won’t be there. you’re going to have to fess up to what you did with your life-good or bad-and whether you believe in Heaven and God and believe that Jesus died for you so you could be with God for eternity or don’t and whether you do or don’t believe in Hell or Satan…you know what, this is exactly what Satan wants, he wants you to think that we are trying to scare you. you know those things that happen everyday-all the bad things in the world- well, that is satan getting his way and when you have Jesus in your heart, you have authority over him in your life…bind him from your life and take authority over him in Jesus’ name, and he can’t mess with you. Ask God to open up your eyes to the truth and rebuke the enemy from keeping you blind. My life hadn’t been going too well lately, i had thoughts of suicide(but never really picked up anything to cut with, i was too scared to) and i had a lot of confusion going on in my life. Well, this year i am working up at the product table-selling glow sticks and such- and me and my two friends who also go to trinity and participate in Hell House decided to go through it. B/C we are involved, we get complimentary tickets. I came to realize that i needed to get my heart right with God. i had lots of things in my heart that didn’t please God and so when i was in the decision room with Mr. Larry and Victor, Saturday night, i decided to go through and get prayer. it really helped me-and i was saved. i mean, i already was saved(or as some call it- Christian)but you see, it was satan who was lying to me and i decided to believe those lies. and that’s exactly what Satan wanted. Don’t let satan influence your life like i let him do to me. do you know where you would go if you died today? it’s a serious subject and i pray that God reveals himself to you and his truth. May God bless you. I love you.
October 17th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
This is the first year I get to go with my church and as the day draws closer I tend to get more scared!!! i hope i enjoy it!!
October 20th, 2006 at 12:16 am
A church in my area had something very similar years ago. I agree with patsy in that it isn’t really scare tactics…Of course in our case it scared us, being only around 10 or 11 years old at the time. They didn’t even care that we were alone and our parents had no say as to whether we were allowed to see this (we weren’t btw). Oh wow, I see young children viewers in this too. Trying to see a hollywood movie with a suicide, homosexuals, or drug use; An R rating would’ve been slapped on it but in the name of God it’s alright to subject children to this?
November 7th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
Just saw this yesterday and laughed my guts out the entire way thru. It was a comedy right ?
Worst part is some of those female nuts are really hot - what a waste
February 1st, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Isn’t it interesting that when a ‘religious’ Christian has something to say or a point to make, they bury it in 3 paragraphs of dogma and disclipling that the point is quite lost on anyone? Btw, I am a Christian, just not one who believes in organized religion.
The whole ‘idea’ of Hell House ought to be so morally reprehensible in today’s society that even thinking of exposing your children to that would be grounds for a lawsuit/call to child services. And don’t tell me this isn’t aimed at children and young adults.
There, did it in two paragraphs.
February 1st, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Adamvan, you should REALLY check the dates on these articles, especially the last reply.
still agreed wholeheartedly
April 5th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
I am slightly shocked by the extreme nature of recruiting vunerable kids into the Church by having to point out all the unfortunate events that happen in the world and actually promoting places called ‘Hell Houses’
“This could happen to you if you don’t join us in our church”, is a statement based in fear and loss as well as other negative emotions.
To end this with a proverb I found today that is simple and thought provoking.
An old man said to his grandson,
“Boy, I have two tigers within me. One is love and compassion. The other is fear and anger.”
The young boy asked,
“Which one will win, Grandfater?”
The old man replied,
“The one I feed!”
April 5th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
” True freedom will exist when the last king has been strangled with the entrails of the last priest” (Robespierre)
One day all religion will be a quaint display in a museum to our species’ primitive superstitions. Then and only then will we be a truly dignified animal.
April 19th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Just watched the movie and it is alternatingly frightening and laughable. I got the impression that these people are barely literate. I wonder if anyone told them that their “pentagram” was actually a star of david, or do they just think jews are devil worshippers. Hello, penta means five people.
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Ha - I agree with “Devout Atheist” - my sister and I just watched Hell House and also said to one another “isn’t that the Star of David?” Humor aside, it is quite sad that these people have twisted the Christian faith into something that is represented by their “hell houses.” Jesus taught love, not hate. Would Jesus have put on something like Hell House to prove his point? NO! Instead, Jesus taught love and compassion to get people to know G-d. Shame on you, Trinity Church, for misrepresenting Christ.
May 2nd, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I use to act in the Trinity Christian Hell House. It is a spirtual thing. You see things that you wouldnt of seen before. ITs all people you go to the church that act in it. Its a way to enjoy Halloween with all evil aside. Some people wont understand any other way. Besides that, this church does not judge.
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
And the “Lie of the century” award goes to CoPilot for saying
Something more along the lines of ” church SHOULD NOT judge” would be more true, and slightly less preachy.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:06 am
So I’ve just decided I’m polyatheist. I believe in the lack of MANY gods. No god worth worshipping would allow this bullshit to exist in his name.
May 12th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Well, an atheist believes in no god, but even your run-of-the-mill monotheist believes in one particular god and no other.
May 12th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
yeah nice try snafu, but its probably best to keep it nice and simple. we dont wanna have tension between the athiests and the polyatheists now do we? lol, but i do share your sentiment, there are so many different religions to oppose…
namaste
October 31st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
I am watching this piece of crap right now. The scariest thing to me is that I live in the same area as these freaks. I am so afraid I am going to see them in the grocery store and be forced to tell them exactly what fools they are.
ROFLMAO- the “rave” scene is on right now. THis is the WORST piece of crap EVER.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:27 am
@ lee
Go for it. My favorite method of passing time in public transportation is having discussion about religion, especially because people can’t walk out on you when you’re winning.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I had the opportunity to watch this film for my Sociology of Deviance class. All I have to say is THANK GAWD THAT I DON’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS RELIGIOUS BULLSH*T PERSONALLY. The thought of people “scaring” you into or out of religion and imposing their beliefs onto other people is wrong.
We are all human. Who cares where we came from? Just be thankful that you’re here. You have free will. You can make your own decisions.
Sexual Preference is NOT a decision. It is something you are. Just like you do not choose what foods you like and don’t. It’s just born with you.
Abortion is a CHOICE. Let someone save their own life and the torment the child will have being born to someone who is not ready for it. Who are you to say what someone can or cannot do?
Ugh… This film just reassured how stupid religious freaks are.
Oh, and “what’s the name of that drug” IT’S ROHYPNOL. Geeze… look it up if you don’t know you ignorant people.
February 27th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Nicely stated, Realist. Now, if these hate-mongers play true to form, you’ll be accused of “persecuting” them . . . if I’m reading the “arguments religions use when being shown their errors and hypocricies” card right. If not, it’ll be the “since you don’t believe you’ll burn in hell” argument or the “you don’t know what you’re talking about, regardless of the factual basis of your points” argument. They keep changing the order they use them in on me. . .
June 8th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Hello,
I was a cast member in the Cedar Hill Hellhouse for about a decade. I am now one of their more vocal opponents. Here are a few reasons for my complete transition:
1. The long term results don’t justify the negative press levied against level-headed Christians everywhere.
While Trinity touts the large number of conversions, the actual number of long term converts stemming from Hellhouse is miniscule.
2. Their use of scripture to defend Hellhouse is flawed.
Trinity often cites Jude :23 to justify their actions. The trouble with this is that the translation of Jude :23 is so dubious that most Bibles have an asterisk to inform the reader that the Greek text in the particular sentence Trinity uses is uncertain at several points. It is a very narrow interpretation of a singular verse to justify a large scale scare tactic. Of course, the fact that this church uses narrow interpretation should not come as a surprise to anyone who has been through Hellhouse, or seen the movie.
3. The Decision Room.
This was the actual issue that forced me to cut ties back in 2000. After scaring people for 45 minutes with gunshots, demons, blood, and human sacrifices, it is asinine to think that people will believe you that you won’t scare them any more if they don’t go through the door you’re prodding them to go through.
I have many more points, but I’ll spare you them for the sake of not writing a novel here.
I plan on writing a major article for the local press this October.
July 19th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Well I’d guess this would really scare you if you believed in “Satan”.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
‘Heaven for the climate, but hell for the company.’
-Machiavelli.
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Let God’s Word speak for itself…
Romans 14:7-12 “For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written:
” ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will confess to God.’ “So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.”
October 29th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
i just want u to know that hell house is not there just to scare u, it shows u the truth. and being a christian is about having a relationship with God, it’s not a “religion”. Religion is so empty and u may think that Christianity is just a bunch of rules but if u love someone wouldn’t you want to please them? By following God and doing as he says your pleasing him. And I love God.
Jesus luvs u! and God bless
October 29th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Oh, and also trinity church is not judging or showing hate through hell house. i guess since this video is so old you don’t see how it’s done now and you didn’t really see the whole thing. hell house is showing how demons influence peoples choices. they’re not saying the girl who got an abortion should be hated, they’re saying the demon attached to the sin is at fault. hate the sin, not the sinner.
October 30th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Don’t ever claim your silly little belief system is truth. Truth can be tested and validated. Since you God and his “word” can be neither it is belief, not truth. Ignorant people like you are a big problem because you confuse knowledge with belief. No matter how much you belief the sky is orange, it’s not going to happen.
October 30th, 2008 at 8:06 am
i remember a couple of years ago i went to hell house but ours was on the gulfcoast.i took my two oldest and my neices they really got alot out of it.and im glad.because pear presure thease days is bad and im glad they got to go. but if your child is too younge then they wont understand any of it.me as the parent went threw with them and explained alot of it.but i wish they still had one here cause i have two other children growing up and i would love for them to exsperience it too.and most people that judge you are probable the ones that dont understand it.its trying to teach kids the fallouts of there actions before they happen.ya they hype it up a little but sometimes it takes scaring the crap out of us.because we all no it can really happen in life.so dont judge people cause you will only be judged when its your time and you will be judged by the write person then.
October 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
If you’re children are as smart as your portray yourself in your post then it’d be better for the world if all of you were removed from the gene pool. There is no need to “scare the crap” out of people to get them to take a point. Fear is used by people who have no logical proof to support their claims. It’s amazing how you completely neglect that they viewpoint being espoused by the hell house is completely one sided. There is no alternative explained, only the worse case scenario. Hopefully, when you’re children grow up they will have the courage to question the foolishness you are putting them through now.
November 1st, 2008 at 8:58 pm
u can believe whatever u want to believe but by saying truth i meant that abortions and rapes and stuff happen everday so that is TRUTH. By showing that, it is showing truthful things that happen everyday. I happen to believe and know that God is real and if you don’t that’s okay. I hope and pray that you will one day believe some of what I believe.
November 1st, 2008 at 9:18 pm
“abortions and rapes and stuff…” Quite a compelling argument you pose. How convenient that they don’t show other truths like people who live well never believing your silly little fairy tales. Just because corrupt things exist only goes to stand as more evidence that your God does not exist, or at least does not exist as the all-knowing, all-present, and all-good entity Christians believe him to be. Seems you’re beliefs are what is in error here, not my knowledge. Why don’t you do a little homework and find the difference between knowing something and believing something? Also, explain to be how you can do both. You might actually gain a bit of education.
P.S. Kudos on trying to lump abortions in the same category as rapes. That might work on simpler people but you are dealing with a higher caliber of individuals on this site.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
*blinks* Something is desperately wrong with people these days. I really don’t think this worked in converting me to Christianity. Just the opposite really.
Hell? What if I don’t believe in hell.
As for sexual preferance, how could loving someone ever be a sin? That’s just kinda stupid and illogical.
I’m so glad I don’t have to deal with this kind of stuff.
December 7th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Post #3,
sidfaiwu Says:
October 5th, 2006 at 8:55 am
“Fear is a great motivator.
If you ask me, I find using fear as a motivator nothing short of immoral. As I’ve stated before, someone who is truly afraid is incapable of making a choice. Thus using fear as a motivator is imposing their will onto others by subverting their freedom to choose. The only difference between putting a gun to someone’s head to make them do something and the tactics Hell House is using to achieve the same is a matter of degree. The gun is simply better at subverting one’s free will.”
I just want to update this by posting it again.
March 8th, 2009 at 8:56 am
I laugh at all of your ignorance on the subjects of God and your portrayal of what you think Hell House and Trinity is doing. Why don’t you try helping save someone yourselves for a change instead of criticizing the way someone is trying to do it. I doubt you’ve done that lately.
March 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
oneofyou, noting the name of this site, the laugh is actually on you and on those of your ilk. The audience here actually is obviously well versed in your god myth, and why it is a myth. The term “ignorance” is more appropriately applied to your own lack of knowledge.
Presenting the idiocy of religion actually is a worthy effort to “save someone”. It benefits the world to move people away from the idiocy of religion, and from the violence and hatred that is so prevalent in Christianity and Islam, as examples.
I doubt that you’ve thought critically about your religious beliefs and their negative impact on the world lately, or ever.
Religion is ridiculous.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Christan is not the only religion out there. so would you Christan stop try to fine ways to shove your religion down other people throat. i dont think your god want to scare people into you religion( im wicca)
March 21st, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I’m Christian but I don’t think it’s right to scare them into the faith. They should have a choice and become Christians because they love God, not because they were frightened into not wanting to go to hell! Grrr :(
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 am
Someday the truth will be known by all - I can wait.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:45 am
i laughed so hard when they painted a “pentagram” and it was the star of david.
i mean, really??