Rachel's Challenge came to my high school and I flipped a shit. The thing was ridiculous, and although we, as a public high school, were treated to a watered-down, somewhat secularized version of what's essentially a Christian presentation, her pastor father couldn't quite manage to remove mention of bizarre evangelical mysticism from the production. It begins innocently enough, asserting that we should all follow the basic ethical principles delineated by Rachel Scott in some essay which she probably bullshitted in 15 minutes, but proceeds from there to interpret vague doodles she made in her journal as premonitions of the Columbine Attacks (e.g: An eye crying thirteen tears... THIRTEEN PEOPLE DIED!) and relay the account of a strange man who called the Scott house alledging that he'd seen Rachel in his dreams. The whole thing degenerated into total bullshit.
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Originally Posted by Korinna555
Instead of making the ENTIRE message of the program about peace and love, they like to emphasize how the shooters ruined it all. For someone who supposedly was friends with everyone who needed it, I find it strange that Rachel never reached out to Harris and Klebold (who were apparently really messed up and teased constantly)
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I don't remember Rachel's Challenge excessively vilifying the shooters or even really mentioning them at all, but Columbine really was their fault, not anyone else's. People who persistently bully others are assholes, but that doesn't justify the victims of their mockery becoming homicidal, not at all.
If I recall, the 'Girl Who Said Yes' was never purported to be Rachel, but some girl named 'Cassie Bernall' or something, although the story is totally unsubstantiated.
