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Christian Exodus
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| venomX |
I came across this article while reading the july issue of GQ, happnes that some christian fundamentalist are planning to massively move to south carolina and "reestablish constitutionally limited government founded upon Christian principles" (Christian Exodus Homepage). On the GQ article the founder of christian exodus, Cory Burnell, states that they would occupy(sp?) then all the important decision making positions in the state, and/or elect officials who where clearly favorable of their positions.
Cory Burnell also states in the GQ article he says that they are willing to go as far as to attempt to secede the state from the union to implant a "godly" government in the state.
http://christianexodus.org/
http://www.southernnationalist.org/christian_exodus.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129023,00.html
what do u guys think of this? |
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| Aquarian |
| I think it's hillariousely dumb. But hey - if you can get them all on one piece of land - easier to bomb! |
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| Yoepus |
| why don't they just go buy an island... |
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| venomX |
i dunno too much about US law, but wouldnt a move like this be considered treason of some sort, and if they actually succeded are there any legal resources to stop them?
i want to hear the opinions of US citizens on this :p |
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| Spirit5 |
To me this is just another example of the extreme fringe of fundamentalism, even worse than right wing evangelicals and fundamentalists. Ultimately this group seems to want a "theocracy", much like Iran, but dictated by Christian leaders, not Muslim. This sounds like "Dominionism", which believes that white, christians should take over the world, basically use up resources, establish laws based on the bible (old-testament mostly), bring back slavery, and ebolish civil and women's rights. Basically Dominionists think the world is ours for the taking, and instead of loving one another (as Christ had taught us) and protecting God's creation, they would destroy it.
Another way to describe this as an extreme form of "Christian Reconstructionism", which are various churches that believe it is our job to reconstruct the U.S. as solely a Judeo-Christian nation, not a pluralistic nation (that Jefferson and Madison had envisioned) that welcomes all beliefs. Theocracy is present here as well, maybe not quite as extreme as Dominisonism (Dominionism is a form of Christian Reconstructionism but it holds off as more of a philosophy than an actual church). |
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