A Christian Exodus in America

Ok, this is the first topic i've proposed. Hope people like it!I recently came across the following website http://www.christianexodus.com/index.php?module=PostWrap&... . Tp those who don't know it, it is the website of a group of christians who want to start a mass exodus of like-minded christians to Souch Carolina. When they get there they plan to get themselves elected into the state government, and begin a transformation of South Carolina into a more "biblically minded" state with respect to the laws and social behaviour etc. I'm not sure, but they may plan to spread out from here and establish themselves in other states too.What I wanted to do here was find out from other christians what they think of this idea, and what they think of the theology of the group. Do you think what they envisage is a good idea? They seem to be fairly extreme, and i've seen talk of banishing people from the state that aren't deemed worthy of living there (such as homosexuals and their supporters).Also I wanted to ask what people in America (especially SC) think of the idea, and what you'll do if it succeeds. I don't live in America myself.Note to Admin, this is probably best put into the Faith and Belief forum.

Thanks AdminAsgara. I've actually been lurking here quite a while so I almost felt like I knew you all before you even knew I existed! lol. I recently decided to stop being anonymous and start giving my input

I think its because they think the christian population there is most likely to support them, so they'll have the best chance of getting into government there. Thats something i'm interested in too. I've seen at least one person say that he wants everyone that doesn't think like him (i'm paraphrasing here, but this is really the jist of what he said) to be escorted to the border and kicked out of the state. I believe so. If it was just the static webpages i'd be inclined to think it was a spoof like landoverbaptists.com, but they have a discussion forum there. It's full of members of their group discussing what they're going to do when they move etc.

Some of the people in the forums make a point about how they don't want a theocracy, then go on to say how anything unbiblical (by their interpretation) is by definition going to be illegal....one more scary contradiction from them.I wonder what they're going to do about other religions. What if they all group together and start displaying their religious symbols overtly? I wonder if they'll allow that. It could result in a very interesting situation to watch, but only because I'm not going to be the minority living there.

I'd go for that I'm not sure i'd be able to keep up the facade though lol. I've had other friends suggesting a muslimexodus, paganexodus, atheistexodus or even just an evilheathenexodus to SC just before they go. Give them a nice warm welcome

I like it That covers the whole board I would think

I'm pretty sure they're non-violent, but it would certainly make an interesting case study if i was a politics student. I'm just glad I don't live in SC lol. There are some scary individuals on there who talk about escorting people out of the state. I'm not sure what they would do if they met resistance, they can't really arrest everyone because I think most of the state would end up being arrested at some point. They'd be better off buying an island somewhere and making it their own lol

Definately. There was a programme here in england just before the election detailing how the neo-conservatives utilised the christian evangelical vote by turning a vote for the republicans into a "vote for jesus". Kerry was always going to be at a disadvantage because he's catholic.This message has been edited by happy_atheist, 11-06-2004 04:47 PM