SC: Wellspring of Christian Conservatism

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[MACVSOG68]

Thanks for the ping upchuck. It's kinda like the flu. Seems to rear its ugly head every year, once or twice. Wonder how they think there's anything conservative about seceeding and creating a theocracy...?

[stand4somethin]

true... I was kinda morphing the article into a state's rights issue. Within minutes this article was posted for on a completely different issue:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583711/posts

[GovernmentShrinker]

founded the group Christian Exodus in 2003 . . . group believes it can pass godly legislation regarding such issues as abortion and homosexual relations, defying Supreme Court rulings on the separation of church and state . . . "If necessary, we will secede from the union.” . . . Burnell still hasn’t moved to South Carolina and remains in California, saying he is busy recruiting, but insists he is working on plans to relocate his family to South Carolina. . . . Burnell says 1,200 have agreed to move or given money to the group. . . . "We’re not an extremist group,” he told USA Today.

Burnell is laughing all the way to bank, has no plans to move to South Carolina, and is eagerly exploiting the naive-and-nutty wing of U.S. Christianity.

[RipSawyer]

Very interesting... I wish them luck! I believe we could use less federal government and more state government.>>>>>>

Well, you're half right!

[GovernmentShrinker]

Just what a "Christian country" is or would look like is open to debate.

Especially since, unlike Islam, there is no scriptural basis in Christianity for ousting infidel governments and installing theocratic ones. Not Jesus' style, if New Testament accounts of his activities are to be believed.

[stand4somethin]

Very interesting... I wish them luck! I believe we could use less federal government and more state government.

Ha... that was my quote and your right RipSawyer... I was only half right. Less federal government AND less state government. I get your point. If we must have some government I simply prefer more localised government.

[x]

I can't claim to know which motive is Burnell's real one. Northerners or Westerners who'd move to South Carolina for his project may be more amenable to neo-confederate ideas than a lot of actual Southerners would be.

On the other hand, Burnell may not be very "Southern" in a cultural sense. It's common that political projects tend to be more about power and influence than about cultural traditions -- or religion, for that matter.

[PistolPaknMama]

Burnell is laughing all the way to bank, has no plans to move to South Carolina, and is eagerly exploiting the naive-and-nutty wing of U.S. Christianity.

This has some validity. I have known Corey Burnell and corresponded with him personally and as an SC native support this cause. If Burnell would move to SC it would lend him a lot more credibility. Instead he remains in CA and collects donations and directs everyone else to move here. Kinda like "don't drink the tea if the hostess won't drink the tea.'

[uglybiker]

Kinda like "don't drink the tea if the hostess won't drink the tea.'

An' he prob'ly drinks it un-sweetened! ;-)

[feedback doctor]

"What we are doing is reacting to the extreme marginalization of Christianity in America.”

Chrisitanity was pretty marginalized back in the Roman Empire. How did it prevail? By loving ones enemies and taking care of widows and orphans. If these folks would take half as much time to look for those in need in their own communities, forgiving others, and try to express by action the kindness and goodness of God to others this country would be changed pretty quickly.

[MACVSOG68]

Burnell is laughing all the way to bank, has no plans to move to South Carolina, and is eagerly exploiting the naive-and-nutty wing of U.S. Christianity.

I think you're on to something. Every few months he jumps on this bandwagon and I'll bet it is just to get these idiots to give him some cash. LOL!

[Gopher Broke]

http://christianexodus.org

[Potowmack]

LOL! Y'know, I've always wondered just how & when a good, solid state south of the Mason-Dixon Line ever got so outta-whack and full of pinko Lefties!

As the Federal Government grew and the crime rate went up in DC, a lot of government workers (who skew heavily Democrat) moved to Maryland. Northern Virginia back then (60's-70's) was very undeveloped, so Maryland was the better choice. Plus you have Baltimore, which is like any other large Eastern city.

The Eastern Shore of Maryland is more conservative, but it's only a small percentage of the population.