Christian Exodus

{{christianity}}{{cquote|Forsake the Empire, Seek the Kingdom|||Their slogan}}
The '''Christian Exodus''', a group of fundamentalist Christian separatist [[Dominionism| dominionists]] founded in 2003, with the stated goal of moving "thousands of Christian Constitutionalists to [[South Carolina]] to accelerate the return of [[Irony| self-governance based on Christian principles]]". They also desire "personal secession" by "disentangling from society" wherever possible, using methods of divorcing the modern world that include, but aren't limited to, promoting [[home schooling]], going off the electric grid, adopting self-sufficient farming, and other methods of sheltering [[Think of the children|their children]] from the evil forces of [[atheism]] and [[critical thinking]].

Quite unsurprisingly, they appear to have succeeded in falling off the grid almost completely shortly after 2013.{{when}} Their website now is little more than a collection of photographs of various sites they own, only one of which has a domain that is ''actually'' located in South Carolina.<ref>
[http://christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=37 official website]
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==South Carolina==
The Exodus' preferred choice 
for a new Plymouth
 is [[South Carolina]], having chosen it on account of its preexisting conservative Christian electorate and its small size making it easier for a small number of activists to take over political life.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070722015145/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?name=FAQ&id_cat=1 Frequently-asked questions — Why was South Carolina chosen?]</ref> In order to accomplish their agenda, they are planning to [[Colonialism|colonize]] territory by encouraging their particular brand of Christians to move there ''en masse''. Apparently, all of their grand total of fifteen families have emigrated to South Carolina. Their eventual goal is to secede from the Union and form their own little agrarian [[theocracy]]. Hey, it worked for the [[Mormonism|Mormons]] in [[Utah]] and their proposed state of "Deseret", right? And it worked well the [[American Civil War|first time around in South Carolina]] for those who were getting all freaked out about federalism and the thought of losing [[Slavery|their way of life]], right? ''Right?'' They're totally not just an irrelevant fringe group, right?

==Views==

===General crank magnetism===
The group appears to have some crossover with the [[Sovereign citizen]] movement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115150630/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=15 Personal Secession]</ref> There is also a theme of [[rugged individualism]], the site promoting agrarianism and [[survivalism]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115195932/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11:agrarianism&catid=12:agrarianism&Itemid=16 Agrarianism]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115161836/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:survivalism&catid=27:survivalism&Itemid=54 Survivalism]</ref>
To add to the general mess, the movement promotes [[home schooling]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115200025/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16:-home-schooling&catid=15:home-schooling&Itemid=42 Home Schooling]</ref> as well as assorted woo including [[natural childbirth]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115200201/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18:home-birthing&catid=16:home-birthing&Itemid=44 Home Birthing]</ref> and [[naturopathy]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115200316/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:naturopathic-medicine&catid=17:naturopathic-medicine&Itemid=45 Naturopathic medicine]</ref> They are also quite [[antifeminist]] and are [[Red baiting|somewhat paranoid]] about [[Marxism]] and [[socialism]] that they believe will eventually replace America's democracy with communistic despotism.

===On society and secularism===

Like most right-wing religious fanatics, the Exodus imagines that the United States has become [[Atheism|godless]] <small>'''(ONOZ{{!!}})'''</small>, morally and financially bankrupt, and is DOOMED to decline and fall all because of [[Atheophobia|DA AYTEEIIIIZTZ]]- because ''of fucking course'' they do.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115150557/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=37 Forsake the Empire, Seek the Kingdom!]</ref>

===On government===

Many conservatives believe that the United States government is too [[small government|big]] and should not be providing health care for sick people. Christian Exodus, taking this core tenet of conservatism further, wishes for their to be no role for the state, as they believe the government has become an idolatry. They maintain the government should have no role in areas such as our bodies, health, family, children or money.<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2525735/posts Christian Exodus and Others]</ref> In short, their politics appear to be anarcho-theocratic.

==One out of many==
There are many currently-operating groups and organizations who are trying to change the demography of some state or another ''a la'' mass immigration so that they can take its politics over and make secede from the Union for a variety of different reasons. Christian Exodus is just one.<ref>[http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/23/wildest-secession-movements-in-the-united-states/ Wildest Secession Movements in The United States]</ref>

Furthermore, Christian Exodus can be seen as a small, irrelevant fringe group whose agenda features so many unrealistic aims and pipe-dreams, that it is unlikely to make it very far past the planning phase. Indeed, the initiative has largely gone nowhere, and the Exodus seems to have essentially vanished into the ether, as evidenced by the fact that most of the links on this very page had to be switched to archived versions of their site.{{nofact}}

Alternatively, Christian Exodus could also be seen as part of the broader [[religious right]]- which ''is'' large, relevant, and influential enough for supporters of [[secularism]] and the separation of church and state to reasonably be concerned about it.

==See also==
*[[Free State Project]]

==External links==
*[http://christianexodus.org/ The Christian Exodus website]

==References==
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