Meanwhile from American Family Association

[rivergator]

Always good for a laugh. Or maybe just a confused shaking of the head:

What will religion look like in the year 2060?
Conservative Christians will be treated as second class citizens, much like African Americans were prior to civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
Family as we know it will be drastically changed with the state taking charge of the children beginning at birth.
Marriage will include two, three, four or any number of participants. Marriage will not be important, with individuals moving in and out of a “family” group at will.
Churchbuildings will be little used, with many sold to secular buyers and the money received going to the government.
Churches will not be allowed to discuss any political issues, even if it affects the church directly.
Tax credit given to churches and non-profit organizations will cease.
Christian broadcasting will be declared illegal based on the separation of church and state. The airwaves belong to the government, therefore they cannot be used for any religious purpose.
We will have, or have had, a Muslim president.
Cities with a name from the Bible such as St. Petersburg, Bethlehem, etc. will be forced to change their name due to separation of church and state.
Groups connected to any religious affiliation will be forced out of health care. Health centers get tax money from the state, making it a violation of church and state.
Get involved! Sign THE STATEMENT.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon

link (http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/01/02/1386001/afa-christians-2060/)

[philnotfil]

If this is as accurate as their 2008 predictions about 2012, we are in no danger of any of these coming to pass.

[bluelang]

At some point evangelistic leaders are going to have to realize that their intellectual race to the bottom isn't going to preserve or grow their agenda in America.

[rivergator]

If this is as accurate as their 2008 predictions about 2012, we are in no danger of any of these coming to pass.


I"d forgotten about that and just looked it back up. It was actually Focus on the Family with a ridiculous 2008 letter purporting to be from 2012. Private gun ownership banned. Compulsory training in gender identity for first graders. Home school banned. Boy Scouts disbanded rather than "hire homosexual scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with
young boys."

Great stuff

[philnotfil]

I"d forgotten about that and just looked it back up. It was actually Focus on the Family with a ridiculous 2008 letter purporting to be from 2012. Private gun ownership banned. Compulsory training in gender identity for first graders. Home school banned. Boy Scouts disbanded rather than "hire homosexual scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with
young boys."

Great stuff

Good catch, yes, the 2008 predictions were from Focus on the Family, not the American Family Association. I'm guessing that the level of accuracy will be pretty similar.

[oragator1]

At some point evangelistic leaders are going to have to realize that their intellectual race to the bottom isn't going to preserve or grow their agenda in America.

Qft.

[rivergator]

At some point evangelistic leaders are going to have to realize that their intellectual race to the bottom isn't going to preserve or grow their agenda in America.

Groups like that take in millions in donations, so somebody believes what they're saying.

[wgbgator]

Hmm, what will be the new name of St. Petersburg, FL? Devil Ray City seems appropriate.

[Spurffelbow833]

Family as we know it will be drastically changed with the state taking charge of the children beginning at birth. Marriage will include two, three, four or any number of participants. Marriage will not be important, with individuals moving in and out of a “family” group at will.

Nobody will ever be able to move out of a marriage at will as long as there are lawyers around to enforce exit fees against the most productive party or parties to the contract.