In a formal statement, Exodus has confirmed that after 23 years in the US, the organization will be going ex-American.
Speaking from Exodus’s Florida base yesterday, President Alan Chambers said emphatically that “we are no longer in the US.”
Let’s not play the political correctness card here. We’re not saying Americans are bad. The sin is not in being American or British or Chinese or any of these things. They’re all equally an abominable stench in the nostrils of God. The sin is in identifying with anything other than Christ.
“Change is a process,” Mr Chambers told reporters when asked why Exodus continued to operate out of the United States.
Vice President Randy Thomas elaborated: “I’m not an American. I’m a Christian who happens to have some US-related nationality issues.”
“I’m living proof that change is possible,” Randy continued, in the lilting drawl that fans have come to love.
There’s no such thing as American. I don’t have to identify with an American worldview. I don’t care what my passport says. Jesus says different. And who are you to tell me otherwise? I have a right to my opinion. The Constitution says so.
“And hallelujah to that,” interrupted Mr Chambers. He went on:
If I was asked to sum up succinctly what we’re saying here, I would say this: We are not and will not be what we were and thought we were then when we might and will yet be what we may have thought we would be now.
The group says it has no plans to relocate, citing the handiness of Disney World, Walmart and Dunkin’ Donuts as reasons for remaining in their current premises.
Meanwhile, Reverend Peter Ould of the UK has announced that he is “post-English,” though he admits he still struggles with thoughts of tea and scones “during low periods.”
I am American-identified, but I often wish I were British because they are just so much cooler. Is that wrong?
He’s not gay. He’s just British.
That will work.
WTF?
Sorry.
April Fools much?
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I would have expected Randy to say something like he’s formerly American identified.
The “filed under: …humor” was a giveaway!
When I go to the page I get “You are not authorized to view this resource. You need to login. ” So is this a joke or am I missing something lol… I need to read the article in context before I pass judgement.
But oye, I used to say things like that! Its the evangelical mindset! Now I hear how I used to sound!
“I am ex-woman, hear me roar.” — Helen Reddy, former singer-identified person
“One small step for ex-man, one giant leap for ex-humankind.” — Neil Armstrong, formerly astronaut-identified person
If only this article were true. If they were really leaving the US I’d help them pack their bags! I’d drive them to the airport free of charge.
Brilliance. Sheer brilliance.
Growth into Britishness is possible, Jim.
The sad thing is, I thought this was serious till I read the comments section. What does that say about Exodus?
Subsequent to Franklin, various nationalist groups began using his ideology to rationalize their movements, primarily in America. First came the Patriot Movement, which began in the 1760s and was one of the causes of the Revolutionary War. In this case, English became the oppressors and Colonists (caucasians) became the oppressed; English were demonized, and Colonists were idealized; English who had benefitted from George III’s tax policies were viewed as all-bad and Colonists were seen as all-good. Colonists were urged by various leaders to unify and rebel against England and to demand special privileges as compensation for their suffering at the hands of the latter. Patriot leaders, like Jefferson and Adams, believed that their way, and only their way, was the valid way to look at the issue. In the 1770s, the Patriot Movement went into high gear, and the leaders of the movement, just like Jefferson and Adams, began to punish anybody who was in any way critical of the movement or had any other point of view with respect to solving tax problems by labeling them “lobsterbacks” and “tories” and attempting to isolate and ostracize them.
With all due respect, there is another way, or other ways, to look at the tax issue in America. It could be pointed out, for example, that America at the time of colonization was still primarily a wilderness, as yet uncivilized or industrialized. Life there was savage, as savage as the wilderness for most people, and that it was the Americans themselves who first taxed their own people. They taxed goods from other countries, and income and goods brought from Europe, South America, America, and other countries, made them in many ways better off than if they had been in the Caymans. But if one even begins to say these things one is quickly shouted down as though one were a complete madman.
Boo, your comment either went completely over my head, or it has nothing to do with the post, lol.
No it has everything to do with the post, but it IS a bit dense. Kind of like the logical gymnastics espoused by ex-g– er, sorry, post-gays.
I guess it was the first option then, lol. My brain is tired.
PS: I still don’t get the comment.
I’m ex-human, my identity is in spirit. Unlike those who are human identified, I choose not to relate to the sinister human agenda, with its non-spiritual temptations of eating, drinking and going to the bathroom.
However, I should make clear that the sin is not in being human, it’s in identifying with anything physical.
I was recalling an old classic:
https://www.splcenter.org/images/dynamic/intel/SchoenwolfEssay.pdf
“Kind of like the logical gymnastics espoused by ex-g– er, sorry, post-gays.”
I’ve been wondering, what’s the deal with this new term post-gay? I see it a lot on Randy Thomas’ blog lately, which is strange because I thought he was so opposed to defining himself with labels…
it’s an ex-label, or perhaps a post label. When is a label not a label?
“I’ve been wondering, what’s the deal with this new term post-gay?”
Like Cher or Madonna, they’re just trying to re-invent themselves.
And like Cher and Madonna, that gimmick only works for that one particular album. Then it’s back to the old drawing board LOL
Boo — ah, you know part of your comment did remind me of that one, but man, lots of bigotry under the bridge since then. It really was just too deep for me, lol.
Haha thanks for explaining, Scott!
I almost feel sorry for these people if they actually think “post-gay” and “ex-gay” are two different things. But then I remember that they make a career out of shaming gay people.
I believe “post-gay” is actually a term used by some gays as a self-label, essentially saying they are beyond the need to emphasize gay or straight, etc. I am not the expert on that one, but I believe Peterson Toscano mentioned it recently after reading a post where either Randy or Ould seemed to be co-opting it for an “ex-gay” replacement.
I LOVE you guys! :0 )
From my observation, Ould used it first and then Randy adopted it. I understand it as a way for them to admit that they still have same-sex attractions – that their orientation hasn’t changed – but that they have moved beyond labeling themselves as “gay.”
Whatever.
FWIW, I think it was used by gays long before Ould or Randy adopted it. Maybe if Peterson is reading he can explain. I seem to remember him commenting extensively on an earlier article.
I’m ok with labels that help to clarify, and when their limits are recognized — not so much those which serve to obfuscate (see post above). Then there is “gay-identified” which always seemed a bit passive-aggressive.