Prediction FAIL

E-mail to members from the American Family Association:

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

This is, of course, simply more paranoid fear-mongering from this hate group. Some of these predictions are just stupid, some are non-sequitors (who cares if we have a Muslim President besides these twerps), while perhaps one might come true. That one is that tax credit to churches might be revoked. It’s extremely unlikely, but if churches don’t stay out of politics, then under law they could lose their tax exempt status. Over the past few decades, as they’ve gotten coopted by the Republican party, they’ve been straying closer and closer to the line and in many cases have actually crossed it. So that one’s on the churches themselves.

Given that they’ve been wrong about the end of the world since forever, I guess it’s not too surprising they’re so awful at other predictions.