What do you think of people like Fred Phelps?

[Elgama]

Originally Posted by Godless

There's a special circle of hell reserved for Phelps and his followers.

lack of laugh button is often a problem lol

My own view is its a special kind of blasphemy they practice. Using the Lords name to practice what he didn't preach

-Charley

[beefche]

Originally Posted by FunkyTown

I hesitate to post this, because Westboro Baptist members are notorious for contention.

That as the caveat, here are my two favourite Republicans: Jackie Broulx and Dunlap.

I have said it before and I'll say it again, I love these two commentators.

YouTube - Red State Update Meets Westboro Baptist Church

Oh my gosh. That was hilarious! Thanks funky.

[FunkyTown]

Originally Posted by beefche

Oh my gosh. That was hilarious! Thanks funky.

I would vote in Jackie Broulx(The one with the beard) for any government office he wanted.

EDIT: ARGH! Now I had to watch it again and I'm being looked at in a funny way because I'm laughing out loud at Dunlap and Broulx. ARGH! Why oh why can't everyone have political discourse like these two? I used to watch them every day during the Presidential election. If these two were on Fox News, I would fight anyone who made fun of that show.

[FunkyTown]

Originally Posted by Elgama

lack of laugh button is often a problem lol

My own view is its a special kind of blasphemy they practice. Using the Lords name to practice what he didn't preach

-Charley

Well, I hesitate to go that far. Their problem is that they dwell on one sin at the expense of every other sin.

Heck, EVERY man has sinned, so they could picket any funeral and be technically correct.

It's just that they dwell on specific sins and say God hates them especially. The one young woman in the Red State Update was correct: All proud sinners must be brought low. Sadly, that includes her entire group in that, me and a good deal others as well.

[Loudmouth_Mormon]

Fred Phelps is the only human being who has ever caused me to have a good thing to say about Michael Moore. Michael loaded up a bunch of gay folk in a big pink lovewagon and followed Fred and his protestors around for a while. I'm not exactly a fan of in-your-face homosexual behavior displayed openly to make a political point, but I sure hope I can make someone like Fred look that uncomfortable some day.

[Maxel]

A few years ago the Westboro Baptist Church came to the town I lived in to protest at a soldier's funeral. I found a lengthy, in-depth article about them and stayed up all night reading it. The basics are (as I remember them):

-Fred Phelps (founder of the Church) is an extremely angry man. Abused as a child, he learned to dominate his "enemies" (i.e. "everyone") physically through boxing. He went to a seminary (forget which one) and then law school to become a lawyer. Since then, he's forced every one of his kids to become lawyers.

-Every member of his church is part of his family- either born into or married into. Most of his children don't leave because he abused them terribly when they were children (if I remember, only 3 out of his 10+ children left his church) and they're brainwashed into believing that if they leave his church they're going to hell (the ones who did leave even got nifty letters from Phelps sentencing them to hell).

-They know their rights- the reason they're all lawyers is so they can band together and sue anyone who infringes upon those rights and win.

-Before settling in Kansas, Phelps moved to Utah for a brief stint of Mormon-bashing. However, he left when he couldn't rile up the Mormons enough for his liking.

-Fred Phelps is the mastermind. His poor children and grandchildren are the victims of lives of physical and emotional abuse.

Those are the basics, as I remember them. I'll try to find the article I read and link it.

[john doe]

Originally Posted by Godless

There's a special circle of hell reserved for Phelps and his followers.

But as an atheist you don't believe in hell. What gives?

[Godless]

Originally Posted by john doe

But as an atheist you don't believe in hell. What gives?

Lol, I was waiting for someone to notice the irony there. Let's just say that Phelps makes me want to believe in hell.

[pam]

Originally Posted by john doe

But as an atheist you don't believe in hell. What gives?

I noticed it but decided to withhold my statements. I'm saving everything I might say to you for football season.

[Moksha]

Besides the blind hatred of the Phelps' clan, they are also part of their own law firm. What a double whammy!