I just saw a documentary on this cult. I've never seen such an arrogant and judgmental group of people. Flat out a scary bunch of people. "Gramps" makes David Koresh look like Bob Saget. People who aren't like them are going to hell. According to their guidelines and beliefs. I'd love them to come to my area. If I saw them on the corner with "thank god for 9-11" signs I'd seriously drive by and dump of a bucket of paint on them. Jail time would be well worth it. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6UMP3AK5jwo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6UMP3AK5jwo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Wow...
I'm guessing you watched The Most Hated Family In America, which is a very good documentary. Yeah, they are out of their minds. They are family cult which was brought up on hate, and in turn they spew venom toward the rest of the world because it's the only thing they ever knew. I have a theory about Fred Phelps, I think he's either secretly attracted to men and it scares the living hell out of him, or he was molested as a child. I say this because the level of hate he spews towards gay people is definitely a sign that he is scared of them for some reason, possibly due to some traumatic event in his youth. I love how Fred Phelps says Jews are going to hell but he only quotes the old testament while completely ignoring the new. He has to be one of the most ignorant people on the planet, and the sad thing is that it's a willing ignorance. Thank god some of his kids were still sane enough to leave after they grew up. If I was one of his kids I would have killed myself as soon as the sperm hit the egg.
Living in the South in what is basically the bible belt I've seen people basically obsessed with Religion to the point everything in their life and their opinions are controlled by it. It's almost scary.
haha...a *** enabler? wtf is that? i was at church the other day in downtown LA and cardinal mahony said that they were out there...no reason really they were there for the oscars and didn't have anything else to do so they protested at the cathedral.
Their website reminds me of this one http://whitehouse.georgewbush.org/index.asp Its ridiculous. The difference is that the Westboro site http://www.godhates***s.com/ is for real The censor will not allow the link to the westboro site If you want to check it out....you can click on the first link on this page http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=westboro baptist church&aq=0&oq=westboro
I'm not sick enough to do it, but you have to fight fire with fire. Find out when one of them dies, and then protest that funeral.
Have to start with some of the regular people there to get the real message accross. They will rationalize when it happens to the leader, but if it happens to nice Aunt Betty, and then old Joe the plumber down the street first, when they die, that will send more of a message.
They protested a funeral at my former High School of a kid who died in Iraq. They had cops within the group to make people have a 2nd though when planning to run them over. I told them what I thought of them...Idiots
A stark reminder of how ignorant and evil people can become when they believe in mythological superbeings. Other than her obvious dedication to her "God" and honesty of character, I see few differences in her and other "believers" I have known throughout my life.
There was an in depth internet article, Addicted to Hate. I don't have the URL but you can google it. Tell me, though. I'm not tryint to start any fights, but how much difference is there between Phelps holding a sign that says "god hates ***s" and mainline churches spending millions of dolllars to crusade against civil rights for gays and lesbians? I see a difference in degree, not kind. The biggest difference, and what makes Phelps a pariah, is not his targeting of gays but his targeting of military personnel, plane crash victims, etc. How much did we read about him when he was picketing the funerals of people who died of AIDS? Is it OK to target gays but not (presumed straight) service persons?
Fucking pathetic. I'm a Christian but things like this make me embarassed for religion in general (lots of things around the world do as well).
When I read things like this I don't see a Christian, I see a fanatic. I'm sure it's similar to how the vast majority of Muslims view terrorists. These people are religious not spiritual. They're caught up in the rules of their particular church not their own personal relationship with God.
