I’ve talked about the Westboro Baptist Church in the past on this site and I didn’t think I would ever want to talk about them again, but after yesterday I want to. For those of you who don’t know, the WBC runs the site godhatesfags and they are the church that are constantly protesting soldier’s funerals, other churches, the Laramie Project, they even tried to protest the funeral for the girl that was shot in Arizona a few months back. The church is run by Fred Phelps and the congregation is basically just members of his family. The members who leave his church say that Fred is a lunatic and even his kids who leave have said that he used to beat them growing up and the church is a way for him to get his anger out. To me, it sounds like this guy is gay and was brought up believing that homosexuality is wrong so he started doing this to cover up his feelings.
The church has stated that Elizabeth Taylor taught women it is okay to be whores and will therefor be protesting her funeral. These people are the kind that make me ashamed to be on the same planet as them. Now if you know me, you know that I have what Kris calls “diarreah of the mouth” and I have been expressing myself more and more without a filter online lately. Well yesterday and the day before I decided I would fuck with two of their members, Megan Phelps-Roper and Sara Phelps.
I knew that these people were crazy before, but after talking to them I can confirm that they should be locked away with a straight jacket on for the rest of their lives. They consider themselves Christian, but believe that their god is a vengeful one and only those who will smite the earth because we all not only live in sin, but condone it. They called funerals for fallen soldiers pep rallies and that a mother losing a child is only due to her living in sin and that she should be choosing to lose all sin from her life rather than mourning her son.
The craziest thing is that they praised Saddam before Operation Iraqi Freedom, they even went there to praise him for the way he ran the country and for his views on the Muslim teachings. They aren’t even just crazy as a whole, Megan Phelps confirmed that one of the reasons that she didn’t go to law school was because the end of the world is coming.
I told Sara I didn’t fear hell because I am planning a party when I get there, after all if you are going to be in a bad situation then you may as well try and have a good time right? She said I would be in so much pain I wouldn’t have a good time, still even if I was there suffering pain for eternity it would be so much better than being in heaven with the Phelps freaks.
Certainly nothing wrong with letting out your opinion, so long as you respect others. That’s what I always try to keep in mind.
I would probably have to agree with you that this guy is gay and covering up his feelings. I was brought up as a Catholic but I don’t really think my family is religious anymore, and I definitely personally don’t feel that way. I don’t believe in what I should believe in according to my religion. I was beaten too, but my parents never looked at that in light of our religion (Catholicism). As for Fred, he sounds like he actually needs some help.
Sara sounds like she’s gone a bit mental – I don’t know how else to describe it. These guys are just putting on a show, I think.
I dont really know what to say.
I respect your opionion. 🙂
Those people are absolutely insane. As a Catholic, it makes me sick that there are so-called ‘religious’ people who believe such terrible things and have such opinions. Where I come from, God loves everyone and one of the main rules is LOVE THY BROTHER!! I guess they might have skipped over that part of the Bible…
Why did they try to protest the little girl’s funeral in Arizona?? What could she have possibly done to make them think she’s a sinner? I absolutely cannot stand extremist religious groups. They make others who have faith look like ignorant assholes.
Yeah, I have a really crappy phone that does the most ridiculous things you would imagine. It doesn’t do it automatically, but after five or so seconds after someone hangs up, you hear a very loud beep.
I’ve heard of this group before, but never really cared much about them. There are a lot of groups I don’t agree with but they’re like bees; if you leave them alone, they may eventually go away. Stir a lot of shit and they feed on it expanding their “religion”.
But wow, you actually got to talk to one of them? Bit odd.
Everybody is entitled to their opinion. I have such strong feelings about a lot of things and a lot of people. Nothing like a good rant to let them out.
These people sound crazy and ridiculous. Only recently, one of my girlfriends posted something cute on my wall (on facebook) and we were exchanging e-hugs when another friend (a guy) wrote, “You’re acting like lesbians.Ew.”
Which was the most ridiculous thing I have ever hand. In this day and age, this prejudice against homosexuality is unbelievable.
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Yes, the driver didn’t ask for cab fare from the blind man. I am sorry, because in India, we call those cabs, “Autos”. Short for auto-mobile.