#51
Posted: 4/18/07 at 3:15am
By the way, I just discovered this website. Don't know if any of you have seen it but it puts the whole nonsense in perspective quite well. http://www.godhatesshrimp.com
Fred Phelps and his church to picket Va Tech funerals — Page 3
#52
Posted: 4/18/07 at 3:17am
Shubert - that is GREAT! Thanks for sharing.
#53
Posted: 4/18/07 at 5:41am
Too bad Phelps and his crowd weren't at the scene when the shooting was taking place. The world would be a better place without them.
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#54
Posted: 4/18/07 at 5:49am
Although I fully agree that their actions are deplorable, I don't think that having Fred Phelps and his group as victims of the attacks on Monday would make it any less tragic. All human life has value, even if it is being squandered through the spreading of hatred.
While I certainly wish they would all shut up and go away, I do not wish death on anybody.
While I certainly wish they would all shut up and go away, I do not wish death on anybody.
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#55
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:10am
Phelps will get his comeuppance. I honestly believe that. And I hope he suffers during said comeuppance.
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#56
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:14am
It does make you wonder though - they celebrate any deaths as a display of Gods rightful vengence against America. Would they act the same way if it was one of their own? I know that applying logic to these people is doomed to failure, but I don't understand how people can be so twisted by hate to turn into the monsters they've become....
#57
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:17am
Sadly Eastwickian, more likely than not they would hold the person up as a martyr, and say they have gone to their glory.
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Updated On: 4/18/07 at 09:17 AM
#58
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:23am
Ack, you're probably right. I only found out about the family a few week ago when they were the subject of a documentary here in Britain. Despite the efforts of the presenter to get to the root of their beliefs, they seemed to have an answer for everything, even if it made no sense whatsoever and flatly contradicted other parts of their doctrine.
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#59
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:27am
I know tht feeling EW all too well.
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#60
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:43am
Just as an update, groups of VT students are organizing on Facebook to attend the funerals and surround the mourners to keep these people away and allow everyone to grieve with privacy. We have also contacted the Patriot Guard Riders.
#61
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:46am
That is great news to hear. I reallydo wish that these hateful people would just go away.
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#62
Posted: 4/18/07 at 9:58am
Unfortunately, this doesnt surprise me in the least...it should, but it doesnt. This group has been doing this for many years, and this is just the newest attention getter they've come up with.
His followers dont care what we or anyone else think, however...so even negative attention is just fine with them.
It's sick, sick sick!
His followers dont care what we or anyone else think, however...so even negative attention is just fine with them.
It's sick, sick sick!
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#63
Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:03am
I do wonder what the other "Christianist" leaders have to say about Phelps.
You know, people like Falwell, Robertson, and other political and radical Christians.
You know, people like Falwell, Robertson, and other political and radical Christians.
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#64
Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:04am
They're thinking, "This guy makes US look good!"
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#65
Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:06am
And that is a sad, sorry state of affairs doodle.
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#66
Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:34am
I feel bad for him...His whole live is driven and motivated by hate. What an awful way to live. I went through a whole I hate fred phelps phase, but then I realized I was being just like him. Wouldn't want to be anything like him so now I just pity him. (But that doesn't stop me from being tempted to picket HIS funeral)
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#67
Posted: 4/18/07 at 11:13am
That's wonderful, sweetestsiren. I wish I could be there to help you all.
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
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