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Fred Phelps about to meet his maker...
Fred Phelps, the founder and leader of the extremist homophobic cult, the Westboro Baptist Church is on death's doorstep.I don't know the reason but apparently he was excommunicated from his own cult last year.
Its not in the article but I haver read elsewhere that, as strange as it seems, Phelps was a civil rights activist in the 60s, although I suspect this may be played up to make him seem more acceptable. It appears that an extremist version of Calvinism and probably an element of psychoisis led to his cults extreme homophobia. His children and relatives who have left the cult claim he's abusive and deranged. (like no shit).
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendl...edge-of-death/
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget
Arundhati Roy
Lenina Rosenweg is a glorious beacon of light
a true Christian
Even though I'm an atheist for once I hope god is real and a female gay muslim...
The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater?
Here at least We shall be free
Also, I hope people will picket his funeral in some damn funny and creative ways..
The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater?
Here at least We shall be free
An even sweeter irony is if the WBC are the ones picketing. He was apparently excommunicated after all.
Good fucking riddence!
hopefully this will be the end of this cult
Next in command will sadly take over, but eventually this fucking cult will die and the world will rejoice!
God hates Fred Phelps.
Good riddance for sure. Never knew he got excommunicated though. Do we know why?
No , for fuck sake he was so extreme he attacked jerry farwell and pat Robertson on a regular bases for being "fag enablers" ,
well cults are remarkably resilient , Aum Shinrikyo the cult behind the japan subway sarin terroist attack still has followers today
I think it's because they didn't want to pay the medical bills, seeing as he gave all his assets to the church, they would be liable to pay the bills as long as he was a member (my theory).
"I'm not interested in indulging whims from members of your faction."
Seeing as this is seen as acceptable by an admin, from here on out when I have a disagreement with someone I will be asking them to reference this. If you want an explanation of my views, too bad.
WBC cult plans to picket Phelp's funeral. This isn't the Onion
http://www.ibtimes.com/westboro-bapt...ughter-1561830
My guess is thyt, like many extreme homophobes, Phelps was homosexual himself. Either that or his cult didn't want to have to pick up the tab for his hospital bill/.
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget
Arundhati Roy
Lenina Rosenweg is a glorious beacon of light
Holy shit. Did not know this, now that is interesting.
It's true though that many homophobes are actually gay themselves and it is a reaction fueled by self hatred due to what society has told them. They are disgusted by themselves. Also, he was pretty old, perhaps he felt frustrated seeing all these young gay people out and about and he thought "damn, now I am old and I missed my chance." Could have been lashing out at gays out of jealousy for a lost life.
That's kind of sad, if that is really the case.
I can't wait for straight liberals to go into tears and remind everyone of how we should have Basic Human Decency, etc. etc. Personally I'm chagrined he lived long enough to basically die of old age. But such is life.
Is there any sort of evidence for this, though? It's one of those Things Everybody Knows, but as far as I can tell most extreme homophobes, and most homophobes in general, unsurprisingly turn out to be straight. Blaming homophobia on "latent homosexuality" or whatever sounds like a cop-out - like blaming Black ancestry for racism.
Unfortunately, I think Freddie 'nutty' Phelps is probably quite pleased. In his mind, he's God's chosen messenger and will be handsomely rewarded in heaven. It's a damn shame he will never feel true despair.
I don't think Fred Phelps believed his own bullshit for a second. Dude made a mint with ridiculous civil rights lawsuits, that's pretty much the basis for his whole organization. The children on the other hand may believe it since it was such a big part of their life, maybe when they took over they found the truth to be more than they could stomach
Man is but a goat in the hands of butchers
I'm sure there is some word in the English language that accurately conveys the phenomenon of something like the WBC picketing Fred Phelp's funeral, but I can't seem to think of it...
"Win, lose or draw...long as you squabble and you get down, that's gangsta."
Can't tell if joke or serious...
"I'm not interested in indulging whims from members of your faction."
Seeing as this is seen as acceptable by an admin, from here on out when I have a disagreement with someone I will be asking them to reference this. If you want an explanation of my views, too bad.
