These Westboro Baptist SOB's need to disappear

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THEY make me sick.

Later,

Geo

What a shame...the surviving family members can't even grieve in peace!

I have no idea how I'm going to die...none of us do. I just hope there aren't any anti-protesting groups standing in front of the funeral home when it's my turn to be viewed.

I do not need to follow the link and view any video or read any article about westboro SOB's. They are an example of why we need seperation of church and state. Othe exaples are the taliban, iran, pakistain, suadia arabia....... China, taliban, packistain ect are reasons we need freedom of religion. try being a monk in china, a jew in pakistain.

Theocracy is the worst form of government period. Make me nervous when Newt invokes religous beliefs or Santorem woos the evangelical base.

kydonky, among other things, those nasty American evangelicals abolished slavery, established the higher education system, and fought and died for black civil rights.

[QUOTE=jcb;480190]kydonky, among other things, those nasty American evangelicals abolished slavery, established the higher education system, and fought and died for black civil rights.[/QUOTE]


Not by themselves. They had help from catholics, lutherans, jews, presbiterians, and countless others.

I am just saying that there needs to be the seperation of church and state. If you want freedom of religion there has to be the seperation. I do not require you to follow my faith. I don't require muslims to convert to Souther Baptists. I am no going to convert to islam to win a federal contract or have voting rights.

I agree. But I also think people use "evangelical" as a derogatory term when all it really means is "Christian".

[QUOTE=jcb;480194]I agree. But I also think people use "evangelical" as a derogatory term when all it really means is "Christian".[/QUOTE]

Sorry that was not my intent at all. The world is a much better place with people that have these strong moral atributes.

I did think that there is a denomination that is refered to as Evangelical Christians I may be mistaken, I'm still learning.

Wow in a time when people mourn for the loss of two innocent children people use it as a platform to promote their beliefs. They should learn there is a time and place for everything and at childrens funerals are not the right time nor will ever be the right place.

"Christian": to try to be as close to living as Christ, following the teachings and implementing those teachings and beliefs in their everyday lives. To try as much as humanly possible to live as Christ lived.

[QUOTE=offdtop;480204]"Christian": to try to be as close to living as Christ, following the teachings and implementing those teachings and beliefs in their everyday lives. To try as much as humanly possible to live as Christ lived.[/QUOTE]

offdtop, I might have to quibble a bit with this one, but I understand where you're coming from.

It's useless to "try" to live like Christ. We can't. And trying to live like Christ doesn't make us a Christian; Gandhi shared a lot of Jesus's philosophy but can't be called a Christian.

You become a Christian when you accept Christ's saving work and turn away from your sin. If you truly are one, your life will bear fruit and your life will look like Christ's. It's not about "trying", it's about "being".

And, Jesus said we were to evangelize (Matt. 28). That was my point about "evangelicals" being the same as "Christian". You aren't living up to Jesus's definition of Christianity if you aren't sharing your faith in an evangelical way.

I don't get how this relates to theocracy or separation of church & state, or what it means to be a Christian. This is just another shining example of just how twisted and perverse is the thinking of the Westboro Baptists, nothing more. They're a bunch of whackjobs, and everybody knows it.

There is no doubt that are crazy as can be. They are protesting same sex marriages at the funeral of 2 little boys whose father killed them. What the heck is their problem? Oh yes mental illness. Glad to see that people are going to show up and stop them. I am waiting for the day that they piss off the wrong people to the point someone gets their gun out and blows those psychos away.

[QUOTE=RoadToad;480272]I don't get how this relates to theocracy or separation of church & state, or what it means to be a Christian. This is just another shining example of just how twisted and perverse is the thinking of the Westboro Baptists, nothing more. They're a bunch of whackjobs, and everybody knows it.[/QUOTE]


^^^This