Christians:?

Question

Do you feel insulted when people like Shirley Phelps make extremist comments like "Aids cures fags" and "God hates America" or when they protest funerals- and then claim to be doing it in the name of god?

Brian, that couldn't have been said better.

zara- don't you find beliefs like that a little difficult to respect? I think it's generated a great deal of disrespect toward Christians as a whole, and is extremely unfair to them.

SO I think most of us are in agreement that not only is she not a subscriber to the Christian faith, she's nuts. For those of you who feel her beliefs should be respected, how about the families of the people she is condemning... If the bible teaches love thy neighbor... what is she doing?

I accidentally starred my own question... I'm such a putz.

Answer 1

Of course. Anyone who knows just the basics of Christianity and the Bible understands that these people are not Christians.

Answer 2

Yeah, it does. But she's not christian, she's a cult. THe Phelps' Wesboro Baptists are a cult made up of the Phelps family and almost nothing else. No Christian claims them as an example of God's love, but they are a perfect example of the devil's hate.

Frankly, it's my nightly prayer that someone finds a way to legally take care of them. Sue them for all their worth and get those kids to a good psychiatrist and end the brainwashing. They are a very bad example of Christianity.

Answer 3

I personally feel it is wrong to do anything hateful in the name of Christ. Christ taught love and died to free us from condemnation, not to condemn us. Many Christians seem to get caught up in finger pointing and condemning others for their actions, when in reality, they are no better than anyone else. We are all sinners. The only difference is that some of us have accepted the forgiveness and forgive others as we were forgiven. Extremists like the one you mentioned give Christianity a bad name.

Love, Hope, Peace, & Christ Be With You,

Cal-el & Black Canary

Answer 4

No. I feel sorry for her. It's obvious that her brand of whatever -it-is masking as religious faith is sadly at issue with any God I've ever heard of, except maybe Eris, the goddess of discord.

To be able with a straight face to claim that God hates anything but sin is an affront to every believer, whatever their denomination or faith heritage.

How sad for her, to live her life under the cloud of a God who is not a loving Father, but some malevolent, malicious, spider deity spinning webs of hate, death and damnation for his creation. YUCKKKO!

Answer 5

YES!!! That is using God's name in VAIN! They are breaking the ten commandments!
1. God doesn't want us to be gay, but he doesn't HATE gays. He doesn't give them AIDS. He'd lead them to him a different way.
2. God DOES NOT hate America. We have so much more than other countries and yet we take it all for granted. We should be thankful for the right to vote, and if we disagree with laws, we have chance to change them.
3. I personally believe that death isn't bad because you go to God in Heavean. But a funeral is to mourn the departed man's leaving. God doesn't mind.

Answer 6

Yes. And I feel insulted that people do not have the ability to reason with regard to denominational distinctions. Claiming to French doesn't make me French, claiming to be a doctor doesn't make me a doctor, claiming to be 500 years old doesn't make me 500 years old. But I can claim to be a Christian, and on no other evidence but this claim, non-Christians accept it without reservation, and assign all of my attributes to Christianity as a whole. That amazes me, especially when it comes from people who claim to live by reason and logic.

Answer 7

I'm used to it in America I was called a N----r lover since the 1960s and look at all the animostity towards immigrants from Mexico.

It sort of rolls off my back.

Answer 8

YES

I think they are a bunch of misguided fools who are bearing a false witness of Christ. They will pay for their lack of love.

There are things we view as sinful but that does not mean it is our job to pass judgement on man. We are to love one another and be a light to the world, not a freak show.

They certainly do not exhibit the fruits of the spirit:

Ephesians 4
1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, 3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Colossians 3
3:12
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
3:13
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
3:14
Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
3:15
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Answer 9

Christianity has always followed the teachings of the Bible and it stands or falls on the Bible, not some human's ideas.

Answer 10

Phelps and the other Westboro Baptists have adopted a cost-cutting measure: they save money by not wearing the white sheets that other klansmen and rednecks wear.