Their website is godhatesfags.com...they picket at funerals,etc..
They quote the same scriptures and say the same things as so many fundamentalists on this site...they just use worse language...but the message is the same.
Do you fundamentalists not see that you are much like this wacko? Your inflammatory words do the same damage...he has just taken it one step further...how many steps are you away from his actions? He thinks he is right...he thinks he is Godly...he thinks he is interpreting scripture accurately...and he is imposing his views on all who listen...aren't you doing the same?
2007-04-20 09:55:38 · 13 answers · asked by James M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians think whispered bigotry is somehow not as bad as outspoken bigotry.
Fred Phelps is just a Christian stripped of pretense and a sugary veneer.
2007-04-20 10:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I'm a fundamental Baptist.
Fred Philps claims to be one too. Trust me he's not. He may share a couple of the same beliefs but those are generally basic beliefs shared by most of the Cristian community. For example, the belief in baptism which is supposedly why he calls himself Baptist. His views are so strong that I guess he felt the need to tack on fundamental. I distance myself from him because I don't believe in what he believes. God does not hate gay people or anyone else for that matter. I don't care what you believe, picketing funerals is just wrong. One of my best friends is Muslim and I don't see an issue with that but Fred Philps would. I'm black and I know there is no problem with that but Fred Philps thinks there is. The bible tells us to let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Everyone has sinned before and therefore has no right to judge another persons actions. In the book of Matthew (somewhere near the beginning but a little after the naming of Jesus' family lineage and before chapter 16) it says something to the effect of before you remove the speck of dirt from someone else's eye you should first remove the plank from your own. I doubt this man has ever read the whole bible. If he has he suffers from a very selective memory.
My words are not inflammatory. The reason you usually hear really out there people is because that is who gets focused on. No one seems to care about the fundamentalist who quietly studies the bible for 2 hours every night.
About his belief that he is Godly, only God is Godly (that's why it's called GODly!) and it is definitely a sin to say a thing such as that.
I don't impose my views on all who will listen. I talk about my beliefs with those who ask. I also don't think I interpret scripture accurately. I try to the best of my ability but I'm not perfect and see no need to pretend otherwise. A hypocrite such as Mr. Philps does not represent me or others like me. He represents why so many people either turn away from, or never come to Christ.
It is so discouraging to be grouped with the likes of Fred Philps or WBC. Just like not most Muslims are not terrorists and most Germans are not anti-semitic, most fundamental Baptists are not Fred Philps.
2007-04-22 01:17:15 · answer #2 · answered by kimicub1991 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father has a theory about Fred Phelps. He thinks that group is actually a pro-gay-lesbian front group.
Their tactic is to inflame people's rage and hatred against the Bible and Christians and arouse sympathy for the "victims" of homosexuality, thereby winner supporters for their side.
He might be right. No Christian in his right mind would do the stuff Phelps does and really believe in it. Those people are either out of their minds or they have planned all of this in detail for shock impact....and for a different reason than we think.
2007-04-20 18:40:59 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your statements are so ridiculous it doesn't deserve an answer. He protests at christian churches(I was at one of the churches). He is a mean spirited bigot and he is either totally off his rocker or worse. You say "the message is the same". How could you honestly say that? obviously there are wackos in every field including religion. How about 9/11? How about the muslam extremists? How about Cho? Please be fair and don't insult us by linking us with Phelps. He is truly evil. also, you say these things he "thinks". How do you know what he truly thinks?
2007-04-20 17:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by expertless 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because they are nut cases and do not even remotely qualify as being Christian.
Edit: I'm an atheist but even I can see there is a huge gulf separating fundies from the Phelps clan. And personally I really don't like fundies either.
No offense intended.
2007-04-20 16:58:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
honestly? i think most people, christian or not, are distancing themselves from mr. phelps. it's like when you get on the subway and there's the stinky, mental guy, who is gesturing and talking to the air...we all move away and avoid eye contact, but don't necessarily get off the train...
i mean...the train is still going in the direction we want to go in, but we have no control over who gets on board, unless he gets violent and starts cuttin' up...
2007-04-20 17:02:17 · answer #6 · answered by chieko 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pehaps he is putting the religious types out of the comfort zone similiar to what Jesus did to when he was here the first time.
2007-04-20 17:02:23 · answer #7 · answered by alphaomegadisciple 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isnt it funny how other Christians judge them as not "real" CHristians (when they are not supposed to judsge at all) - while Phelps himself would nail you to a cross for saying he wasnt a real Christian...
I dont get it.
2007-04-20 17:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you. The fundamentalists take the chick tracts as truth, and then say they are 'different' from Phelps. I say BULL-you-know-what.
2007-04-20 17:24:57 · answer #9 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Only difference is a matter of degree. Semantics, pure semantics. A fundie is a fundie.
2007-04-20 17:03:31 · answer #10 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋