http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard#Public_reaction_and_the_aftermath
Are Baptists just the greatest example of a peaceful, loving and benevolent god? American religion sure is swell when it defends the murderers over the murdered.
2007-09-27 07:41:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What they (the picketers) did was wrong, and I think 99% of Christians would agree with me on that.
2007-09-27 07:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, not all Christians are as extreme as the Westboro Baptist Church. People like Mr. Phelps don't understand their own religion-- according to the Bible, Christians should love their neighbors. According to John 2:9, "He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now."
My school put on the play "The Laramie Project," which is an interpretation of a documentary done about the Matthew Shepard incident, and Phelps and his congregation threatened to picket our school. They didn't end up doing it, though, because they decided to picket a US soldier's funeral instead.
But speaking as an atheist, I believe that most Christians are good at heart, and trying to make the world a better place. It's only the hateful ones that annoy me, and hate in general irks me, be it from Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Agnostics, or dancing bears.
2007-09-27 07:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I can imagine your frustration and anger over this type of justice. As much as I hate to say this, not all Baptists have this thinking. The culprit is Fred Phelps and his congregation, who is mainly comprised of his family and relatives. Go figure!
It's sad when you have people who have such an archaic way of thinking and hate others, while having the nerve to proclaim the love of Christ. What I wish is that people understood the scriptures for what they are. "Homosexual" wasn't even a word translated from the original scriptures! The word "homosexual" came as a translation in the 20th century, around 1945- 1950! There's a lot more I can say about this, but I'll leave it for now.
I'm a Christian, who happens to be gay. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. It's by grace that I'm saved, through faith. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only gay Christian, neither. Be blessed. Peace!!!
2007-09-27 07:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by Pnthr wmn 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do submit to in strategies that. I accept as true with lots of the human beings right here who're announcing not all Baptists could have acted like this. in spite of the shown fact that it nevertheless remains that when the Westboro Baptists did this, not one of the different Baptist sects objected. they did not even take a while to assert publicly that they did not help what those so referred to as "non secular" human beings did. they only handed over it and was hoping it may leave. what's incorrect with that image? a lot.
2016-12-17 11:42:55 · answer #4 · answered by lunger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was Westboro that did that... it's what made them, ahem, infamous.
And "Baptist" isn't "American Religion". We are a diverse nation with many different religions. And not even all the Baptists supported the actions of that group.
please look up the following for more information on the Westboro group. Fred Phelps, the leader of this, was the one who stood outside of the courthouse, screaming that what those boys did was right (the ones who killed Matthew). Westboro represents ONLY Westboro - not all Baptists.
Pagan
2007-09-27 07:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by River 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Westboro Baptist Church is NOT affiliated with mainstream Baptists, and mainstream Baptists are disgusted by them.
And no, they're not a great example of Christianity, or the American version of it. They ARE however a great example of hypocrisy, evil, and insanity...and EXACTLY the kind of "Christians" that will be "spat out" when the prophecies in Revelations are fulfilled.
2007-09-27 07:57:54 · answer #6 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey this same hate group picketed outside of my church on a Sunday evening during service...why? Because we didn't string a kid up that wore I'm Gay" on a T-Shirt to school. And I'm Baptist.
2007-09-27 08:02:51 · answer #7 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is not a mainstream Baptist group.
This was done by a Pseudo-Christian personality cult lead by Fred Phelps called the Westboro "Baptist" Church.
To find out what kind of twisted environment produces the main portion of the membership check out this expose based on interviews with family members that escaped this poisonous environment http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/michael_haggerty/expose3.htm
I REPEAT ---- THIS IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BAPTIST MAINSTREAM.......
2007-09-27 07:48:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think it's only fair to point out that the group that did that is a cult and not really baptists even if they call themselves baptists.
it's also all one family.
On second thought....shame on you Lars M for that blatent logical fallacy of an argument
Fallacy: Appeal to Ridicule
The Appeal to Ridicule is a fallacy in which ridicule or mockery is substituted for evidence in an "argument."
2007-09-27 07:45:38 · answer #9 · answered by Tony AM 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I love how stereotypical and sarcastic you are! That's just super! It's terrible what they did, but no they do not represent all Baptist people. Just like how all gays aren't the same. I might as well say that all gays are big cry babies who say how they just want to "fit in" but instead throw huge gay pride parades so they CAN show how different they are. I can be sterotypical and sarcastic as well!
2007-09-27 07:48:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋