Fred Phelps (founder of the Westboro Baptist Church) has died

Foxhound38

I wonder whether there will be picketing outside his funeral? :pac:

Tipsy McSwagger

Should just ignore his death, it just gives more attention to that shower.

GLaDOS

Not going to delight in someone else's death. He made a lot of people unhappy though and I think the world is better off without him.

Halloween Jack

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Should just ignore his death, it just gives more attention to that shower.

Without Fred the whole thing will disintegrate imo

MRnotlob606

Lets picket at his funeral, Or will the westboro Baptist Church already have that covered ?

Raphael

May he swiftly pass into the obscurity he so richly deserves.

Dyr

Bye Fred

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Holsten

Horrible man.

Weird that he was a civil rights lawyer though.

Fighting for the rights of one group while condemning another to hell....

csallmighty

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Lets picket at his funeral, Or will the westboro Baptist Church already have that covered ?

Oh the irony if there was picketing at his funeral. They would probably welcome it though more publicity for them.

frozenfrozen

He dedicated his whole life to his imaginary friend. Today he died and found out that he wasted his whole life. Go easy on him

Sofiztikated

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Without Fred the whole thing will disintegrate imo

Nope, one of the daughters has been in charge for a while.

iDave

Ding dong.......

Foxhound38

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Without Fred the whole thing will disintegrate imo

Think I heard not long ago that his own cult loonies excommunicated him though?

keano_afc

frozenfrozen wrote: »

He dedicated his whole life to his imaginary friend. Today he died and found out that he wasted his whole life. Go easy on him

He dedicated his life to spread a message of hate. As a Christian myself this guy never represented the true message of the gospel.

Halloween Jack

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Nope, one of the daughters has been in charge for a while.

On the organisational front, but he was their source for all doctrinal/spiritual matters, I don't think it will last long without him.

Ush1

keano_afc wrote: »

He dedicated his life to spread a message of hate. As a Christian myself this guy never represented the true message of the gospel.

Well he did also argue for civil rights for black people.

frozenfrozen

keano_afc wrote: »

He dedicated his life to spread a message of hate. As a Christian myself this guy never represented the true message of the gospel.

He just had a different interpretation of a book to you. He believed he was doing what was right just as much as you believe what you are doing is right, as a Christian. I'm not excusing his 'hate' but he personally killed a lot less people than Christianity has, and as an awareness raiser for how silly following an imaginary friend is, he did a damned good job at that.

minidazzler

Good.

RobbieTheRobber

keano_afc wrote: »

He dedicated his life to spread a message of hate. As a Christian myself this guy never represented the true message of the gospel.

Theres a true message of the gospel?
Quick someone tell all the splintered christian bodies the true message has been found!

wp_rathead

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Think I heard not long ago that his own cult loonies excommunicated him though?

Yes heard that aswell

RobbieTheRobber

Ush1 wrote: »

Well he did also argue for civil rights for black people.

Thats not the true message though, the bible loves a bit of slavery doesn't it?

iDave

Hope he rots in he......oh wait it doesn't exist.
The eternal reward he based his life around doesn't either, what a waste, so much anger over nothing.

Gatling

Foxhound38 wrote: »

I wonder whether there will be picketing outside his funeral? :pac:

Watch they will try to take legal action to prevent people saying or doing anything at his funeral,

Tony EH

Aww...that's a shame.

He was such a gift to the world of comedy.

Links234

I take no delight in his death and I have a great amount of pity for him, he was a man consumed by hatred.

He was also unwittingly one of the best things to have happened to the LGBT rights movement, having done more to change people's attitudes than a thousand pride parades ever would. I do smile at the irony in that, that his legacy will be that of an unintentional hero to LGBT people.

Penn

Gatling wrote: »

Watch they will try to take legal action to prevent people saying or doing anything at his funeral,

They said they wouldn't be having a funeral at all. It's not part of their (special brand of) religion. Every death is God's judgement, so they wouldn't have a funeral. He'll likely be quietly buried or cremated somewhere. Plus, he was excommunicated from the church last year.

Besides, even if they were having a funeral, they wouldn't try to stop people picketing it. It would give them publicity and reason to b*tch about other people as hypocrites etc. As hurtful as it might be in the short-term, they wouldn't turn down the long-term benefits.

What they crave more than anything is publicity. It's the same reason why when they're protesting, one person might be holding four signs at the same time. It makes them look bigger, when really they are very, very small and insignificant. Their numbers are falling and falling, the amount of publicity they've gotten over the past few years has decreased, and people mostly just ignore them now. Protesting a Phelps funeral would simply give them the attention they want.

Ush1

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Thats not the true message though, the bible loves a bit of slavery doesn't it?

Yeah, he was a bit of a liberal, wishy-washy Christian truth be known.

Raphael

Holsten wrote: »

Horrible man.

Weird that he was a civil rights lawyer though.

Fighting for the rights of one group while condemning another to hell....

Ush1 wrote: »

Well he did also argue for civil rights for black people.

According to one of his kids who got out, he was just as bigoted against black people, he just knew he could make good money by representing them.

DamagedTrax

Penn wrote: »

They said they wouldn't be having a funeral at all. It's not part of their (special brand of) religion. Every death is God's judgement, so they wouldn't have a funeral. He'll likely be quietly buried or cremated somewhere. Plus, he was excommunicated from the church last year.

Besides, even if they were having a funeral, they wouldn't try to stop people picketing it. It would give them publicity and reason to b*tch about other people as hypocrites etc. As hurtful as it might be in the short-term, they wouldn't turn down the long-term benefits.

What they crave more than anything is publicity. It's the same reason why when they're protesting, one person might be holding four signs at the same time. It makes them look bigger, when really they are very, very small and insignificant. Their numbers are falling and falling, the amount of publicity they've gotten over the past few years has decreased, and people mostly just ignore them now. Protesting a Phelps funeral would simply give them the attention they want.

if people insist on protesting (which i think would be just giving them creedence) then i think the most appropriate thing would be to line the funeral route (if there is even one) and turn their backs on the procession.

Sofaspud

frozenfrozen wrote: »

He dedicated his whole life to his imaginary friend. Today he died and found out that he wasted his whole life. Go easy on him

The sad thing is that he didn't. His consciousness stopped, so he never knew that all of his "spreading of gospel" was pointless.

And for people saying he was spreading a message of hate, that's not what he was doing at all. He just sincerely believed most of the bible that all "christians" claim to follow. He was trying to save people from an eternity of suffering by trying to inform people of the one true way.

I'm not saying he was right, he was most definitely a dick, but it was entirely due to his outdated beliefs.

He was one sick puppy.

robertpatterson

Wow
One man dies in the world who believes something from the bible and its suddenly a chance to jump on Christianity
Cant wait to hear from all the same people when a prominent radical muslim dies

Davidth88

Horrible nasty bitter man.

Birneybau

robertpatterson wrote: »

Wow
One man dies in the world who believes something from the bible and its suddenly a chance to jump on Christianity
Cant wait to hear from all the same people when a prominent radical muslim dies

:rolleyes:

*I hate that fcuking smiley but still

Ihatecuddles

They kind of make me ashamed to be Christian.

MetalDog

Ush1 wrote: »

Well he did also argue for civil rights for black people.

His son is on record as saying that Phelps Snr didn't give a bollocks about civil rights for black people and only did it to take their money.

Burky126

This really is a rare case of a person who has died who really had it coming.

Can't say anyone can defend him,everyone has redeemable qualities to some,even a lesser degree.

But remember this was a guy who not only spewed vitrol at LGBT and dead soldiers at funerals but who also expoited the civil rights movement in order to gain a false reputation and extra cash and who beat his kids and his wife on an almost daily basis.

There's having a lack of compassion and then there's this guy.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck this guy.

Menas

I feel sorry for the guy. Going thru life with all that hatred in your soul. Vilified and basking in the hatred. Hated by some of his kids as he beat them.
Then he gets feeble and is excommunicated fro his own church.
Some of his family not allowed to visit on his deathbed.
Waste of a life, waste of the opportunity to be happy and to leave a positive legacy.

Muise...

Burky126 wrote: »

This really is a rare case of a person who has died who really had it coming.

Can't say anyone can defend him,everyone has redeemable qualities to some,even a lesser degree.

But remember this was a guy who not only spewed vitrol at LGBT and dead soldiers at funerals but who also expoited the civil rights movement in order to gain a false reputation and extra cash and who beat his kids and his wife on an almost daily basis.

There's having a lack of compassion and then there's this guy.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck this guy.

We all have it coming.
Mortality is hardly a triumph when it's the only thing we have in common with this cnut.

Burky126

Muise... wrote: »

We all have it coming.
Mortality is hardly a triumph when it's the only thing we have in common with this cnut.

I disagree.

When one has led such a life of hate,dying is the first step towards forgetting and forgiving monsters such as these.

At least where you,I and most people go on to beyond this life,we will hopefully have fond memories and experiences to leave behind.That's our triumph.

StinkyMunkey

Nice legacy to have - that of a hate filled bigot, who preached hatred and intolerance. When people talk about this scum bag, it will be with disgust.

Think id rather be remembered fondly by the people around me.

WilyCoyote

Links234 wrote: »

I take no delight in his death and I have a great amount of pity for him, he was a man consumed by hatred.
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I wouldn't say consumed by hatred. I think he got off on hatred. Remember, adrenalin and stress are quite addictive. So this kept his dopamine receptors going full tilt. But in all sense of the word he was an anagram of "a cnut".

bodice ripper

here's hoping he was roaring.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Fare well you nasty little hate filled turd...you will not be missed, ever.

Me?

He may have been a horrible man but he was loved by his followers and his dedication to his beliefs and ability to live by the convictions of those beliefs is admirable.

bodice ripper

Me? wrote: »

He may have been a horrible man but he was loved by his followers and his dedication to his beliefs and ability to live by the convictions of those beliefs is admirable.

shall I godwin the thread...?

WilyCoyote

Me? wrote: »

He may have been a horrible man but he was loved by his followers and his dedication to his beliefs and ability to live by the convictions of those beliefs is admirable.

We're talking Fred Phelps here, not Hitler

Me?

bodice ripper wrote: »

shall I godwin the thread...?

Wily did it for you.

OneEightSeven

StinkyMunkey wrote: »

Nice legacy to have - that of a hate filled bigot, who preached hatred and intolerance. When people talk about this scum bag, it will be with disgust.

Think id rather be remembered fondly by the people around me.

He may be hate-filled, but that's the Bible for you. He was a genuine Christian and actually read the Bible, unlike the many posers who have never read or understood it.

TwoShedsJackson

Me? wrote: »

He may have been a horrible man but he was loved by his followers and his dedication to his beliefs and ability to live by the convictions of those beliefs is admirable.

Being loved by his followers doesn't excuse his beliefs.

And it's pretty easy to live life as a hate-filled bigot, to be honest - that's taking the easy path.

Trying to get along in life and understand other people who are different from you in various ways - now that takes effort, which is why you don't see twats like Westboro Baptist doing it.

MetalDog

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/03/20/fred-phelps-reincarnated-as-a-gay-us-marine/

heh heh heh