The Westboro Baptist Church

yep. It is hard to build a reputation but it only takes an instant to destroy it.

Ding dong, the "Reverend" Fred Phelps is dead...good ridn'z to bad rubbish, as the saying goes.

Good riddance dickwad.

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If Hell was real, you would burn....

"Good riddance" was my first thought too.

He won't be missed.

I had read that he was on his deathbed. Think anyone will protest his funeral, if there is one ?

Olafsto wrote:

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If Hell was real, you would burn....

for Phelps, it is so real.

007 wrote:

I had read that he was on his deathbed. Think anyone will protest his funeral, if there is one ?

Those freaks will probably bury him in secret, in an unmarked grave, in the middle of the night.... just so they won't give anyone the satisfaction.

Too bad he couldn't have distributed some Jim Jones style Kool-Aid to his followers before he left....

That's the sad part to this IMO.  It would be great if the guy died and his twisted theology died with him but you know some freak-in-training will just step up and replace him.

I hope his funeral gets a massive f*cking picket. Just desserts and all that.

Let's do it, brothers of HOM. I'll make signs.

I think that his death is a judgement from God, for all of his years of being a judgemental prick

GOD HATES FREDS

Boris2008 wrote:

I think that his death is a judgement from God, for all of his years of being a judgemental prick

GOD HATES FREDS

My middle name is Frederick, so I hope you don't mean me. 

Leather Frederick Face, catchy!   

It's unfortunate that his legacy on earth is one of hatred. I can't stoop to his level of hatred. God doesn't hate Fred and I hope God has mercy on him and I also hope that Fred has found peace.

tohostudios wrote:

That's the sad part to this IMO.  It would be great if the guy died and his twisted theology died with him but you know some freak-in-training will just step up and replace him.

His daughter stepped-up years ago and has been the spokesman for the "church". Fred really has been out of it for a while now.

It's ironic that people show so much "hate" for him cause of the hate he held for others.  Kinda/sorta the pot calling the kettle black.  And like Scott stated, dude had it all wrong but still deserves God's grace, mercy and peace.

James B. wrote:

It's ironic that people show so much "hate" for him cause of the hate he held for others.  Kinda/sorta the pot calling the kettle black.  And like Scott stated, dude had it all wrong but still deserves God's grace, mercy and peace.

Exactly. I despise most of what Phelps said, but he is like me in that he needs the grace of Christ. I don't wanna claim to hate someone for their hate.

I'm not a Christian and think that hating something that vicious, mean spirited and bigoted is a perfectly natural and understandable response

It will be pot calling the kettle black when i attempt to ruin his funeral for his family, not before.

Boris2008 wrote:

I'm not a Christian and think that hating something that vicious, mean spirited and bigoted is a perfectly natural and understandable response

It will be pot calling the kettle black when i attempt to ruin his funeral for his family, not before.

Yeah, that's about where I stand too.  I know James B and MetalSeminarian are right in that, as a Christian, that's how I'm supposed to feel about this but if I'm honest with myself, I just don't.  I'm glad the guy is dead and hope he rots in hell.

Someone at another forum I hang at called me "judgmental" when I said "good riddance to bad rubbish" about Rev. Fred. I sez "if calling a vicious hatemonger 'rubbish' makes me judgmental, then you can call me Mr. Judge."
There's this weird urge to "be nice" when someone dies even if the person was a total ass**le in life, i.e. "oh, you shouldn't speak ill of the dead"...screw that. That dude earned every bit of scorn thats being heaped on him.

I'm torn because I share FF and Toho's views on one hand, but also completely agree with Scott and Co. a few posts above. I don't think I truly hate anyone, I could just never believe how evil this guy was, and all in the name of my Lord. It's very sad and disgusting what this "church" has done.

The guy was a complete bastard in life, he and his gang of goons would protest fallen soldier's funerals causing unneeded grief to families already dealing with almost unimaginable loss. Instead of being a comforting presence and showing people the grace of God, he chose to hate, he chose to inflict emotional pain in others and was spiritually bankrupt man.

'By thy Fruits You shall know them'. We are not speak ill of the dead, but son of a bitch alive is a son of a bitch dead. Irony no funeral for the bastard, just as well I suppose.