It's sad and upsetting.

There's actually an article of a KKK Grandmaster who speaks against WBC. Picture it: The Head Racist saying the WBC is wrong. Interesting in itself. Link

The issues surrounding WBC are many and interesting to study all in itself. As a church (and being citizens) they are allowed to exercise free speech. However, you can see some bias of allowing some groups (like WBC) to protest over others, such as women's rights protestors. They are met with much less police resistance than other peaceful protests. The social issues behind it are very intriguing to me.

Also, the church is open because they are able to indoctrinate their children into the hate, thus having members and control. They're also a whole bunch of lawyers, which doesn't hurt.

However, to go back to your comment, it depends on what Christianity you mean. If we go back to the dark age and fiefdoms, Christianity was not very moralistic. It was used by the Barons and Dukes to control the peasants. Such quotes like the camel and needle were used for this.

There are many forms and breakdowns, etc. I wish that the norm were loving, open Christians. In my personal experience, these loving Christians seem to be an ideal and rarity. I've had a friend excommunicated from their church and family because they were gay. I do not think they held the ideas of Jesus. I have other stories, but I don't wish to flood this comment.

I'm all for Jesus's philosophy and I think I use most of these morals. I have spiritual and religious friends who are open, committed to their faith, and loving. I wish everyone was like that.

Sorry to write a book. I studied some of these things in school, so they are of high interest. less

It's sad and upsetting.

There's actually an article of a KKK Grandmaster who speaks against WBC. Picture it: The Head Racist saying the WBC is wrong. Interesting in itself. Link

The issues surrounding WBC are many and interesting to study all in itself. As a church (and being citizens) they are allowed to exercise free speech. However, you can see some bias of allowing some groups (like WBC) to protest over others, such as women's rights protestors. They are met with much less police resistance than other peaceful protests. The social issues behind it are very intriguing to me.

Also, the church is open because they are able to indoctrinate their children into the hate, thus having members and control. They're also a whole bunch of lawyers, which doesn't hurt.

However, to go back to your comment, it depends on what Christianity you mean. If we go back to the dark age and fiefdoms, Christianity was not very moralistic. It was used by the Barons and Dukes to control the peasants. Such quotes like the camel and needle were used for this.

There are many forms and breakdowns, etc. I wish that the norm were loving, open Christians. In my personal experience, these loving Christians seem to be an ideal and rarity. I've had a friend excommunicated from their church and family because they were gay. I do not think they held the ideas of Jesus. I have other stories, but I don't wish to flood this comment.

I'm all for Jesus's philosophy and I think I use most of these morals. I have spiritual and religious friends who are open, committed to their faith, and loving. I wish everyone was like that.

Sorry to write a book. I studied some of these things in school, so they are of high interest. less

Good post. Thank you, I agree.

I consider myself a "Red Letter" Christian. Meaning if it ain't in the red letters in my Bible (the words of that Jewish Carpenter ONLY) I'm not taking it to heart. Not Deuteronomy or Leviticus (laws made by Moses for the Hebrew people, not for modern day people, not Paul or other fanatics. Really, is is an "abomination" to wear a garment made from fabric from two different fibers? Leviticus says so. It's as bad of an "abomination" (which, in the Ancient Greek, which the King James Bible was taken from "abomination" only means "unusual, not according to common behaviors") as "a man lying with an other man, as if with a woman." I want to see "Rev" Fred Phelps thrusting signs saying, "God Hates Mixed Fabrics!"

I think people like Phelps and other finger pointing hypocrites give all religion a bad name. He's far from a good Christian. less