Comments on: “There was a point when we started praying for people to die”

By: ansonia

ansonia — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:32:04 +0000

The Westboro Baptist Church looks like a kind of street theater to me. I’m starting to suspect actors and actresses are playing the roles of hateful yahoos in order to condition average people to associate certain arguments and views with hatred of gay people, ignorance, and now, gun violence.

By: thebrokenrattle

thebrokenrattle — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:29:38 +0000

This woman has truly found redemption. May any pleas for mercy she asks of those she hurt be given without hesitation.

By: SgtSVJones

SgtSVJones — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:39:45 +0000

May God have mercy upon their tortured souls.

By: unclesmrgol

unclesmrgol — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:36:10 +0000

A prayer, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that others at Westboro will see the light.

By: andycanuck

andycanuck — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:46:20 +0000

They're also not only not Baptists but they're also, literally, heretics.

By: Sachiko

Sachiko — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:22:45 +0000

she has a lot of courage. i hope she does inspire others to leave. there aren’t that many people at that “church” anyway…

By: Tilly

Tilly — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:18:55 +0000

I think more of xenu and david whatever his name is that heads up Scientology, than this whacked out group of brow beating, psycho nut cases… Then again if Obama were smart he could probably win some conservatives over if he revoked both groups tax free status and tossed the lot in jail!

By: 22044

22044 — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:13:16 +0000

I agree with all the above comments.

They might be called Westboros, because there is nothing Baptist or Church about them.

By: ColtsFan

ColtsFan — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:02:27 +0000

From the time she was 8, Libby Phelps Alvarez traveled the country protesting funerals. Like other members of the family-based Westboro Baptist Church, she often crashed the funerals of fallen soldiers. “They think that they're fighting for a nation that supports homosexuality," Alvarez told TODAY, explaining the rationale behind the protests. Now, Alvarez has left the inflammatory Kansas-based church started by her grandfather and travels the world with her new husband experiencing simple acts once forbidden by her former cult-like religion – like getting a haircut. She also has gotten her ears pierced. In addition to disrupting military funerals, Westboro church members also are known for extreme anti-gay and anti-Semitic rhetoric, targeting both groups in their protests. But they shocked the nation when they announced plans to protest the funerals of the children killed in the Newtown, Conn., mass shooting. “Westboro will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment,” the church announced in a tweet. **from the article**

Westboro is a family-based Hate group. It is NOT a church. The Bible teaches:

19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

The Master, the historical person of Jesus called the Christ, said that genuine Christians will be known by their fruit (referring to outward actions that reveal the thoughts of a person's heart).

By: Bishop

Bishop — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:58:52 +0000

Libs during the Bush years.