Comments on: Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Heath Ledger’s Funeral

By: John Reciprocatti

John Reciprocatti — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:18:47 +0000

These people who picket funerals, those anti-gay pieces of shit need to be beaten up. The relatives of Heath Ledger ought to beat the living shit out of these stupid intolerant Fucks.

By: lsarahlou

lsarahlou — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:41:53 +0000

Im not attacking the Christian faith. I myself am born again. I have grown up knowing and learning the bible. Im saying that these people have problems. They arent suppose to go around to funerals telling people that God hates them. They need to be going around telling people what they need to hear. It is wrong what they do. If they think they are going to get people to repent, they are wrong. If you didnt know anything about God and I ran into one of these people or saw them on tv and they are telling you that God hates America, would you want anything to do with God or Jesus. You probably wouldnt. But I know that God and Jesus loves me. And they love the rest of the world. No matter what you do they still love you. But God is giving you the choice to choose between him or satan. And I think these people are pushing people to choose satan.
Its mankinds choice on whether they want to go to hell or not. But when you hear what these people have to say and you believe it, you choose satan whether you know it or not.

By: nugp

nugp — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:24:49 +0000

A great English teacher of mine once taught me: “the Bible is man’s growing understanding of God.”

This understanding culminates with the arrival of His son in spirit and flesh. He teaches us what is needed to be taught. Although many will disagree, the Old Testament is simply man’s words. As man is flawed, so may be the stories incorporated with it. It took the words of Jesus Christ to fully grasp the true meaning of the “CHRISTian” doctrine.

I believe we can read stories from the Old Testament as a reference to those who truly believed in God. Whether or not I believe that God let Satan get the best of him and attack his follower Job (which I don’t believe the true benevolent God would do), I believe that Job was a good man. Whether or not ancient scribes got the story right should not matter now. The fact that this man was willing to do whatever is needed to stay in faith is all that SHOULD matter.

If I truly believe in Jesus Christ and his words, then I must read his Sermon on the Mount in which (in referral to the days of the Old Testament) he repeats “you heard it used to be said.” The Old Testament should not be compared to the words of Jesus Christ himself. Why would you believe someone over the Son of God?

Trust Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount. Your relationship with Christ is unique. You don’t have to trust another’s relationship with Christ, as long as you trust yours. (I know this is way too long for a message board, but the next time someone wants to attack the Christian faith: understand that a true Christian does not have to believe in fire, brimstone, and the hatred of all mankind to be happy and live with faith.

By: LaReina DelBarrio

LaReina DelBarrio — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:51:17 +0000

I’m a drag queen from L.A., and I’ve made a video about the Westboro Baptist Church picketers, but with sexier visuals. It is driving Phelps so crazy they are sending members to comment on my videos!!

By: lsarahlou

lsarahlou — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:22:18 +0000

these people are not christians. This is a cult that this man has created to take as many people to hell with him as possible. These people are evil and will get what is coming to them.

By: ROBERT RAY

ROBERT RAY — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:08:37 +0000

I youtubed the westboro baptist church on my p.c, and man these people are not goddly people at all,thier a bunch of lunitics,they even raved and said god caused the tragedy at Virginia tech 33 people were killed and the rev.Phelps said it should have been 30000,How evil of such a comment,These people should be thrown in the bottomless pit for a while.

SHAME ON YOU REVEREND FRED PHELPS AND YOUR STUPID CHURCH

By: CJ

CJ — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:29:11 +0000

Whether one defines themselves as a Christian, Buddhist, Athiest, Agnostic, etc, HATE is wrong. HATE is the crime here - no matter what side of this issue one stands on. What the WBC and Mr. Phelps does is not only wrong, but is low, despicable, and in the worst possible taste. Weren’t they the group picketing outside Matthew Sheppard’s funeral?

As for the issue of homosexuality: Am I for it? No. Do I judge those that are? No. It is not my place. Being gay does not change the fact that they are STILL HUMAN. They have every right to choose what they want to do with their life. I wonder if the WBC would think that I deserve to die because I have gay friends, or, even worse, that I lie down with a man who has once laid down with other men. God and The Bible do not teach us to hate. God and The Bible do not teach us to judge or go out and kill others who stray from what we think is righteous and holy. The Bible teaches us to love. The Bible teaches tolerance.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:31:59 +0000

I wish that a local high school marching band would go and play “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” really loudly right in front of the protesting idiots.

By: stiggy

stiggy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:24:38 +0000

They are just using these events to anger people enough to do something rash in which case they sue. In this case, no matter how much I hate what they are saying, I believe in free speech - to the end. If someone wants to call me a , that is their right as long as I have the same right to say something back. There are other ways of dealing with this sort of thing than getting angry.

By: Easy

Easy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:05:15 +0000

Pol x… too damn right mate. Think about all the beliefs you base your life on, really THINK about them. Do they make sense?

Life’s too short to waste time on things that don’t exist.

God doesn’t exist.

We exist.

By: ted

ted — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:26:33 +0000

South Park did a whole two shows about that - the Atheists fighting over pretty much the same trivial things that organized religions fight over.

An ism is an ism is an ism… say that out loud a few times; it sounds really cool.

By: c-dub

c-dub — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:00:59 +0000

@Pol x:

It wasn’t your ire I was objecting to. It was your self-righteous arrogance — which puts you in the same camp as everyone else out their touting their belief systems over others (and don’t kid yourself: atheism IS a belief system).

By: Pol x

Pol x — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:26:12 +0000

c-dub

I’m sorry if you read exasperation as arrogant prosletising.

I was raised catholic and grew to loathe Christianity in all it’s forms as a death cult determined to leach the joy out of life.

If my ire at people who decide,with divine accord, that others should die because of what they do in the sack is too annoying for you I suggest you adjust your criteia.

By: NeuroGirl

NeuroGirl — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:14:55 +0000

I think every drag queen in the greater L.A. area should protest the WBC’s demonstration. I’m game to put on a pair of trousers and a fake mustache if it’ll make a crazy, disrespectful zealot go berserk. Kinda like a sequel to the KKK/clown incident in Tennessee, but with more sequins…

By: c-dub

c-dub — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:53:55 +0000

I also like the way unknown puts “acting” in quotes — as if he or she isn’t quiiite sure about Mr. Ledger’s orientation.

By: margot

margot — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:10:22 +0000

D: that makes me so unhappy.

to unknown: why is it a sin to be gay? no words can really capture how offensive you are. i don’t understand how you can describe something that is completely natural as wrong.

By: KNR

KNR — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:09:36 +0000

“Fall from Grace” is a great documentary produced by a KU film student. In the movie, Phelps’ estranged son says that his father has the mentality of a second grader who grew up with homosexual urges. This would explain his actions. Anyway, my dream scheme involves people from around the nation showing up at Fred Phelps’ funeral to picket. People can hold signs proclaiming, “Fred Phelps was gay” and things of that nature. Anyone in?

By: c-dub

c-dub — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:33:09 +0000

Oof. I think Suzie having to give unknown the definition of the word “fact” pretty much says it all. Yee-ikes.

By: Suzie

Suzie — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:42:23 +0000

@unknown- Morals and opinions are not facts.
*Fact-the truth or actual existence of something, as opposed to the supposition of something or a belief about something
*Opinion-the view somebody takes about an issue, especially when it is based solely on personal judgment

Being gay- none of your concern. Honestly I still cant figure out why people care. Who do gay people hurt? What is so horrible that they do that other human beings dont? Have sex, have lives? If it’s a religious thing, the rest of society is not under the umbrella of your religious beleifs (which are opinions- not facts). If it’s a science thing- there are plenty of cases where same sex animals do the humpty hump in nature. And we are certainely not on the verge of being an underpopulated planet- so just because Jill and Jill cant make a baby without Jack, doesn’t equal the end of the human race. Get over it.

By: unknown

unknown — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:12:53 +0000

keep in mind that i don’t believe this church should be doing this out of respect for heath’s family and friends. out of respect for him as well.

By: unknown

unknown — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:11:30 +0000

Regardless, it is a sin to be gay. Why would you want to be associated with homosexuality even if it was “acting.” I have no problem with Heath Ledger, but he should have turned that role down. Homosexuality is wrong. Thats not an opinion, thats a fact.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:08:30 +0000

*australia

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:07:33 +0000

i dont think those aussies are going to take too kindly to that family if they end up in australis. it wont work out well for them..

By: Freddy

Freddy — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:37:55 +0000

Maybe it was mentioned… I didn’t see it though - that Phelps’ church lost a lawsuit recently. They were sued by the family of a dead soldier at whose funeral they picketed. The church, based on the decision, should be liquidated soon, or will be if the court follows through. The judgment was about 8x the value of the assets of the entire organization.

By: ted

ted — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:36:50 +0000

“Nothing else about Heath Ledger is relevant or consequential”.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

By: Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:28:52 +0000

I don’t read the bible much but a friend quoted these from the bible that fit perfectly with the Westboro Baptists!

“But the tongue can NO man tame..it is a unruly evil full of deadly poison”
and
“It is not what goes into a man that defiles him….but what comes out” and also
any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue….that mans religion is in vain”

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:10:29 +0000

Well, that’s one way to respect the dead.

By: Bucky

Bucky — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:43:15 +0000

As a Christian, I too would like to apologize for these mis-guided people. I think they forgot to read the part of the Bible that teaches us to FORGIVE.

By: Vako

Vako — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:56:28 +0000

It’s obvious at this point that Phelps is a malignant narcissist.

Holy Valhalla! There really are alot of Christian apologists on this site. To each their own, I always say.

To each their own.

By: Lorelei

Lorelei — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:09:37 +0000

UGH I hate these people.
I believe people have the right to believe what they want, but this is insanity!

What if we were to go to their house or pickets with signs saying “God hates the Westboro Baptist Church Members”… I think that would be hilarious.