http://www.365gay.com/opinion/the-strange-logic-of-fred-phelps/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.365gay.com/opinion/the-strange-logic-of-fred-phelps/comment-page-1/#comment-9222 doober Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:05:21 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=159#comment-9222 When Phelps looks up to heaven from hell I will ask God to please give her a drop of water. When Phelps looks up to heaven from hell I will ask God to please give her a drop of water.

]]> http://www.365gay.com/opinion/the-strange-logic-of-fred-phelps/comment-page-1/#comment-9199 H. (Bart) Vincelette Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:53:48 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=159#comment-9199 I do not believe that the Phelps clan are deranged , or mentally ill in any fashion.Religious fanatics-yes.Social clods-yes. The very definition of tasteless and obnoxious-yes. They have taken the abuse of religious freedom to hights not seen for some time.That's not to suggest dispensing with religious freedom.But I understand they often incite violence directed at themselves , promptly sue for A, B & C, & have been quite successful at it.The Phelps isolation from society at large , based on theology isn't unique.But when you attribute breathtaking lies to revered religious writings you are convinced of your possession of the only truth there ever was.It is a sad commentary on the fragility of Christianity, for example; that so many in every generation believe they are finally & for the first time in history; interpreting the Bible as it ewas meant to be understood.I say "sad" because there has always been suffering & misery as a direct result of this perspective , which is like an endemic virus in humanity. And when you do not have to account for beliefs and/or money obtained within the process, anything goes. The sky is the limit, etcetera, etcetera.Finally, it is a testament to the maturity & respect of the American people for even the extremes of liberty, & in particular the LGBT segment of the country; that in the most armed nation in the world; no one has seen fit to give any member of that group , a cranium full of ammunition.I'd give anything to see them shipped off to Itaq to proselytize their biblical goodies in downtown Baghdad. I do not believe that the Phelps clan are deranged , or mentally ill in any fashion.Religious fanatics-yes.Social clods-yes. The very definition of tasteless and obnoxious-yes. They have taken the abuse of religious freedom to hights not seen for some time.That’s not to suggest dispensing with religious freedom.But I understand they often incite violence directed at themselves , promptly sue for A, B & C, & have been quite successful at it.The Phelps isolation from society at large , based on theology isn’t unique.But when you attribute breathtaking lies to revered religious writings you are convinced of your possession of the only truth there ever was.It is a sad commentary on the fragility of Christianity, for example; that so many in every generation believe they are finally & for the first time in history; interpreting the Bible as it ewas meant to be understood.I say “sad” because there has always been suffering & misery as a direct result of this perspective , which is like an endemic virus in humanity. And when you do not have to account for beliefs and/or money obtained within the process, anything goes. The sky is the limit, etcetera, etcetera.Finally, it is a testament to the maturity & respect of the American people for even the extremes of liberty, & in particular the LGBT segment of the country; that in the most armed nation in the world; no one has seen fit to give any member of that group , a cranium full of ammunition.I’d give anything to see them shipped off to Itaq to proselytize their biblical goodies in downtown Baghdad.

]]> http://www.365gay.com/opinion/the-strange-logic-of-fred-phelps/comment-page-1/#comment-8397 Paul Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:48:21 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=159#comment-8397 So novel Fred 'the fag' Phelps' past is ignored ... the McFarland Reststop near Topeka, where he used to "bop" the boys and cry out "take this you faggot" from 1967-1975. Phelps is in his own hell, has dragged his family members into it, and they in turn seek to drag others into their maelstrom of self-loathing. I outed him at the Millennium March in DC, too bad reporters don't recognize him for what he is - one of us, but like J Edgar Hoover, one of our own worst enemies who is not called on the carpet by reality. So novel Fred ‘the fag’ Phelps’ past is ignored … the McFarland Reststop near Topeka, where he used to “bop” the boys and cry out “take this you faggot” from 1967-1975. Phelps is in his own hell, has dragged his family members into it, and they in turn seek to drag others into their maelstrom of self-loathing. I outed him at the Millennium March in DC, too bad reporters don’t recognize him for what he is – one of us, but like J Edgar Hoover, one of our own worst enemies who is not called on the carpet by reality.

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