10-06-2011, 01:38 PM
(10-06-2011, 08:03 AM)eppie Wrote: Well at least they stick with their story. You either believe in god and do what is written in the bible or you don't. Most people however are halfway there. '''I would be an atheist but I am scared that I will go to hell so I stick with being religious''
Or '''I use my religion only for becoming popular with other people....e.g. to become elected governor, but my lifestyle (hookers, drugs and stealing) will not be influenced by it too much'''''
WBC is a hate group created by Fred Phelps in response to what is likely his own self-hatred at being attracted to men, and it appropriated the religious notion of Imminent Societal Disaster to convince its members that their abusive behaviors are for the best. I don't see anything respectable in its members holding fast to their central beliefs any more than I find it respectable for members of the Klan to do the same.
-Lem