Gays vs that church in Kansas

[JGY]

I agree with you Muhnay, but I dont think they are genuine. I think they are doing this for the money and the publicity, and to make other christians look bad.

[MiamiRob]

Originally Posted by JGY

I wouldnt be surprised if gay groups were funding Westboro in an attempt to make Baptists look bad. Where do these people get their money?

Baptists already look bad in front of gays. I love how the OP was trying to seperate his religion from Westboro when it is obvious that the same religion spent 9 years boycotting Disney for it's Gay Days every June.
Their cause is obvious.

Gays already spend too much time defending themselves against religious zealots so what makes you think they would fund kooks like Westboro?

[buildings_and_bridges]

Originally Posted by JGY

I wouldnt be surprised if gay groups were funding Westboro in an attempt to make Baptists look bad. Where do these people get their money?

I can believe that some individuals are crazy enough for that. Just about as crazy as the Westboro people. Entire gay rights organizations being willing to fund Phelps, though? I seriously doubt that. I think MiamiRob explained it, though I still don't equate Baptists and Westboro Baptists.

[jonjj]

Phelps does not have as much money to spend on his campaign anymore thanks to a Baltimore Court: Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/31/funeral.protest/index.html - broken link)

Thank God, the good folks in Baltimore tackled him. More jurisdictions need to do so.

[tomocox]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

Baptists already look bad in front of gays. I love how the OP was trying to seperate his religion from Westboro when it is obvious that the same religion spent 9 years boycotting Disney for it's Gay Days every June.
Their cause is obvious.

Gays already spend too much time defending themselves against religious zealots so what makes you think they would fund kooks like Westboro?

I am the writer of the OP. I wish I had the ability to write so I could explain how Baptists are not who you think many of us are. But, let me say this, please. I don't think most Baptists judge people, we leave that to God and only to God. What we do point out is what we believe is an action of sin. Whether it be murder, theft, adultery, greed, jealousy, or whatever, most Baptists believe that every sin is forgivable by God. To me there is no difference in homosexual sin or heterosexual sin to God. I don't think God ranks sin by a quanitative value.

I can never criticise a person for sinning, but I can criticise the action. Often well meaning people wind up unable to separate the difference.

In ending, I can only say that I have never known of a person who lived their life in a Christ-centered manner regretting that life on their death bed. I just wish I had the words to explain the life that I know so people will not misunderstand.

PS, I happen to have been a member of a church with a Mickey Mouse clock in the fellowship area. We truly try to love all people, just hate the sins we and everyone might have committed.

[fiorio]

Westboro Baptist Church is made of psychoes, they do not deserve any public/media explosure.