Once again, Westboro Baptist doesn't know when to stop! Again, they are crossing the line from compassionate to hateful, from loving to bigoted, and from Christian to overtly evil!
As if showing up at the funerals of soldiers who made the choice to sacrifice themselves in war, the Fred Phelps cult (I don't call it a real church) is now going to show up at the funerals and memorial service of the victims of the Westroads Mall shooting. I am sick of Westboro and what they stand for. Their teachings and "doctrine" is so unbiblical. They certainly don't believe in a God of love, just one of hatred, vengeance, and wrath. Not only is that not the God I believe in, it is not the God of the Bible.
I am particularly furious as I am a friend, albeit recent and not terribly well-acquainted as of yet, but a friend nonetheless with the son of one of the victims. It enrages me that my friend Steve will have to deal with these people spewing hate in the name of God while he tries to lay his father to rest as peacefully as possible. Steve doesn't deserve this, and his deceased father certainly doesn't deserve it.
I know for me I already had enough rage and heartache built up as a result of first, the shootings, then finding out that I knew someone related to one of the victims and I care about this person as a good friend and brother. Now my emotions are on high boil because the WBC crowd simply cannot stay away and leave well enough alone.
I wish they'd take their vicious gospel and confine it to the walls of their cult headquarters (church building) and leave grieving, hurting people alone and not throw acid in their wounds. I'm sure if the WBC crowd reads this they'll come after me as some sort of idol-worshipping, fornicating, homosexual-loving heathen who needs to die. But, I'll stand up for the real truth of the Gospel and say "Bring it on!" if they do because now it's personal to me. Goodness knows I don't want to stoop to their level, but have they ever considered that God might smite them for the hatred they spew? Have they ever considered that when they die, they might hear the words of Christ, ringing in their ears, "I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity." (Luke 13:27 NKJV)
The saddest part is this is not how I wanted to first talk about my new friend Steve and the impact of this shooting on me. Unfortunately, before I could find words to describe my true feelings, the problem of the WBC arose. Yes, they may be people but they are a problem, and a huge one. As long as there are grieving people in the world, and as long as Fred Phelps and the WBC cult wishes to go on harassing these pain-stricken individuals, the WBC will be nothing more than a problem. If I sound harsh, good. At least I'm not half as harsh as Fred and his cult. This is the last straw for me! I needed to vent, and have done so! Now, I will try to resume grieving for a man I have never met, and strive to do so in as much peace as possible.
