A Reward for the "Outer" of Fred Phelps

I am sure all of you are familiar with the what could be described as the scum of the earth Fred Phelps who runs the what could be described as the looney toon church the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) that has a whole load of what could be described as whack-a-loon congregants.  At any rate, if you are not familiar with these highly questionable people and their highly questionable practices then you can check out their fucked-up website here (I hate the fact that I am linking to their webpage, but sometimes you have to do what you've got to do).

And given that the WBC is vehemently anti-homosexual, among other things, I believe that it is very possible that Fred Phelps is a closeted homosexual.  The reason I believe such a thing is possible is due to all of the other vehemently anti-homosexual, pro-god, pro-family values reverends and politicians who have been caught in the act having the "gay sex."  Ted Haggard is the best example of the aforementioned.  So what I and the world desperately wants this holiday season, the best gift anyone could give this year, is for a person who has been or is Fred Phelps homosexual lover to 'out' Fred Phelps.

I don't have any money to give you, and I cannot provide you with any fame; in matter of fact, I have absolutely no clout whatsoever, but you would be doing the world a favor.  I know that the WBC has only been successful in indoctrinating a handful of people, but some of those people are children, and no child is born an extreme homophobe.  So I leave you, the 'outer' of Fred Phelps, with this plea: Please, don't do it for us, but do it for the children.

D

Kill Gays, God is Cool With It

If you have been following the news at all over the past year, you have probably heard about the Ugandan "Kill the Gays Bill," a piece of legislation that will criminalize homosexuality (I wrote about this legislation earlier this year).  Under the proposed bill, the maximum penalty for homosexuality is the death penalty (for serial offenders).  Other penalties include three-years in prison for knowing a homosexual and life imprisonment for being a homosexual.

Recently, Rachel Maddow interviewed the author of the Ugandan "Kill the Gays Bill," David Bahati.

Part One


Part Two
 

What I find highly disturbing is the lack of admonishment from the faithful in this country.  Even more frustrating is the indoctrination of youth, those 13-25, by supports of David Bahati's warped world view.  One of those groups is "The Call," run by Lou Engle who, according to the Call's website:

"Lou Engle is the visionary and co-founder of TheCall solemn assemblies, a movement of prayer, gathering two generations, but primarily targeting young people to pray and fast for justice and spiritual awakening. Since 2000, TheCall has gathered hundreds of thousands of people to pray both nationally and internationally."

The Call is a group which is hellbent on bringing the world and, especially, America back to the Lord:

"SOLEMN ASSEMBLY
In the Bible assemblies were appointed by God as the divine prescription to return to Him in times of apostasy. These gatherings were for the purpose of prayer, fasting, and repentance from individual and national sins. They were also used to call upon God for protection in times of crisis. Many times on these days the Israelites ceased from working and offered sacrifices to the Lord. There was always a promise of great blessing if the nation returned to the Lord with wholehearted devotion and the renewal of their covenant vows of love to the Lord. [Leviticus 23:36, Numbers 29:35, Deuteronomy 16:8, 2 Chronicles 7:9, 2 Chronicles 20:3-4, Joel 1:14, 2:15]"

And

"Our nation is in desperate need of the mercy of God and another great spiritual awakening, which will only come forth as the Body of Christ gathers together in prayer. When there is no hope for a nation, when there is no remedy, God has a Holy prescription. We must drop every barrier that divides us and unite in urgent, humble fasting and prayer with the promise that afterward God would pour out His Spirit (Joel 2)."

"TheCall is committed to mobilizing three generations, every ethnicity, and every denomination from across America to join in petitioning God for His undeserved mercy and to return to acts of justice that would satisfy His heart."

It appears that the members of the Call are too occupied by prayer and humble fasting to be outraged at the possibility that Uganda may make it legal to kill people for being gay.  At the very least there is no mention of it on their main website (to be fair they don't mention much on their website, they are rather vague, in a strange way).  Even Stonewall, one of their associate websites, doesn't make mention of the bill, which is odd since Stonewall is one of their official anti-gay websites. 

Stonewall, like the Call's main site, is rather vague in the details, but I have found is nothing new:

 
" StoneWall Now! is a prayer movement. We are lovers of God and lovers of people.  We are filled with compassion for the pain of those bound in homosexuality.  We are impassioned to protect the young from the indoctrination of iniquity in the education system as well as families and society from the legislation of the same.
Therefore, we are:
1.  Calling the church to REPENTANCE for our own broken marriages, moral compromise and cowardly tolerance of iniquity.
2.  Praying for the salvation and RELEASE of 100,000 gays & lesbians by the love of Jesus.
3.  Raising up 24/7 prayer to resist and restrain the spiritual powers behind the radical homosexual agenda.
4.  We are gathering and publishing testimonies of the 100,000 ONES who are being WON!"
 
Aside from the antiquated and ass backward views on homosexuality the sight is quite chic.  It appeals, as I am sure was the intent of the authors, to the youth.  It has a very energetic, fight-the-establishment kind of feel to it.  You can be a rebel for Christ by telling homosexuals that they are dirty sinners and deserving of death (that is the wage of sin, after all).  Want an example?  Check out the pic below:

 

By now you might be thinking: "Dave, so what, it's alright if they have a difference of opinion and want to express it;" normally I would agree with that general premise (it irks me that they are indoctrinating impressionable young people, but what is one to expect: if religion didn't indoctrinate the young, they would cease to be).  My problem here is that Lou Engle, the founder of the Call, has come out in support of the "Kill the Gays Bill."  Now we can see why the Call and Stonewall are so silent about Uganda: they want to cleanse the earth of sinners; namely, homosexuals.  If they can't convert and heal the gays (which time and time again it has been shown that you can't cure someone of homosexuality, it's not a disease), then the gays should be imprisoned and/or executed.  These sound like the kind of good ol' fashioned morals that the world needs to get back to: hate those who are different from you and kill them if necessary.   

 D

Gay Marriage Cartoon

Ray, Ray, Ray..........

Ray Comfort has posted a fictional letter from a 17-year old, this is hilarious......

“Mom, dad, after my first semester at college, I have to tell you that I don’t believe in God anymore. Science has proven evolution to be true. The Bible is a book of fairy tales. There is no absolute right and wrong. I know this goes against your values, but I now believe in gay marriage and a woman’s right to choose. I don’t want to hurt you, but I have to be open and honest with you--I’m moving in with my girlfriend. This doesn’t change my love for you, and I hope you feel the same about me . . . .”

A 2007 survey in the U.S. showed that the number of 18-25 year olds who were atheist, agnostic or nonreligious had increased from 11 percent in 1986 to 20. [1]

[1] HumanistNetworkNews.org, Jan. 24, 2007

Who would have thought that being a critical thinking, atheistic, pro-choice, pro-civil rights, tolerant, respectful, and an honest person was such a bad thing?

D