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“We understand that Iraq is the only Muslim state that allows the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to be freely and openly preached on the streets without fear of arrest and prosecution. Alas, the United States no longer allows the Gospel to be freely and openly preached on the streets, because militant sodomites now control our government, and they violently object to the Bible message…The same majoritarian sodomite tyranny that now guides the Clinton administration's repressive policies toward Gospel preaching on America's streets, is apparently responsible -- at least in part -- for the merciless slaughter by starvation of 400 innocent Iraqi babies each day in your country. If our government and laws will allow it, and at the invitation of your government, we would like to send a delegation from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, to preach the Gospel on the streets of Baghdad for one week in the near future.”

-- Fred Phelps, in a letter to Saddam Hussein, November 30, 1997
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"In our experience, no modern country is more repressive of human rights than the U.S.A. The vaunted First Amendment is nothing but empty words on paper...we will journey to China at our expense, and tell our story of modern American repression of human rights, upon invitation."

-- Fred Phelps, writing to the Ambassador to the United States from the People's Republic of China, February 26, 1997

"Homosexuals now pervade and control American government at every level and branch. Thus, only those churches that support and promote the militant homosexual agenda enjoy religious freedom. Any church in America that dares to preach what the Bible says about soul-damning, nation-destroying moral filth of the vile homosexual beasts among us, loses all Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom and speech rights."

-- Fred Phelps, in a letter to Russian President Boris Yeltsin, July 5, 1997
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guidoanselmi posted:

i really wonder how jesus would treat WBC if he came back today? they'd be one of the first christians in this country afaik to cleanse the metaphorical temple of hedonism but their righteous indignation oversteps the bounds of humility and compassion he otherwise preached. like i bet theyd be the first to cast a stone at someone with fag aids.


The WBC doesn't engage in violence, so condemning them on the grounds that they supposedly "would" seems intellectually dishonest. There is a big difference between telling someone they are sinning and going to Hell (which Jesus did all the time) and throwing rocks at them until they die.

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peepaw posted:

you're reading too deep into what they say. secular issues like foreign policy don't enter into their worldview at all except when they can tie their message to a current event



Krinkle just proved you wrong, stop shoehorning or dismissing their message based on how YOU want to characterize them.

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#46
YUNG JIRO AKA SHOWA STUNNA AKA
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ISRAEL
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Ironicwarcriminal posted:

Krinkle just proved you wrong, stop shoehorning or dismissing their message based on how YOU want to characterize them.



he proved me right. everything comes back to being able to preach gospel; they use issues in service of that goal

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this brings up a point ive been trying to make for years about why troops are badass. if you hate troops you agree with teh WBC on one of their major tenants. you're probably a bigot in other ways too.
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HenryKrinkle posted:

“We understand that Iraq is the only Muslim state that allows the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to be freely and openly preached on the streets without fear of arrest and prosecution. Alas, the United States no longer allows the Gospel to be freely and openly preached on the streets, because militant sodomites now control our government, and they violently object to the Bible message…The same majoritarian sodomite tyranny that now guides the Clinton administration's repressive policies toward Gospel preaching on America's streets, is apparently responsible -- at least in part -- for the merciless slaughter by starvation of 400 innocent Iraqi babies each day in your country. If our government and laws will allow it, and at the invitation of your government, we would like to send a delegation from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, to preach the Gospel on the streets of Baghdad for one week in the near future.”

-- Fred Phelps, in a letter to Saddam Hussein, November 30, 1997



can you imagine how terrifying being carpet bombed by americans must have been? there was some american movie on Mexican tv on, it was probably hurt locker or some stupid shit, about the war in iraq, and it started with some Iraqi army hq being bombed and the general guy having to hide something before the americans came. imagine seeing your country invaded, being tasked with defending it, and knowing you could do nothing. Very sad SMDH.

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I don't have to imagine it. I am a TExan.
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Shut up fool
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Six flags, five oppressors
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peepaw posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:
Krinkle just proved you wrong, stop shoehorning or dismissing their message based on how YOU want to characterize them.


he proved me right. everything comes back to being able to preach gospel; they use issues in service of that goal



yes, just like marxists. if their gospels happens to have some hard truths that don't get dropped much in the liberal media then i welcome their participation and contribution to the anti-imperialist movement

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Crow posted:

can you imagine how terrifying being carpet bombed by americans must have been? there was some american movie on Mexican tv on, it was probably hurt locker or some stupid shit, about the war in iraq, and it started with some Iraqi army hq being bombed and the general guy having to hide something before the americans came. imagine seeing your country invaded, being tasked with defending it, and knowing you could do nothing. Very sad SMDH.

Probably a lot more fun than ordering your vast legions to another bloodless victory. It's satisfying to play with the cheat codes off sometimes Crow.

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jiroemon1897 posted:

ISRAEL
MUST
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MAY ALLAH
HELP
PLASTINS