[Jedi Master Pikachu]

And you're not getting the point.

The original post with which you took offense was one stating that "The family....doesn't seem that extreme."

While in bad form, it doesn't make it all the way (at least, personally) to extreme. What they are doing is obviously legal, even if it is reprehensible (the same with neo-Nazis and Aryan Nations people marching and demonstrating). Furthermore, neither you, the article, nor other freepers so far have even suggested that the Phelpses support the murder of either the troops, homosexuals, or other groups. The same couldn't be stated about neo-Nazis and the Aryan Nations. Thus, unless you give more points other than their protests at funerals--such as they are calling for troops or homosexuals' deaths or violence toward those groups--they don't seem that extreme.

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Additionally, there are a fair amount of Christians who consider the attacks on September 11 to be punishment for the decline in Christian religiosity in the United States. Such a statement isn't entirely unfounded.

The Phelpses target only homosexuality (bad, but there are other bad things about modern American society besides only homosexuality), and see the punishment as struggles in Iraq and Afghanistan and the deaths of American soldiers rather than only September 11, but you can see that the two ideas are related.

[YOUGOTIT]

"Additionally, there are a fair amount of Christians who consider the attacks on September 11 to be punishment for the decline in Christian religiosity in the United States."

If what you wrote is true they are NOT Christians but members of the devils clan and total idiots.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Considering the current attitude probably should emphasize: in the earlier comment (to which this one is a response), "Such as statement isn't entirely unfounded."

There, entirely was put there, and not only to make the sentence longer.

[Mr. Mojo]

"While in bad form, it doesn't make it all the way (at least, personally) to extreme"

No, disrupting the funerals of American heroes with the message that their deaths are somehow deserved goes way beyond "bad form" and lands firmly in the 'extreme' realm. .....as most sane people would agree.

[loboinok]

Furthermore, neither you, the article, nor other freepers so far have even suggested that the Phelpses support the murder of either the troops, homosexuals, or other groups.

"Pray for more American bodies blown to smithereens by cheap home made Iraqi IEDs"

"Pray for more dead bodies floating on the fag-semen-rancid waters of New Orleans."

" Thank God for the lightning bolt that caused the explosion that trapped the Sago miners. God killed them and cast them into hell. "

"Westboro Baptist Church to picket Amish funerals"

[Alan]COLMES: "Did those girls deserve to be killed?"

PHELPS-ROPER: "Well, they did get killed, and they did that. Who controls the hearts of men? It was at the hand of an angry God those girls are dead."

[Alan]COLMES: "Did they deserve to die?"

PHELPS-ROPER: "They did deserve to die."

Did you read the link I gave to you?

Then go to their site and you will see the above quotes as well as others, wishing death and destruction on our military, government, country, homosexuals, Britan, Sweden and just about anyone who isn't like them. While there, I noticed that they refer to God and the Old Testament a great deal, but rarely refer to Christ and the New Testament.