Posted on 08/18/2003 4:02:13 PM PDT by truthandlife
And you will be judged by the same standard that you judge others. Somehow I think you and Phelps (I refuse to call him Rev.) are going to have a hard time squeezing through the tiny door into Heavan. You are saved by grace. If you had to count on your own acts, you're doomed.
I got news for you.
When Fred Phelps is on television, it is to mock him, and laugh at him.
And, he should be laughed at.
and there is almost a total media blackout of calling homosexuality a sin...how else do you reach these people?
You think telling them God hates them is going to "reach them"? What kind of convoluted thinking is that?
. Rev. Phelps only sticks out because the times have changed
Phelps sticks out because he is a nazi, and the only thing one should do to a nazi is laugh at him for the clown he is.
Okay, I give.. Why is Bob Hope in hell?
The suspense is killing me.
That'a always been my understanding.
I mean, there's a distinct difference between someone who says:
"Look, I messed up. I was tempted, I failed and when I failed I was wrong. What I did was wrong, it will always be wrong and I want to be forgiven for my trespass."
And another person who sinned similarly who says:
"Hey, so what? I "sinned" Big effen deal! It feels good, so do it! You should really try this! It's wonderful! I would encourage you to tell your friends and family that it's okay! Just do it! Come on!"
It's a substancial difference.
It's the difference between the penant man praying for forgivness because he is an admitted sinner and Satan enticing Eve in the Garden of Eden.
How you react to sin makes all the difference in the world, imo.
Of course not! That would show a religious preference!
Well, I only read a little bit, but he once had a fund raiser for some church that doesn't hate fags.
Supposedly, he was unfaithful to Delores. Or, maybe, in Phelps twisted mind, he's in hell because he appeared on stage with scantily-clad women. That's the kind of sicko Phelps and his spawn are.
I never heard any of that stuff about Hope; his wife frequently accompanied him on his overseas trips, so I don't see where he had much of a chance to be an inveterate womanizer.
If Phelps wasn't fooling all those gullible saps at his Westboro Baptist Church, and milking them of their hard-earned money, he'd likely be homeless, standing on some street corner with a cardboard sign saying "The end is near."
Far as sins go, that's a biggie I suppose?
Phelps is blowing smoke. He doesn't know where Bob is anymore than I do.
The average life expectancy of an American man is 76. The average smoker lives to be 66. Because of that difference, large amounts of money are spent each year to convince people to refrain from smoking. Lawmakers, the media, the entertainment industry and even the tobacco industry itself have spent billions in the anit-smoking campaign.
But the same motivation does not hold true when it comes to homosexuality. Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institue points out that health statistics indicate that those in the homosexual life-style only live to the average age of 46 -- three times the gap that has motivated the anti-smoking campaigns -- yet the culture seems comfortable to keep promoting it as "normal and okay."
Is our society screwed up or what???
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