Posted on 03/17/2014 2:21:19 PM PDT by markomalley
After finding out Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. was on the verge of death many quipped the Westboro Baptist Church, the very organization he founded, would picket his funeral like they have so many others in the past. It might sound like a joke but apparently its the real deal: the WBC will hold a demonstration at the funeral of their former pastor.
Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, was reportedly excommunicated from the group.
Phelps Sr., 84, began to make headlines over the weekend after his estranged son Nathan posted a note to Facebook where he said the pastor is currently in hospice care and was excommunicated from the organization for reasons that remain unclear. As twisted as it may be, his daughter Margie (who is a part of the WBC) said on Twitter the hate-fueled organization would definitely be at his funeral, if only to picket.
My dad Pastor Fred Phelps is a hell bound f*g enabling whore, she shockingly wrote on Twitter Sunday evening. #Westboro Baptist Church to protest this whores Funeral. Margie had nothing but revulsion to spread in regards to her fathers ailing health. She added he is now a hell bound whore.
Speculation as to why he was excommunicated is rampant on the Internet, with some assuming the WBC members found out Phelps was actually gay and others thinking he might have had a change in heart as his health declined. Theres no definite answer as of now.
Despite Margie and Nathans public statements that reveal Phelps Sr.s passing is imminent, the WBC issued a Recent Media FAQ that denied the former pastor was not doing well. They said Phelps is a person of advanced age, and such people sometimes have health issues. But the organization seemed annoyed at the insinuation that theyre former pastor was near death since its highly speculative and foolish considering that all such matters are the sole prerogative of God. As far as Phelps allegedly being excluded from member ship at the WBC, the organization succinctly replied: Membership issues are private.
A spokesperson for the WBC said Phelps Sr. was in hospice care, but would not remark any further. We don't owe any talk to you about that," Westboro spokesman Steve Drain told the Topeka Capital-Journal. "We don't discuss our internal church dealings with anybody. It's only because of his notoriety that you are asking."
Here is an article saying Phelps was an asset to the homosexual movement:
Lauren Drain, a former member of Westboro and daughter of its spokesman, says Phelps is gay and his activities result from a self-hatred of his own homosexuality.
http://gawker.com/5990818/fred-phelps-gay-former-westboro-baptist-church-member-says-maybe
And ex-gay activist Christopher Doyle says Phelps was funded (at least in part) by homosexual activists.
http://www.examiner.com/article/christopher-doyle-fred-phelps-is-funded-by-homosexual-activists
If these things are true, they would be typical of the left.
I believed that all along, that Phelps was a agent for the homos to try to paint anyone against the gay agenda as loonies....and they certainly got the press to go along with it.
Prophet? Seriously?
And away goes Westboro down the Drain.
Not likely. His family is even sicker than he is.
I think that’s another lie by Westboro.
Here is an interesting perspective. I find myself agreeing with much of it:
http://www.examiner.com/article/christopher-doyle-fred-phelps-is-funded-by-homosexual-activists
Why do I have the feeling that if MONSON was left out of her reply; I’d not be responding now?
The Articles of Faith outline 13 basic points of belief of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Prophet Joseph Smith first wrote them in a letter to John Wentworth, a newspaper editor,
in response to Mr. Wentworth's request to know what members of the Church believed.
They were subsequently published in Church periodicals.
They are now regarded as scripture and included in the Pearl of Great Price.
THE ARTICLES OF FAITH
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS History of the Church, Vol. 4, pp. 535541
Joseph Smith |
Hey!
It's not MY fault that Mormonism STILL feels this way about us!
Right, Jeff?
Birds of a feather?
When a group strays from real CHRISTIANITY; things like this come out of their mouths.
As a heart attack!!!
In conclusion let us summarize this grand key, these Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet, for our salvation depends on them.
1. The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
2. The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
3. The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
4. The prophet will never lead the church astray.
5. The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
6. The prophet does not have to say Thus Saith the Lord, to give us scripture.
7. The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want to know.
8. The prophet is not limited by mens reasoning.
9. The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or spiritual.
10. The prophet may advise on civic matters.
11. The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
12. The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly.
13. The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidencythe highest quorum in the Church.
14. The prophet and the presidencythe living prophet and the First Presidencyfollow them and be blessedreject them and suffer.
I testify that these fourteen fundamentals in following the living prophet are true. If we want to know how well we stand with the Lord then let us ask ourselves how well we stand with His mortal captainhow close do our lives harmonize with the Lords anointedthe living ProphetPresident of the Church, and with the Quorum of the First Presidency.
Ezra Taft Benson
(Address given Tuesday, February 26, 1980 at Brigham Young University) http://www.lds.org/liahona/1981/06/fourteen-fundamentals-in-following-the-prophet?lang=eng
Ezra Taft Benson was President of the Church: The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints
November 10, 1985 May 30, 1994
And the most virulent of hate filled evil will somehow find God on their deathbed.
Even those who hate him now. They had just better hope that they live lucky enough
to have a deathbed chance.
Yes, indeed!
It’s so easy for ME too look down on others who have not made the choice: yet.
I am WAY too much like the Prodigal Son’s brother...
Eh?
Benson was a lifelong supporter of Scouting.
He started in 1918 as assistant Scoutmaster. On May 23, 1949 he was elected a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America.
He received the three highest national awards in the Boy Scouts of America the Silver Beaver, the Silver Antelope, and the Silver Buffalo as well as world Scoutings international award, the Bronze Wolf.
Yes. Yes, he was.
Onan's sin was not masturbation; in fact it was not even just the coitus interruptus -- or early withdrawal -- for which he paid a severe penalty. His sin was refusal to perform his duty as kinsman redeemer to his brother's widow by taking her in and conceiving and raising her children as his brother's lineage.
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