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 it’s 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 father’s 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. There’s no definite answer as of now.
Despite Margie and Nathan’s 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 they’re former pastor was “near death” since it’s “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."
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Soon looks like one less WBC a$$hole. 30 more to go.
I suspect her elevator doesn’t go to the top floor.
Hmm...try to imagine the potential sales of “I Was Fred Phelps’ Gay Lover”. I sense a business opportunity here.
Lord Jesus is nowhere near this bunch. He’s busy
with worthy others.
I also think Satan is waiting, don’t you?
Here’s hoping for a custom-sized meteorite strike .. a couple grams oughta suffice for whatever half acre is cursed enough to be hosting that event.
I bet that the family reunions are a real hoot.
What did he do, anyway? Come to Jesus for real and repent?
This is so freakin' funny!
Combined PING and DANG!
Hmm...try to imagine the potential sales of “I Was Fred Phelps’ Gay Lover”.
As told by his right hand.
I am so going to Hell... I did too much research on that Duke coed story last week.
Live by the “God Hates Fags” sign, die by the “God Hates Fags” sign.
Lotta love in THAT family.
Every single one of these people is a sick, lost soul who deserves prayer.
But I’m a little busy this week, so someone else will have to fill in for me.
She cusses like a DUmmie.
F U N N Y!!!
Let’s hope if he was excommunicated from WBC that it’s for this reason “thinking he might have had a change in heart as his health declined. There’s no definite answer as of now.” Perhaps seeing his own mortality, God woke him up to the truth of the Gospel which we know was nothing like his WBC cultic practices.
I don’t desire to see anyone go to Hell.
Amen!
It’s probably something similar to introducing Luke Skywalker to his real father.
Now THAT’S funny,ironic and insightful-but really funny.
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