A Bible-based perspective on Fred Phelps

It’s come to my attention that Fred Phelps and his so called ‘Church’ intend to picket Heath Ledger’s funeral. Not because he was gay, but because as an actor he played a gay man once. Where will these people end?

Well I don’t want to speculate on that. But it’s also come to my attention that some people think that Phelps and his ilk speak for all Christians; that they are more Christian than we wishy-washy liberals - that they represent what Christianity is all about.

I thought about how to argue against this perception, and realized that my words don’t amount to much. So here are some Bible verses which sum up my view on the subject as a born again Christian. Because the words are straight out of the Bible, I hope it will be hard for anyone to look at me afterwards and say ‘but that’s not what Christianity is about.’ If Phelps can quote the Bible, so can I

 

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