"Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer" <1:123/789.0> wrote in
news:10802$HOLYSMOKE@JamNNTPd:

 RS>> With Fred Phelps' daughter arguing in front of the Supreme
 EH>   Court,
 EH> (and they
 RS>> had to disinfect the chamber after,) something I wonder about.

 EH> She's not the worst one to set foot there.

 RS>> Is Fred Phelps and his brood actually Christian?

 EH> No. It comes down to "what would Jesus do?" He definitely would NOT do
 EH> what Phelps and his idiot bunch do.

Phelps' religion is based more on the Old Testament, the wrathful punish
everyone for what a few did wrong-type God.

There are also parts of Paul's teachings in Phelps interpretations.


 RS>> And please none of this "They aren't true Christian" nonsense
 EH>   either.

 EH> It isn't nonsense. No true Christian would be so hateful.

So what do you all him?
Besides what's unprintable?

 RS>> Osama Bin Laden is described as a Muslim.

 EH> So what? Are you equating Phelps with bin Laden?

In a way, yes.
Both subscribe to nothing but hatred and both are of the type of
preacher that dictates everything, and rules the flock with an iron
fist.

 RS>> Meir Kahane was described as a Jew.

 EH> Again, so what?

 EH> It doesn't matter what they are described as, it is their actions that
 EH> define them.

Quite true.
But if Osama Bin Laden is described as a Muslim, by the same logic
Phelps should be described as a Christian.

 RS>> Also, should the 1rst Amendment apply to Phelps' stunts?

 EH> Yes, it does. What they do is reprehensible, but it is protected by
 EH> the 1st Amendment.

 RS>> I say it does, since the same people that censor Phelps, can
 EH>   sensor anyone RS> else for any reason.

 EH> Exactly.

Do you think the Supreme Court will rule against Phelps?

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