First Amendment!? It is your right!? Here's another scenario for ya! The imperfect Christian and a few other true compassionate human beings/Christians and any non-believers that will join in, take a petition, and walk through the crowd and get an email address, maybe a phone #, or perhaps even a physical address, then take this list to the killed Marines family. Then as soon as you Mr., Ms., Mrs. Protester have a tragic death in your family I invite the largest battalion in the Corp., along with the Marines family members that choose to participate and march down to your loved ones funeral and protest against hypocrisy and stupidity. Just because it's a (so-called) "right" doesn't make it right! People that call themselves Christians and then do this junk, and say (not in so many words) that they are speaking for God! News Flash! If you fall in that category, then you need to understand, that God doesn't need your voice, because He is GOD all by Himself! For those non-Christians that just need to be heard, voice your opinion to the government, not to this man/woman's hurting loved ones! If his agenda was to seek and destroy as many lives as he could, or to "start" a war all by himself, then I see your need to speak out against "him." But protest a funeral, where a person gave his/her life for your/our First Amendment right!? Come on! Take it to the courthouse not the Lords' House...
"Gods' wrath" the protesters were quoted saying. 911 was an act of God...according to one protester (a pastors -aka holier than thou devils- wife. Hmmm, I disagree, I say no, it was an act of evil, executed by evil men. "Thank God for dead soldiers..." one banner read. Gay or not, uncalled for! Hmm did God call in terrorist at Sodom? Nope. Did Gomorrah go to naught at the hands of protesters? Mmm again, nope. But because of the wickedness, the sodomy, and evil that these men forced on other men, women, and perhaps even children these small cities came to an end, to end all the EVIL therein by the hands of Almighty GOD! Not anyone else. Christians pray, and non-believers, please be peaceful non-believers. God doesn't need our advice, or help. He desires our obedience, and love. Love one another. Peace, blesssings, and joy... that real PB&J
Here are a few links:
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/ap-court-backs-westboro-in-funeral-protest-case-030211/
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/funeral-protests-criminal-father-slain-marine/story?id=10255885
http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25305223/detail.html
I have had the misfortune of dealing with this particular "protester family" personally while working at Warren Wilson. They are not of the Lord. They are evil men and women as you have said, sadly misled by their demon-possessed patriarch. Have no illusions that they are a real "church" or have been sent by God. They are a media organization pure and simple, and their agenda is political, not spiritual. They love press both good and bad.
ReplyDeleteDid Jesus yell "God hates lepers" or "Thank God for dead prostitutes"? Of course not. These people are not moral, not religious, and certainly not the "wrath of God". But I suspect the wrath of God is something they will see one day real soon now.