Merged Fred Phelps nearly dead/Is dead.

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

I wouldn't rule out more of the young members leaving. The Louis Theroux documentaries painted the young members as being a bit aimless within the church, and looking for things and friends outside the church. Plus now there's the added incentive of their former friends and family members being outside the church which means that there's the pull of potentially missing them, the added loneliness of being in the church, and that leaving the church will be slightly less scary because they'll have a support network outside of it.

Of course, none of that means that any of them will leave, just that it seems more likely for them to leave now than it did before.

 

[shemp]

Nevermind

I doubt he has attained Nirvana.

 

[Unabogie]

Fred Phelps is about to die

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/art...Baptist_Hate_Cult_On_the_Edge_of_Death#rss-sm

The estranged son of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church said his father is “on the edge of death.”

Fred Phelps Sr. became famous for organizing picket lines of brightly-colored signs carrying hateful messages against tolerance during the funerals of military personnel and famous figures. His actions led to at least two federal and several state laws restricting protests during military funerals.

My only question is how many people will show up with protest signs, and what kind of music they should dance to on his grave?

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Should this be in "Religion and Philosophy"? Would it be better in "Social Diseases"?

 

[tsig]

I doubt he has attained Nirvana.

That's nomind.

 

[Dorian Gray]

GOD HATES FREDS!

 

[abaddon]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/art...Baptist_Hate_Cult_On_the_Edge_of_Death#rss-sm



My only question is how many people will show up with protest signs, and what kind of music they should dance to on his grave?

You bin ninjaed. Beware of the merge.

 

[Unabogie]

You bin ninjaed. Beware of the merge.

Where?

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I'd be more interested to know why, if true, he was excommunicated.

A money grab would be my guess.

 

[Darth Rotor]

... Fred Phelps, Sr. ... was ex-communicated from the “church” back in August of 2013. He is now on the edge of death at Midland Hospice house in Topeka, Kansas.

I suspect that the Curia have dispatched an investigator to find out how they did it. That's some serious power behind an excommunication! *evil grin* They want to know how it's done.

(Hat, coat, out the side door ... )

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

So, should his funeral be picketed?

I'm sure he would have appreciated it. It gives him more of the attention he craved during his life.

 

[trustbutverify]

Is it too much to hope for that the Westboro Baptist Church might disappear or somehow reform to a less hateful organization with the death of Fred Phelps? Or did he indoctrinate his children too well for this to happen?

Ranb

I'm hoping it reforms into a smoldering crater.

 

[Kopji]

The hospice falls under hipaa privacy law but I doubt they would be pleased about the family interference unless Phelps himself made the request.

http://www.midlandcare.org/page.aspx?pid=812

Too bad the hate will not die with him.

 

[catsmate]

Should this be in "Religion and Philosophy"? Would it be better in "Social Diseases"?

Meh, R&P seemed appropriate at the time.

I suspect that the Curia have dispatched an investigator to find out how they did it. That's some serious power behind an excommunication! *evil grin* They want to know how it's done.

(Hat, coat, out the side door ... )

Excommunication isn't limited to the RCC.


ETA: the mainstream media seems to have picked up the story.

After Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. was voted out of Westboro Baptist Church last summer, he was moved out of the church and into a house, where he was watched to ensure he wouldn’t harm himself, a son estranged from the church said. Fred Phelps Sr. eventually stopped eating and drinking.
The information is based on an email sent by the son, Nate Phelps, to a Topeka Capital-Journal reporter. Nate Phelps said his father is near death.

 

[Warmer1]

I love the idea of protesting his funeral but unfortunately it's just not the right thing to do. Hopefully funeral protests can die with him.

Pissing on his grave is all good though.

 

[Aepervius]

I love the idea of protesting his funeral but unfortunately it's just not the right thing to do. Hopefully funeral protests can die with him.

Pissing on his grave is all good though.

Frankly, I don't care. if I had the possibility I would there and have a "god hate fred" sign (despite being atheist, it would just to be in their face).

If they had not exploited and deepened the sadness of grieving families I might have had pity. Here ? No way. I hope they get their reckoning.

 

[TragicMonkey]

If he were utterly forgotten it would be simultaneously the moral highroad, the decent thing to do, and the thing most likely to piss him off. It's also fairly inexorable for everybody, eventually, so it's easy, too.

 

[Aepervius]

If he were utterly forgotten it would be simultaneously the moral highroad, the decent thing to do, and the thing most likely to piss him off. It's also fairly inexorable for everybody, eventually, so it's easy, too.

In time little tyrant like him and his bizarro cult will be forgotten (or at least nowadays be a footnote in a wiki entry) and somebody protesting at the disposal of the rotten dreck will not enhance or lower the notoriety the group already has. But in the interim it helps "ease" oneself.

 

[Jrrarglblarg]

Look up "Addicted to Hate." It's a compendium of research into the Phelps family. It's a disturbing read.

Very disturbing. I read several chapters but couldn't finish it. I will be giving my kids hugs and cookies tonight.

 

[Checkmite]

If he were utterly forgotten it would be simultaneously the moral highroad, the decent thing to do, and the thing most likely to piss him off. It's also fairly inexorable for everybody, eventually, so it's easy, too.

Doing things because they "would" piss off a dead person doesn't strike me as a compelling reason to do anything. He will be dead, fully and completely unaware of what anyone is doing, to say nothing of being able to take offense at anything whatsoever. Nothing would "piss him off" in such a state.