"Radical" Russnotes over at his pad that The Rotting CryptkeeperTM didn't wait for the dust to settle in London to comment.
And no, I'm not going to link to his website... just trust me that this is what is posted there in big bold letters:
Thank
God for the bombing of London's subway today - July 7, 2005 - wherein
dozens were killed and hundreds seriously injured. Wish it was many
more.
Because, you see, God hates gay people and since
the UK government won't endorse the stoning of gay people, God lets
extremists kill people in the UK with bombs. If only there were no gay
people, all the terrorist activity would be stopped by God.
Just
in case you're a new reader or you suffer from sarcasm impairment, Fred
Phelps is the former civil rights lawyer (!) who runs the Westboro
Baptist Church and the website GodHatesFags, who regularly shows up to
protest at gay pride events, memorials for AIDS victims, and even the
funerals of US soldiers. I'd say that he gives Christianity a bad name,
but that's plainly obvious. He gives humanitya bad name and is #1 on my list of Obituaries I Can't Wait To See.
*** I always feel compelled to point out a couple of things about Phelps,
however...it doesn't let anyone else off the hook, but it does help
keep things in perspective. "Westboro Baptist Church" is not just a
congregation - it is a denomination...that just happens to have only
one congregation in it. But they regard themselves as so theologically
distinct (and superior) to other Christians that they are the ONLY ONES
who will go to heaven.
Which
is a pretty amazing statement when you consider that over half of
Phelps' congregants are his relatives by blood or marriage. And that
there are fewer than 200 members total. And that they pretty much all
live in a single compound.
All of which is to say that I always
wince when people point to Phelps as evidence of Christian homophobia.
Westboro Baptist is a cult, represents no one but itself, and really
has no other purpose or ideology but the whole "God hates fags" thing.
It is a church in name only.
Lord knows there's plenty of
homophobia and heterosexism in the church. But Phelps isn't a good
example of it, because he's not really "in the church". He is his own
church, I suppose you might say but since they're only 200 in number and mostly related, they're really a cult.
What is important is the uses to which the religion is put. Is it there
to support moral behavior, and flexible enough to feel that love is a
better moral behavior than hate? Then, cult or religion, it doesn't
matter. It is then a good thing.
