Moonhead
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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl What your definition entails is a lable. being a christian, jew, muslim, ect, isnt about wearing a lable. For example, christians believe in following the 10 commandments. Pretty clear cut rules there. I dont recall wiggle room in most, if any of them. I can proclaim i am born again, a christian, convince others through words that i have given my life over to the Lord.... yet, if my actions speak otherwise, am i telling the truth? And here we come to another crux... truth. I would have to disagree with you on this one. I think Fred Phelps is one of the most evil people I have ever heard of, but I also believe that he is a christian. I think he honestly believes he is following the teachings of Christ. I also would probably be happy if I heard he had been killed. Not a very christian like thought, and it does not make me look like a "good" christian, but that's the way it is. It doesn't mean I am no longer a christian, because I had that thought. I dont know much about Phelps, so i went to look. Here is what i found... The group is built around a core of anti-homosexual theology, with many of their activities stemming from the slogan "God hates fags", which is also the name of the group's main website. Gay rights activists, as well as Christians of virtually every denomination, have denounced him as a producer of anti-gay propaganda and violence-inspiring hate speech.[16] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps What christian seeks to inspire hatred? God hates no one, else how can the christian belief of seeking salvation ever be believed? Christianity is not rooted in hatred. Those inspiring such... as the above quote shows... are quickly shunned Some people can actually look at the actions, beyond the words, and see the reality. Sometimes we cant help our thoughts. We can help our actions. I agree with tazzygirl. Hatred of homosexuals is typical of populations with mutilated penises, not of Christians. Such hatred is typically Old Testament, not New Testament. Ergo, Fred Phelps - whom I do not know anything about - by his actions as asserted in this thread, is not a Christian, but a Jew. Does he have a mutilated penis? It's typical of jews? News to me. There are several Christian groups (the Baptists, The Catholics and the Mormons immediately spring to mind) who are nearly as anti gay as Phelps. The Jews seem a bit more tolerant in most respects. And that's without even touching on the muslims who are poisonously homophobic and didn't even exist during the old testament.
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