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Permalink Reply by Allen Sneed on January 6, 2011 at 12:27am

Disappointment sums it up nicely. Also embarrassment for being the same species.

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on January 6, 2011 at 12:42am

Sadly, it is not a joke. The Phelps clam really is that hateful and bigoted. They're an extreme example (very extreme) of what religion can do to people.

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Permalink Reply by Shine on January 6, 2011 at 4:03pm

The Phelps clam really is that hateful and bigoted.

 

Best typo ever. :)  Or perhaps the best shellfish pun ever?

 

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Permalink Reply by justin gold on January 7, 2011 at 12:07pm

christians against clams! literally fell off my chair laughing! = )

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Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on January 11, 2011 at 7:29pm

Phelps clam... if only it were true.  I would unleash the otters of justice upon them, that they may suffer in adorable agony!!!!

 

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Permalink Reply by Gaytor on January 6, 2011 at 1:39am

They are virtually one family. The live in one compound in Kansas that is comprised of four homes in town all put together. The father is hateful, angry, beats his wife and children according to his son Nate Phelps that escaped. They are deranged in the full belief that the Bible is literal. What I find particularly entertaining is that they preach it, but they aren't willing to really live it. They are not violent. In fact, some suggest that they make a living largely off of filing lawsuits against people and the cities where they are assaulted for acting this way. If they really believed, why wouldn't they take up the sword that Jesus talks about?

The interesting thing is that Shirley is really functional face of the church now. She's totally insane and indoctrinated, but she isn't stupid. She's simply a product of the wingnut that is her father.

If you are looking for fun parody that is similar, but just a joke, I'd try landoverbaptist.com.

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on January 6, 2011 at 1:52am

It's not a joke, by far.  These are the loons who protest at funerals for American soldiers claiming that their deaths are god's punishment for American tolerance of gay people.  Totally insane.  My experience with other religious people leads me to believe, however, that WBC is just slightly more deranged.  The difference isn't as much in the derangement as in the willingness to parade it.

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Permalink Reply by Jonel Burge on January 6, 2011 at 2:03am

they're not a joke.

They're a very widely-known cult, of a family that's extremely close-knit, and follow the one father--Fred Phelps, who started this preaching of hate.

 

There's this documentary on youtube on them, split into parts.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOrz5k0jWdU&feature=related

they make me want to puke, but yeah, this will pretty much give you the idea of what type of people we're dealing with.

Usually nowadays you get a much larger counter-protest than anything else. I went to one in Atlanta when they protested the funeral of an Auburn University Student.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Ulean Breedlove on January 6, 2011 at 3:39pm

NO they are not a joke. I have heard of these people for a long time now..

Disappointed? Yes I am very disappointed in people. I am disappointed in people who would go that far to try and set up a place in an afterlife instead of living this life to help out human kind.

 

There is only one word for people like this, SELFISH! They are so busy trying to make their afterlife a reality, that they do not for one minute take the time to set aside their childish pride, to look at the world around them and marvel in its many forms of beauty!

Yes I am disappointed that even though many of us have evolved, there are still many of our kind that have not evolved past child hood selfishness, to appreciate life in all its many varieties.

 

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Permalink Reply by Christopher McGuire on January 6, 2011 at 4:02pm

Don't worry, Grace, most of the time, the counter-protest is much larger than the WBC's protest anyway...

And sometimes, it's funny as hell, too:

 

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Permalink Reply by Grace H on January 11, 2011 at 4:34pm

Its nice to see that. Well not nice, but you get my point. I have heard of people counter protesting the funerals with signs that say really nice things and it really makes me feel better about the human race to see people come together like that. I really want to say I don't feel as disappointed but.... At least these signs were funny!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Sizer-Watt on January 6, 2011 at 4:24pm

Have you not heard of these nutters?  The westboro baptist church?  Hit up youtube and search for fred phelps.  I'm warning you in advance that you'll be very much annoyed at those assholes.

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