Controversial Church Group Met By Student Protesters

heyy are you guys gonna answer any of my questions??

heyy are you guys gonna answer any of questions??

Westboro, I normally dont say people are wrong, but I have to say that yall are wrong in how you approach things, and about some of the Scripture you're putting out. I am a Jesus freak Christian and have been for a while now. I have read the Bible many times through and have studied many things in It. Yall are saying that God hates gays, America, Jews, etc. And from what it sounds like you hate them too. However, 1 John 4:8 says "he who does not love does not know God, for God is love." So saying God hates them is a completely false statement because God is love Himself. And by you also hating them then you inadvertently are saying that you do not know God because you are not showing the love that Jesus has for this world. As for the Jews, they are God's chosen nation and have been since Abraham, the father of faith. And Jesus Himself said in John 4:22 that salvation is of the Jews (by the way, Jesus was also a Jew Himself). God commands time and time again from the front of the Bible all the way to the back to love your neighbor AND your enemies. By saying that, He is basically saying love everyone! Now I'm not going to say being gay or anything like it is ok because its not, and the Bible says so; however, God certainly does not hate them! But by going out and saying God hates all these different types of people you are ignoring His call to go out to the sick, LOST, and dying of this world and minister to them. The lost it refers to includes Jews who do not believe in Jesus, agnostics, athiests, muslims, homosexuals, and countless other people that would be too long to list. God commands us to love one another. I pray to the Lord Jesus Christ that you will allow your eyes to be opened to the love that He wants to show you and show to others through you. Now to anyone reading this that does not know God and wants to feel His unending love, pray this prayers with your whole heart and you will be saved! "Dear Jesus, I believe in you now. I believe that you are God in the flesh and that you came down through a virgin birth to wipe away my sins. You died for me on Calvary and took my punishment so I can live through You. I ask that you come and live within my heart right now. Forgive me of my sins and change me life so that I may be a witness for You and what You have done for me. I thank you for coming into my life, in Jesus name I pray, amen." Now, if you prayed that prayer go out to someone you know that is a true Christian that walks and talks it. Ask them questions and ask them to help you start and build your relationship with Jesus Christ. Im not promising you life will be better, and Jesus didnt either, but I can tell you without a doubt in my mind that you will have more peace in your life than ever before! Thank you for reading this and I pray to the Lord Almighty that someone got something good from this. God bless you all, in the name of Jesus!!!

Sorry I missed this, greg1usa. Would you  mind adding the tag 'religion' to this piece so it will appear at NowPublic|Religion|Special News Coverage. Thanks!

First of all I want to be clear. This is a news report, and what the report shows is what took place, who , what, why, where and when.

This is not a statement by me nor is it an opinion by me condoning the views of either Westboro Baptist Church or The Pastafarians.

In actual fact what this report shows is what happened and when it happened. What Westboro Baptist Church was doing and saying on their website and what The Pastafarians were doing and saying on their website.

In actual fact if you read through the entire text you will see that what I say is the actions hardly seem God like.

In reporting what took place I did not offer my personal point of view. To be clear however I am myself a Christian, I also believe that God is a just and fair God and A God of love.

I have a personal belief that no man or woman has a right to judge anybody else for any reason period. I believe that there is only one who can pass judgement upon another.

I do not personally like the fire and brimstone preachings. I believe God is a God of love not one who hates his children. In accordance with my personal belief, I refuse to either condemn or condone what someone else does. That is between them and their own God.

To quote from scripture:

Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)

 16 There are six things the LORD hates,
       seven that are detestable to him:

 17 haughty eyes,
       a lying tongue,
       hands that shed innocent blood,

 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
       feet that are quick to rush into evil,

 19 a false witness who pours out lies
       and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

I do not see any reference to homosexuality in this passage.

The 10 Commandments -

"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God…

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'

SIX: 'You shall not murder.'

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'

Christ's Summation in the New Testament
About 1,400 years later, the 10 Commandments were summed up in the New Testament at Matthew 22, when Jesus was confronted by the religious "experts" of the day:

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:36-40).

I do not see any reference to homosexuality  in this passage.

Finally

Mathew 7: 1-5 (NIV)

Judging Others

1“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

I hope this clarify's my personal position.

Greg

Greg here is a verse in THE HOLY BIBLE on homosexuality KJV Leviticus 18:22 "thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."