Westboro Baptist Church

Wow! The more I look into this alleged church the more appalled I become.

First, I find it amazing that any group that believes itself to be a Christian church would be so brazen as to have as its web address godhatesfags.com. (I've changed my mind and decided to link to their site. I think anyone with a good heart would do well to look at this site to get an idea what hate under the banner of Christianity can look like.)

Apparently, in their view, God hates not only "fags". Their website also contains links to other sites, that appear to be run by the Westboro Church as well, entitled "God Hates Sweden," "God Hates Canada," and "God Hates America." Their site on Canada says that God hates Canada because "Canada is a homo-fascist state where the filthy fag agenda has become the law of the land." Regarding Sweden, they say, "Fags have a 3 point agenda: 1) decriminalize sodomy, 2) add fags to the protected classes as victims like blacks, and 3) criminalize Gospel preaching against fags. Sweden's doom is now irreversible!"

Regarding America, to use a longer quotation, the Westboro Baptist Church says,

The Westboro Baptist Church used to pray for the good of America, knowing that God's blessings are mighty and His hand could be stayed from punishing this wicked nation, just as He stayed His hand from punishing Nineveh. America chose to spit in the face of their Creator, instead of heeding WBC's warnings, and now it is too late to pray for this nation.

The leadership of this church, and perhaps its members, now have such a complete understanding of God's will that they know that America- in its entirety- is beyond salvation. The church, in making such a declaration, has placed itself on par with God. God's judgment, as they know it with absolute certainty to be true, is final and forever- there is no use praying for America. Sweden as well. Could their arrogance be any greater? We need to "heed WBC's warnings" which are the equivalent of God's warnings?

I think it was Oliver Wendell Holmes who said that "Nothing is so dangerous as absolute certainty." We are humans and must always leave room for doubt. We cannot possibly put ourselves on par with God in passing judgment against individuals or entire nations.

And we must be on the look-out for people who are so certain. Remember- Osama Bin Laden is certain that he is right and understands God's judgment against America. People a part of hate groups like WBC are the potential home-grown terrorists I referenced in an earlier post. And the internet is their recruiting ground.

GP