Westboro Baptist

[etimodnar]

I stayed up late tonight for a couple of reasons. 1) Desperate Housewives was on. 2) Boston Legal is back on. 3) After Boston Legal was this doco about the Westboro Baptist church. A church that has made a big name for itself for picketing funerals and spreading a message of hate

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[kegzilla]

Ah morals. Mine personally stem from what i would want others to do to me or my friends/family. That kinda covers most of it. Of course, that tends to blow some of the more 'traditional' ones away.

ALso those people are insane. And are a prime example of what happens when religion goes insane.

[greygnome]

... *sigh* some people

although the video did show mob mentality reasonably well.

[john11_35]

I think Louis Theroux did a terrible job.
These people quote selected bits of the Bible to justify their hate crimes.
Did it occur to Louis Theroux to read those bits of the Bible to take on their stupid arguments ?
They quote Jesus one minute then go picket a synagogue (or "Jew Church" as they call it) because "God hates Jews". JESUS WAS A JEW.
The number one message of Christ was LOVE. These hate mongers are modern day pharisees.

[etimodnar]

there are already plenty of people prepared to do that and are. Louis did a good job because he mostly stayed out of their way and didn't let arguments escalate.

I've seen and listened to a few arguments between them and other churches. They don't listen, they are not prepared to listen. Louis isn't a Christian anyway.

What could he have done to make it into a good job? He achieved his purpose for documenting them without directing hate and contempt right back.