Fred Phelps offends me deeply with his disgusting immature worldview and his hate filled rhetoric. He gives all Christians a bad name, and makes a mockery of God, in my opinion. His sycophants are dangerous and mentally disturbed. Or maybe just attention starved. I don’t know.
What I do know is that Fred Phelps often tempts me with his offensive actions. He tempts me to punch him in the face. Yet unlike poorly educated ignorant people who also believe that God cannot defend himself and must rely on puny humans to speak for Him, I do not give in to my angry desires by booking a plane ticket to the next place Fred Phelps will protest so I can punch him in the face. Nor do I burn down random Baptist churches just because Fred Phelps perverts the word Baptist by calling himself one. I certainly don’t call for cutting off the heads of all his followers.
I am an American soldier, and I defend the freedom of Fred Phelps and his idiots to protest in a public space at my funeral if I am blown up by an IED or mortar. I believe God will deal with Fred Phelps if He wants to, and that unless Fred Phelps trespasses on my property, I don’t have any legal right to punch him in the face, despite how offensive he is to my personal belief system.
I believe that every time the Fred Phelps’ of the world try and spread their virulent brand of tard jelly, God will send American bikers to drown them out. Or maybe that’s just us humans working out the problems amongst ourselves and maybe that is the way things are intended to be. While we’re waiting for Judgement Day, if anyone can arrange a pay per view fight between Fred Phelps and Osama Bin Laden I think you could turn a profit. I’d buy a ticket.