Westboro Baptist Church is famous for their protests and rants about the justice of God. Their message is that God hates fags, and hates the US government and military for "promoting" homosexuality.
As a result, they protest at the funerals of fallen soldiers. Lately, however, they have expanded their protests. They announced today that they will be protesting at the funeral of a 19 year old Arkansas Razorback football player who was found dead yesterday of natural causes.
The reason they are protesting his funeral is because football leads to pride.
Understand, these people scream things like "God hates you" and "burn in Hell" to the relatives of the deceased at the grave sites.. They tell the family that their loved one is in Hell.
I think most of us would consider this well beyond extreme, but it's really not that different from some preachers telling people that they are going to Hell because they wear jewelry and/or make up. They justify this "teaching" by saying that those things are rooted in pride.
I have seen the same mean spirited tripe preached from the pulpits of Oneness churches but we just chalked it up to "holiness" preaching.
What disturbs me the most about Westboro, and holiness zealots, is their absolute glee at the thought that someone is wrong, or is going to get punished, or is headed for Hell.
I don't have much use for that kind of preaching. I'd rather hear the word of God especially the gospel preached.
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
Does God hate gays? The Westboro people are really short on tact, but are the right? Sometimes?
They may be correct about sin (pride is sin) but their approach and attitude stinks!
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
They think "holiness(no makeup/jewelry)" IS the gospel.
I guess every denomination has pharisees.
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. 
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