that old geezer helms is still around, right?
he can't be far behind.
i can't wait til rev. phelps kicks it.
i am hoping for a spontaneous Pride Parade in KS
Ok this is deep and I have been thinking about this since I read that Jerry had passed away. While I personally don't hate him as a person I hate the misinformation that he spread through the years. My heart goes out to his family as loosing anyone is hard. Now, I cannot say if he is heaven or not as that is not my place to say, that is between him and God. I hope that you all look at what it was that you hated about him and I think you will see it was the misinformation that spewed from his mouth. I hope that helps you all as you sort the feelings of his death.
AppleBoy
Ok this is deep and I have been thinking about this since I read that Jerry had passed away. While I personally don't hate him as a person I hate the misinformation that he spread through the years. My heart goes out to his family as loosing anyone is hard. Now, I cannot say if he is heaven or not as that is not my place to say, that is between him and God. I hope that you all look at what it was that you hated about him and I think you will see it was the misinformation that spewed from his mouth. I hope that helps you all as you sort the feelings of his death.
AppleBoy
Besides...the fundamentalists are always going on about their gleeful anticipation for the day they croak and God finally takes them from this earth.
So I guess he got what he wanted and so did I.
but found himself on the escalator goingD
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Just found on Fred Phelps' site that his nasty group of people will be protesting Jerry's funeral.
No no Jan. Fred is EXTRA crazy. He protests soldier's funerals, gays and the Queen of Sweden. He sees everything in society as a "fag-enabler"... these other preachers are quite tame comparatively in terms of actions and rhetoric with Fred, who is just bonkers.
Oh, plus Fred only has about 70 followers so he's not really important. I think he just desires attention. The other preachers have huge followings and, in that context, are much more dangerous really.
2 Timothy 3:3 -- during the end of days homosexuality will become rampant.
The words “homosexual” and “homosexuality” do not appear in the Bible—at least they are absent from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts. The authors of the Bible did not understand sexual orientation; this concept was only developed in the late 19th century. The writers had little or no comprehension of same-sex committed relationships. Their languages had no words for these concepts. Rather, they assumed that everyone was heterosexual, but that some heterosexuals engaged in sex with persons of the same gender. Thus, when you see one of these terms in an English translation of the Bible, it is important to dig deeper and find what the original Hebrew or Greek text really means.
Two words which are often mistranslated in many places in the Hebrew Scriptures are:
qadesh means a male temple prostitute who engaged in ritual sex; it is often mistranslated as “sodomite” or “homosexual.”
to’ebah means a condemned foreign Pagan religious cult practice, but often translated as “abomination.”
mmm... no, maybe you're thinking of Swaggert or Tammy Faye's hubby
Jonathan Alter has a few interesting observations regarding the Rev's "legacy":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-alter/dont-believe-the-falwell_b_48628.html
Brent
(Who tries to stay informed)