well iam an atheist. but to say it is ok for someone to be killed by a crazed madman and then associate it with their sexuality- even if it had nothing to do with it- is just wrong in mho. only reinforces my belief religion is eviland they force their belief on you. i thought religion was supposed to support human life not desecrate it no matter what that persons beliefs were.
how many students were black?
wonder why (the rev?) al sharpton hasn't said anything about it oh and jesse jackson
i would bet if a few black kids were killed they would be in there screaming
but i have no idea if any were so i can only surmise

Glad to hear that you're ok! My heart goes out to all the families that have lost loved ones.

As for the "church people", I'm surprised that they haven't been thrown in jail or sued for everything they have yet... The logic, or lack thereof, that they use to justify what they say and do and say it's how god feels is apparently beyond my level of comprehension. I would think the families could get a restraining order or something to prevent these "people" from showing up at the funerals. They've already suffered a great loss, and there is no reason for them to have to suffer more just because of a few wackos.

TO BIGFOOT:
none of the students who were shot to my knowledge were black. i know for a fact that none of those who died were black.
al sharpton and jessie jackson im sorry to say, only care what happens to the people they are concerned about.

in my opinon you being an athiest does not deflect from you having a sense of morality. my father is an athiest, he is open to the idea of a God, however currently he sees no proof and only believes in the theories of science. my mother is a devout christian..lutheran to be exact...and they have been married for 26 years as of this april. i believe in science completely as well as there being a God. i guess i took parts from both of them.


anyways...
we dont deserve this hatred being thrown at us. as a woman, as an american, as a christian, as an niu student, i will support the rights of my fellow human beings to love who they want to love. that is between them and God. none of my buisness. i will not HATE someone because of their sexuality. and as far as im concerned i think pastor phelps "doth protest to much"...he is hiding something.

Digitalgrl



[edit on 10/01/2004 by DigitalGrl]

These pitiful people had plans to come to Corpus Christi a few weeks ago to celebrate the deaths of three Navy men who died in a helicopter crash here. By the time they arrived, the street leading to the Navy base was filled with vets, military families and many other supporters. The WBC (Westboro Baptist Cult) decided not to picket and left the area.

These people are neither a church nor are they Christians. They are simply an inbred family cult that enjoys enraging others with their hate speech. Don’t buy into it. Wear your school colors with pride and just ignore them. They want you to react emotionally. Turn your collective backs on them and morn your dead. Ignoring them is the best revenge.

my being an atheist has nothing to do with this. i just do do not believe in an all being unproven god. that aside i believe those who have a religion are noble because they show they have belief in basic human rights- and also have very good morals and do good things for humanity. i do alsoeven if i don't believe in god
i feel for all those families- i lost my dad to a stroke- i can't even imagine losing a child to a senseless act of violence while at school
if that person didn't kill himself but did someone i love he would never make court
but my point was why if a religion values human life so much condone a horrific act against a persons sexuailty? not saying they were the target- but if the church did make that statement they should be dispelled
for the other 2 jerks why do they only speak up when it is people who are black killed? if they are so religious shouldn't they speak up for everyone and not just blacks?
and just what churches are they revs of btw?
not trying to turn the topic just wondering why religion is ok in some eyes but not in others? seems to me religion is only ok when it is pertanant for them to get you to try and believe their beliefs
which are ficticious.
and thank you for answering my belief in your opening sentence

[edit on 16-2-2008 by bigfoot1212]

Man those crazy people are still around......

When is somebody going to sort them out already!

darkelf
my grandfather was a master sergeant in the 82nd airborne in ww2 and was highly decorated-bronze star among others- i walk by his medals everyday on my wall and if i ever saw any person giving any vet any # they didn't deserve not sure what i would do. i know i would flip out tho.our vets derserve recognition whether we agree with wars or not

It's funny, because they praise God's wrath, yet when one of their children gets smacked in the head with a drink, you don't see them rejoicing. Someone should call 'HYPOCRITE' on them.

In the video, one of the guy's very clearly says that if he saw someone get run over by a car, he would rejoice.

These people embody everything wrong with the human race.

Oh no, no, no......Not those lunatics again!

I cringe when they call themselves "christian".

that is a tough call phoenix
they were serving there country whether they believe it was right or not. some were most definitely wrong. others just doing their job so i really have no opinion on that. but aren't our troops doing the same thing?
and digitalgirl just because i don't believe in god does not make me immoral-ty for understanding that- atheism only means i don't believe in god- i would risk my life to save another person and have done so a few times when i was a fireman.

Disgusting. Makes my stomach turn. These people are NOT Christians!!!! I dont care how much they proclaim they are. They are NOT!!!

I could proclaim all day long that I am a man..........but that doesnt make me a man. Proclaimng something doesnt make it so. Uggg!

And I wouldnt be surprised if somehow these sick twisted people are somehow funding these shootings.

Uck!

[edit on 16-2-2008 by greeneyedleo]

Why publicise them, why link their site? All you are doing is letting people know about them and giving them hits for their site.

They are probably delighted about your post. Just ignore them.

i didnt think of it this way....
i posted about it because it outraged me

Originally posted by darkelf
These pitiful people had plans to come to Corpus Christi a few weeks ago to celebrate the deaths of three Navy men who died in a helicopter crash here. By the time they arrived, the street leading to the Navy base was filled with vets, military families and many other supporters. The WBC (Westboro Baptist Cult) decided not to picket and left the area.

Your college can do the same thing--- turn out in so many numbers, that they cannot get near the funeral services.

OMG. These kids need to be taken away from those people. Hearing the words coming from those children's mouths?! I just wanted to wash their mouths out with soap! It was intresting that the kids didn't know the definiton of fags(sorry) and the one that did was sooo wrong! I just don't understand how people can be filled with such hate? Also, if they are so against sex why do they have so many children? Don't mean to get religious on you, but Jesus died for ours sins so we wouldn't go to hell. God forgives us, and loves us no matter what is what the bible teaches, not hate... maybe they hate themselves and are taking it out on everyone else?