The westboro baptist church and their protest

Incident[ edit ] On March 3,U. Marine Lance Corporal Matthew A. Snyder was killed in a non-combat-related vehicle accident in Iraq. Picketers displayed placards such as "America is doomed", "You're going to hell", "God hates you", " Fag troops", " Semper fi fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers".

What is Westboro Baptist Church? They are an independent church, not affiliated with any denomination. They are a cultic group, believing that they alone have the truth and that you must be a member of their church to be saved.

What is Westboro Baptist Church?

Although known in Topeka since the picketing of Gage Park inthey came to national attention in after the horrific murder of admitted homosexual Matthew Shepherd who was beaten and left to die tied to a fence outside of Laramie, Wyoming.

In addition, members of the Westboro Baptist Church believe that natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and war are all God-initiated judgments on the evil in the world. Every tragedy, they claim, is judgment because of support of homosexuality or Jews or because of attacks on Westboro Baptist Church members.

They are quick to assert that God hates anyone who does not believe exactly as they do and who does not act as they do. Does God hate everybody? Because of who God is, and the fact that He is holy, He has no choice but to hate sin and the sin nature—that deep part of an unbeliever that incites rebellion against God.

But God also loves everyone.

Westboro Baptist Church Picket Schedule

Barnabas and Paul would later say the same thing: In addition to His compassion, goodness, and kindness, God also shows His patience to both the elect and the non-elect. Every breath that the wicked man takes is an example of the mercy of our holy God.

God also exhorts His followers to love, even to love those whose natures and objectives are diametrically opposed to our own: God wants us to love our enemies so we can be more like Him, showing compassion to others as He has had compassion upon us.

Jesus warns His disciples against proclaiming the guilt of others before God.

To be a condemning judge of others is to show that one is still under the condemnation of God. We are not the absolute standard.

We are not the final word on the matter. To make such a dogmatic pronouncement is to usurp the place of God. Calvinism states that man can do nothing to save himself from judgment; God elects those He will save Romans 8: Hyper-Calvinism takes this further, saying since God alone elects those He will save, witnessing is futile.

It also denies the concept of common grace—the beneficence God shows toward all His creation by providing good things Matthew 5: Westboro Baptist Church rejects the idea that offending people could turn them away from faith in Jesus Christ.

The Method The way in which Westboro Baptist Church spreads its message is mostly through websites and picketing. They are proud of their ability to picket several different places every day, often bringing their children along with them. Their websites are filled with declarations about the judgment of God and the specific sins they believe public figures have committed.

They include much vile name-calling and usually come around to accusations of support of homosexuality. Christian leaders, churches, and para-church organizations are as quick to attract their wrath as any secular institution.

This tone is completely contradictory to the teachings of the Bible Ephesians 4: Part of the methodology of picketing with intentionally offensive signage is to antagonize people to the point of violence. When this occurs, Westboro Baptist Church is quick to take legal action.

Westboro Baptist Church has a team of experienced lawyers at their disposal. They see themselves in the same role as the prophets of the Old Testament and associate prophecies about Old Testament nations to America.The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is made up of its leader, Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps, nine of his 13 children (the other four are estranged), their children and .

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is made up of its leader, Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps, nine of his 13 children (the other four are estranged), their children and spouses, and a small number of other families and individuals.

Oct 04,  · FLINT, MI - District officials have decided to close Flint Southwestern Classical Academy on Friday because of Westboro Baptist Church's plans to picket outside the West 12th Street building. The Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group of fewer than members based out of Topeka, Kansas that regularly stages protests throughout the country, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

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According to their press. The Westboro Baptist Church will begin by protesting at the National Alliance of Mental Illness National Convention at a.m. and will move to Loyola’s campus for a protest at a.m.

June They will then travel to Herzing University in Kenner, Louisiana for protests starting at a.m.

Westboro Baptist Church: The Method The way in which Westboro Baptist Church spreads its message is mostly through websites and picketing. They are proud of their ability to picket several different places every day, often bringing their children along with them.