"Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer" <1:123/789.0> wrote in   
   news:10802$HOLYSMOKE@JamNNTPd:   
      
    RS>> With Fred Phelps' daughter arguing in front of the Supreme   
    EH>   Court,   
    EH> (and they   
    RS>> had to disinfect the chamber after,) something I wonder about.   
      
    EH> She's not the worst one to set foot there.   
      
    RS>> Is Fred Phelps and his brood actually Christian?   
      
    EH> No. It comes down to "what would Jesus do?" He definitely would NOT do   
    EH> what Phelps and his idiot bunch do.   
      
   Phelps' religion is based more on the Old Testament, the wrathful punish   
   everyone for what a few did wrong-type God.   
      
   There are also parts of Paul's teachings in Phelps interpretations.   
      
      
    RS>> And please none of this "They aren't true Christian" nonsense   
    EH>   either.   
      
    EH> It isn't nonsense. No true Christian would be so hateful.   
      
   So what do you all him?   
   Besides what's unprintable?   
      
    RS>> Osama Bin Laden is described as a Muslim.   
      
    EH> So what? Are you equating Phelps with bin Laden?   
      
   In a way, yes.   
   Both subscribe to nothing but hatred and both are of the type of   
   preacher that dictates everything, and rules the flock with an iron   
   fist.   
      
    RS>> Meir Kahane was described as a Jew.   
      
    EH> Again, so what?   
      
    EH> It doesn't matter what they are described as, it is their actions that   
    EH> define them.   
      
   Quite true.   
   But if Osama Bin Laden is described as a Muslim, by the same logic   
   Phelps should be described as a Christian.   
      
    RS>> Also, should the 1rst Amendment apply to Phelps' stunts?   
      
    EH> Yes, it does. What they do is reprehensible, but it is protected by   
    EH> the 1st Amendment.   
      
    RS>> I say it does, since the same people that censor Phelps, can   
    EH>   sensor anyone RS> else for any reason.   
      
    EH> Exactly.   
      
   Do you think the Supreme Court will rule against Phelps?   
      
   --- Xnews/5.04.25   
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