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ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 23307 • Posted: Friday February 27, 2009  

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ReligionNewsBlog.com (Opinion) — The savages who operate the Westboro Baptist Church — a hate group masquerading as a Christian church — have announced on their website that they intent to picket the funerals of people killed in last Wednesday’s plane crash at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

A flyer posted by the hypocrites — known best for their despicable behavior in picketing the funerals of people they have condemned to hell — says “WBC will picket funerals of Dutch killed at Amsterdam plane crash.”

The Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed just short of the runway, killing 9 of the 135 people on board. Five Turks and four Americans died.

Last week Britain banned cult leaders Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from entering England, where the hate group planned to protest the performance of a play called The Laramie Project, which recounts the death of gay university student Matthew Shepard who was murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998.

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What you should know about the Westboro Baptist Church

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• The Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group masquerading as a Christian church.
• Led by Fred Phelps, members of this ‘church’ — who have deluded themselves into thinking that they are followers of Jesus Christ — target homosexuals and others with messages of hate.
• The Westboro cult is largely known for its despicable practice of picketing funerals.
• Any group of people can call itself a ‘Baptist church’ even if, as is the case with this hate group, the vast majority of Baptists reject that group’s claims.
• Theologically, the hate group’s extremist views and despicable behavior mark it as a cult of Christianity
• Sociologically the group has cult-like elements as well.

See Also

• Research resources on the Westboro Baptist Church
• How various religions and denominations view homosexuality
• More articles about the Westboro Baptist Church
• Note: For obvious reasons we often file articles about this hate group under the heading of ‘Religious Insanity.’

Religion News Blog is published in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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