Westboro Baptist Church vs. The Foo Fighters

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**warpcrafter**

Avatar 720 wrote:
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
seriously, who needs that many signs?

Apparently they do and there are at least 19 signs:

The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age. Six such signs are given by Jesus, two characteristics are given by Paul, and eleven other occurrences are given by the prophets to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age. While we are also told we will not know the time of the End, God obviously wanted us to know when that time was getting closer. As the Christian church is increasingly drawn into the interfaith movement, and as more and more churches go into isolation, preparing to sleep through the growing attacks on their faith, perhaps God knew it would take a few signs to wake us up and remind us that we have work to do.

Nah God is wrong in that case, pal
Most people just need a cup of tea and an alarm clock

Fixed.

Because coffee beans are the winnets of the Gods.

No dingleberries OR noxious weeds for me, I get my caffeine efficiently, with a healthy helping of high-fructose corn syrup and neon green artificial coloring!

**Chowderhead**

warpcrafter wrote:
Avatar 720 wrote:
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
seriously, who needs that many signs?

Apparently they do and there are at least 19 signs:

The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age. Six such signs are given by Jesus, two characteristics are given by Paul, and eleven other occurrences are given by the prophets to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age. While we are also told we will not know the time of the End, God obviously wanted us to know when that time was getting closer. As the Christian church is increasingly drawn into the interfaith movement, and as more and more churches go into isolation, preparing to sleep through the growing attacks on their faith, perhaps God knew it would take a few signs to wake us up and remind us that we have work to do.

Nah God is wrong in that case, pal
Most people just need a cup of tea and an alarm clock

Fixed.

Because coffee beans are the winnets of the Gods.

No dingleberries OR noxious weeds for me, I get my caffeine efficiently, with a healthy helping of high-fructose corn syrup and neon green artificial coloring!

Mountain Dew FTW?

**Brother Azul**

Well done to the Fooys for taking the piss out of those nutters in a non violent and amusing melodic manner.

**Phototoxin**

Love thy neighbour means rebuke ?

In what universe?

God loves a humble heart?

So clearly not these arrogent gits.

I'm sure there's a bit about pharasees standing at crossroads shouting aloud their prayers so that all can see. Why don' they go into a box and simply pray for all 'fags' to self immolate?

Speaking of which anyone esle get the urge to flamethrower the crowd of protesters?

**bombboy1252**

It's funny because today I was talking to some friends about foo fighters.

**Frazzled**

lord commissar klimino wrote:wow...they almost make me ashamed to admit i got to a baptist church.......seriously,havent heard much about them,but they really need to lay off the signs..and the lies....and the over amount of hate...and the....

Westboro is to a Baptist Church like cochroach is to to tofu. You're safe.

**lord commissar klimino**

Frazzled wrote:
lord commissar klimino wrote:wow...they almost make me ashamed to admit i got to a baptist church.......seriously,havent heard much about them,but they really need to lay off the signs..and the lies....and the over amount of hate...and the....

Westboro is to a Baptist Church like cochroach is to to tofu. You're safe.

oh few....

if i ever meet one of them,im going to say "hey you? can i pray for you? im a baptist." if they say yes ill go in to a long prayer asking god to forgive them for being douche bags and for being such idiots and haters

that'll piss them off

**daedalus**

So I get that they did this in retort to getting picketed, but WHY were they getting picketed to begin with? I mean, I know it's WBC and they'll attention whore anywhere for it's own sake, but did FF actually DO or SAY anything to warrant attention, or was this just out of the blue?

**Frazzled**

Careful, they will the attempt to sue you. Like the commerical says, its what they do.

**daedalus**

Frazzled wrote:Careful, they will the attempt to sue you.

But I'm just exercising my first amendment rights to voice my thoughts and protest peacefully! I even have permission to assemble from the venue I'm appearing in!

**SlaveToDorkness**

Perhaps because a band member is gay?

Not that the Nutjobs need an actual reason.

Definitely a flamethrower warranted.

**Platuan4th**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Definitely a flamethrower warranted.

That's what they want, though.

The only way to handle them is to peacefully counter-protest and take up all the space that they were going to protest in.

Anything else ends up with you in court and them making absurd amounts of money off of you because of how many of them are lawyers and that's why they do this.

Their little gimmick stops working if everyone figures it out.

**Frazzled**

Platuan4th wrote:
SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Definitely a flamethrower warranted.

That's what they want, though.

The only way to handle them is to peacefully counter-protest and take up all the space that they were going to protest in.

Anything else ends up with you in court and them making absurd amounts of money off of you because of how many of them are lawyers and that's why they do this.

Their little gimmick stops working if everyone figures it out.

Or they are exterminated, but I would never advocate that as it violates the fundamental precepts of our constitution.

**Hlaine Larkin mk2**

we don't need to worry about the WBC for muchg longer, as soon as phelps dies they will fall appart.
The irony isd that they claim to be christians but many of Jesus's teachings include "Love thy neighbour as thyself" "Turn the other cheek"
The WBC takes a few choice verses and uses them out of context. For example Ecclestiasties 10:19 ends with "Money is the answer to everything" but in the context it is talking about mortal problems and earlier lines say such things as "Feasts are for merriment" or to that effect

**daedalus**

But that's the single most "accurate at face value" thing I ever heard coming from the Bible. Money IS the answer to everything. The older I get, the more and more I see that point reinforced. There is literally no problem I've seen that can't be solved by throwing money at it, for sufficient quantities of money.

**Frazzled**

daedalus wrote:But that's the single most "accurate at face value" thing I ever heard coming from the Bible. Money IS the answer to everything. The older I get, the more and more I see that point reinforced. There is literally no problem I've seen that can't be solved by throwing money at it, for sufficient quantities of money.

DEATH.

**kronk**

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:we don't need to worry about the WBC for muchg longer, as soon as phelps dies they will fall appart.

Nah. Like grandmother always said, there's always another dick to fill the void.

It will just be some other group.

**Goliath**

daedalus wrote:So I get that they did this in retort to getting picketed, but WHY were they getting picketed to begin with? I mean, I know it's WBC and they'll attention whore anywhere for it's own sake, but did FF actually DO or SAY anything to warrant attention, or was this just out of the blue?

Oh, it was because Dave Grohl has been in the public spotlight for 20 years now and hasn't spent nearly enough of those 20 years advocating the death of all gays.

Or that god hates gays, soldiers, jews, muslims and Sweden.

**daedalus**

Frazzled wrote:
daedalus wrote:But that's the single most "accurate at face value" thing I ever heard coming from the Bible. Money IS the answer to everything. The older I get, the more and more I see that point reinforced. There is literally no problem I've seen that can't be solved by throwing money at it, for sufficient quantities of money.

DEATH.

Well, there's that, though money can do things to improve your lifestyle such that it staves death off longer than otherwise. For example, whether I spend my days eating a $1 Big Mac a day, or if I spend more and eat fresh fruits and vegetables and actual meat.

I've never viewed death as a 'problem' though, more just an eventual effect of physics.

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Goliath wrote:Oh, it was because Dave Grohl has been in the public spotlight for 20 years now and hasn't spent nearly enough of those 20 years advocating the death of all gays.

Or that god hates gays, soldiers, jews, muslims and Sweden.

Ah, that makes sense then. To be fair, I'm sure Sweden had it coming. Not sure why. But they must have done something.

**Platuan4th**

daedalus wrote:
I've never viewed death as a 'problem' though, more just an eventual effect of physics.

And an eventual effect of biology: For every year over 30, you lose approximately 1% of bodily efficiency.

**Phototoxin**

Money - freeze yourself. Solved!