The Westboro Baptist Church

The Westboro Baprist church has no right to call itself a Baptist or Christian church. Regardless of the fact that most of its members are highly religious, it practices none of the kindness and compassion called for by Jesus or the bible. They operate under the assumption that God exists, and the possibility that God, if he does exist, feels human-like hatred towards homosexuals.

They also possess such hatred toward any people who are different from themselves that it almost makes me sick: Jews, Muslims, foreigners, etc.

The arguments they make on their website are terrible at best. Statements like “Any god-fearing person should realize that God hates fags” and that the Roman Catholic Church is a “fag” church doesn’t even begin to sway me in their direction, all their arguments are are name-calling and speculation.

I feel extremely mad about this church and its standpoints for multiple reasons. First, I carry the cultural premise from my Buddhist parents that God isn’t a tangible thing, he isn’t a specific being, and doesn’t have the ability to feel, let alone hate. He is just present in everything, flowing through all life as a supreme connecting force. I have also been raised in a community and family that is open and friendly to people in all walks of life, including homosexuals. I have an aunt who is a homosexual, and I have a strong relationship with both her and her partner. So for me, when I see people using God as an excuse or a mouthpiece for their intolerance to other groups of people, it makes me sick. The people who compose the Westboro Baptist “Church” are the ones who hate fags, and while they are allowed to feel whatever way they please about others, claiming that they are doing this in God’s name is just plain wrong.

It seems clear to me from their website and promotional material that these people aren’t in to having a conversation. Any arguments that I would make to them about the fact that homosexuals can’t control their sexual orientation or that they are pretty much the same as heterosexuals will just label me as a “fag-enabler.” These people aren’t out to have a conversation or a debate about their beliefs, they are just there to make as much noise as possible and to make the family and friends of deceased homosexuals feel as badly as possible.
If we follow the Christian belief, God created every single one of us. My one question that I would ask to this “church” given the chance, is if he did indeed create us all, why would he create something he hates? People are largely born homosexuals; they don’t choose to become gay. So if God created us, God also created some of us to be gay and he obviously doesn’t hate them.

I doubt the argument would go over very well with them.