American religious extremists dishonor soldiers funeral

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I beieve we think alike. I, too I.D. myself as a Christian and a Baptist to boot. This fool is out there pandering an ideology that I am quite sure I have never read in the Bible. As for your "counseling"...I'll hold 'im, you hit 'im.
 
proud2deviate asked:
Can anybody tell me what'll happen with Eddie's wife and kids?
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SGLI just went up in June, not sure if that effects him or not. The benefit was $250k when I was in, and the max benefit is now $400k, I believe. That won't make his family rich by any means, but it should cover any debts, and make a nice nest egg for a house/IRA/college money for the kids. I am not sure what kind of hoops his widow will have to jump through, but one would think a combat casualty would have less paperwork hassle than and off-duty traffic accident, for example.

It can't even begin to replace the loss of a loved one, but if he had SGLI, they should be taken care of. (A lot of married folks had SGLI and outside coverage as well.)

It saddens me that an already heart-breaking event was marred further by a misguided bigot.
 
Phelps and company are no different than Osama and company. They should both be dealt with the same way.
 
Why can't the religious extremists (from all walks and callings) get together for a meet and great and "work it out" amongst themselves?
 
Simple. Even the most courageous of them are cowards. They prefer striking at the unarmed. Facing an armed enemy is against their religious beliefs.
 
These people are sick and closer to evil than holiness. They give Baptists and other loving Christians a bad name. There's a place for these kind of people, I have no doubt they'll find it if they continue their ways.
 
VARifleman, you sumbich - I just had tacos chips and milk come up and out my nose - great picture; lmao!

Jeez, those guys really know how to make friends eh?
 
Wow, I can't think of much that is more reprehensible. One of these days these guys are going to get what's coming to them. If it happened in front of me I'd probably have trouble constraining my usually peaceful self. I know I wouldn't resort to violence, I'm not that kind of guy (I never institute violence), but this would definately require some real willpower.
 
Jim, if you making being an ??????? a hanging offense, we'll have to find rope for half of LA and most of New York.

Best thing you can do with folks like him is turn your back. That drives 'em nuts. Ignore them.

Let the kluckers march - but when their little group comes along in the parade, everyone turn around.

I figure one or two of 'em may stroke out right then...
 
"He gonna do that in TX, you think?"

I would highly suggest he stay away from Texas. Jim Bob and company may well be Baptist down here, but they are a very different breed. People wonder about muslims-what if everyone thought all Baptists were like this clown??
 
I am not Christian, and in my critical examinations of the Bible I have come up with this gem (and off the top of my head, this general sentiment comes across many times in the Bible).

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. Lev 20:13

And to be fair, the context:

Lev 20:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,


I am not in any way defending these people, I am strongly both pro-service(wo)men and pro gay rights. But I think sometimes people ignore facts that they do not agree with, and in the spirit of inteligent discussion, I share this with you.

(Zippers up flame suit)
 
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This guy is a superlative Pecker. :fire:

Having said that...isn't it interesting that he still hasn't resorted to suicide-bombing innocents like the radical Islamic terrorists?

Comparison of extremes is sometimes illuminating.

This should NOT digress into a religious debate; however, please note that with reference to:

Lots of people get that verse..but so darned many forget "judge not, lest ye be judged."
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Take a look at the kind of harsh words Jesus (the author of these words) had for the Pharisees, scribes, and even his own disciples [Matthew 16:23, Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 15:1-9, off the top of my head]. "Judge not" does not mean "do not judge" in context, else the Author himself would have been the consummate hypocrite. Might be worth reading the entire paragraph in Matthew 7:1-5; the idea is the avoidance of hypocrisy, ref. John 7:24.

Quotation out of context is pretext... :)

Rich
 
Malice-git out of that flame suit, its too darned hot today! Actually, most folks might not have had issues with them holding up signs pointing them towards their Lord/Superior Being/Grand Poobah/Whatever in a positive way.

It's quite another to hold up signs saying "Thank God for IED's" :cuss:

Even if this brave young man had been a former member of their flock-and we see no evidence that he was, I see no instruction to mock the dead in the Book. For all they know, the recently departed didn't know they even existed. What a fine way to win over converts.....gee, we spit on your son's/father's/husband's grave and sacrifice-and you should join with us! What a recruiting tool :rolleyes:
 
I think that it's of greater consequence not WHAT he said (even though I think he's a complete putz) but WHEN he said it. This action had nothing to do with spreading his message, but only to direct attention to himself.

If his message had any validity, it would stand on its own and not need the inflammatory nature of picketing a fallen soldier's funeral.
 
Malice,

You are making the same mistake that so many "Christian" zealots make--other than going around "quoting the Lord" so much they begin to believe those are their own words and they are God.

Christianity has to do with the second half of the Bible--the New Testament. Your quote and so many used by "Christian" extremists come from the Old Testament. The Old Testament is Jewish tradition/history. The New Testament is built on the teachings of Jesus and the history of his disciples. Jesus had a different take on things than the Old Testament.

There is nothing Christian about these zealots.
 
> The group has made national headlines

Thats because it serves the agenda of the leftist media, which seeks to portray as a loon anyone who believes in God.

I fault the media much more than this small band of kooks.

best regards
 
I'm amazed to see how this thread is starting to delve into a religious debate, way below the high road standards.

I am not Christian, and in my critical examinations of the Bible I have come up with this gem (and off the top of my head, this general sentiment comes across many times in the Bible).
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Malice, how does this have anything to do with the start of the thread. And I believe that there are many on THR that don't care about where you stand on gay rights and women serving in the military. The point of this thread was about some religious extremists protesting a serviceman's burial. And what was the point of quoting an Old Testament verse dealing with homosexuality? Next time, please read the first post of a thread before you rant and rave about things completely off topic. And last time I checked, this whole forum is supposed to deal with GUNS, not religion.

If any moderators read this, please shut this thread down before it delves into anymore low standard, off-topic garbage.
 
SolaScriptura139:

I believe if you actually read the entire first post that started this thread, you'd find the people who were picketing the funeral started out as a "Christian" anti gay group. Malice was simply providing a biblicle reference to their orginal mission.

Giving us his view on gay rights and women in the military to clarified his neuterality on the specific topic. Now you may have no interest at all in where other THR members derive their opinions - but many of us on THR find it relevent.

Your post was miles off topic compared to his.
 
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