I wouldn’t change a name of a church because of pastors (I use the term with tongue in cheek) like this.  I’d only change the church name if it is a barrier that keeps people out.

I don’t know what’s worse.  The “God hates fags” banner (I think he needs to reread John 3:16) or his sour face that obviously shows no joy of the Lord.  Maybe he just had a bowl of lemons for breakfast.  Who knows?

I also think it’s sad that this man sits in the seat of judgment concerning who is in hell and who isn’t.  I’m not a Baptist.  Never have been, but am in agreement with most of the Baptist theology.  But, I’ve learned that more people will be in Heaven then what someone like this seems to think.  I suppose now if this so-called pastor and defender of the Faith reads this, I’ll be another on his list to eternal Hell.  Thank God for the security of the believer (A common Baptist doctrine) and the saving grave of my Savior.

I wish ALL the media would just turn this guy and his ‘church’ into one big pile of irrelevance! Just ignore him. I don’t know for sure whether God has hardened Fred’s heart or not, but it sure seems like it. He is the antithesis of what Jesus teaches and is no representative of the God I know and love.

I wouldn’t take ‘Baptist’ out of a church name because of Phelps, but I would make extra sure that any church with Baptist in the title was going out of its way to be the heart, hands and feet of God in the community.

I just wasted 4 minutes and 11 seconds of my life.

I did like the sports coat and T-shirt. Phelps made his first step to becoming a metrosexual. Ha!

I don’t know if Phelps gives Baptists a bad name or not. I doubt it.

Derek

Baaaaarrrrrrfffffffffing noises coming from my house.

This makes me sick, I couldn’t watch any more than a few seconds.  I don’t know if I would change the name of a church over this guy but I certainly wouldn’t name my dog Fred or Phelps.

LOL Andy,

I hope he doesn’t use King James english on me!!!!!

Andy,

I do not understand either. That’s why I believe we need to keep praying for him and those like him.... while we also pray for ourselves.

Hope this finds you doing well as you’ve been missed around here.

Mommy, make the bad man stop!

I’m not dropping the “Baptist” from our church’s name just because of this guy.  He does not speak for me.  I just choose to tune him out.

He’s provocative because that’s how he and his “church” support themselves.  They provoke people and then sue them when they react.  The have filed and settled literally thousands of lawsuits against cities, companies and individuals for reacting to their provocations. 

I don’t know if he really believes the hate he spews or if it’s just become an easy way to “earn” a living.  From what I understand his “church” consists entirely of his immediate and extended family.

Will he go to heaven? Do his works say anything about his faith?

If a Christian can be so full of hate, how can we, with a straight face, claim that it is a better way of life?

All I have to say is THANK GOD that my Savior has grace.  Because I guarantee that even this guy that’s on this video, espousing the destruction of others for the trangressions that they have made is something less than perfect.  It would be an interesting day to say the least if the judgment that comes forth from his mouth were suddenly turned against him, allowing him to see through a mirror of the almighty that judgment doesn’t belong in the hands of the imperfect (AKA - every last one of us).