When bad things happen to bad people.
TOPEKA - The Topeka Fire Department is investigating a small fire today outside of a church whose members protest at soldier’s funerals.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports on its Web site that a fence and garage at Westboro Baptist Church became engulfed in flames early today.
Topeka Fire Marshal Greg Bailey said the cause of the fire has not been determined.
However, a spokeswoman for the church, Shirley Phelps-Roper, believes it was deliberately set.
Members of the church frequently picket military funerals, arguing that the deaths of U.S. troops overseas are part of God’s punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality.
Bailey said damage is estimated at $10,000.
I know what happened:
Is that a cardboard cut out of Jesus or Chuck Norris ?
August 4th, 2008 at 6:31 pmlaughykate… there’s a difference?
Chuck Norris is the forth aspect of the Trinity. The Quadrinity consists of:
The Father
The Son
The Holy Ghost
The Ass-Kicker
You can make the sign of the Quadrinity - make the sign of the cross, then finish off with the traditional middle finger gesture.
(I’ve been a bit chilly this week… I’m hoping the hellfire I’ve got coming to me for this post will warm me up.)
August 4th, 2008 at 6:36 pmWhy would they think that it was “deliberately set”? Could it be that there are folks who don’t like them? Why? Don’t they say that they’re doing the Lord’s work? Perhaps they should re-examine their mission statement and see if they’re doin’ it wrong.
August 4th, 2008 at 6:57 pmIn other news: Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
Oh praise be.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:16 pmAt the risk of heresy, blasphemy, and whatnot… Yes it probably was deliberate, God delivering a little fire and brimstone to sinners.
I wonder if that crossed what passes for their minds.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:30 pmHAAHAAAAAHAAAAAA…that was too damn funny, Rachel. Thanks for making me giggle today, I needed it!!
P.S. I miss Sunny’s beeyoootiful face on the banner!
August 4th, 2008 at 7:43 pmEven though I don’t believe in karma, I still say it’s a bitch! hehe
Serves these cultists right, not that they’ll gain a clue from that clue bat.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:52 pmRachel, what a horrible thing to suggest. I expect that the truth will turn out to be simple ignorance and failure to follow instructions with important and hazardous materials.
I mean, these people have a history of ignoring truth and common sense in public. Why would we expect them to need enemies to cause problems at home?
August 4th, 2008 at 8:00 pmProof that God exists. And that He’s a God of justice.
Thank you Sweet Baby Jesus, for fire and arsons (in this case). Amen.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:03 pmSometimes Karma needs a little help.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:13 pmFag enablers. Heh.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:19 pmHeh, nice one, 14K!
Am I a blasphemer for thinking that Bruce Willis is harder than Chuck Norris, even with the Chuck’s Pants thing?
Maybe I need a Loving Intervention. Heh, I don’t care…yippeekiyaay, motherfucka! (and yes, Frederick, I mean you).
August 4th, 2008 at 8:32 pmOh. Well big fucking duh.
Do I see a gusset?
August 4th, 2008 at 9:13 pmThey should have known better than to store the burning bush next to those oily rags.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:15 pmAlways note, when considering, “What would Jesus do?” that sometimes, the answer is, drive people away with a homemade whip.
Remember that.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:18 pmI just thought of a motivator:
August 4th, 2008 at 10:23 pmIt has occurred to me that they might just have had something to do with this themselves. Right now, their “church” and “law office” are both under a lien from that lawsuit against them they lost. They’re easily nuts enough to do this, either for sympathy (fat chance of THAT) or to spite the people who sued them.
In other news…why is everybody looking at ME? Do I look like the sort of person who’d do something like this? Sweet ME? *innocent look*
August 4th, 2008 at 11:48 pmMissed lightning strike.
Right at the last minute, the ittle bugger dodged.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:54 pmI saw a documentary on these nutjobs and they actually believe that anyone who dies by any means, even as a result of an accident, is being punished by God for their sins.
It would be interesting to ask them how this fire fits in with their logic: If something bad happens to you that is, in practical terms, completely beyond your control is still ultimately your fault because God is angry with you and your sinning sinniness, then doesn’t a fire, even a deliberately lit one, mean God is a little peeved with you about something?
Hm…what could that be I wonder?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:40 amI postulated on my blog that since these attention whores are currently being largely ignored by everyone, they likely set the fire themselves to bring a little “Oh poor us, we’re so prosecuted for our Christian (not) beliefs! Look at us!” attention to themselves.
Think about it! The Patriot Guard Riders have pretty much shielded the grieving families from these pernicious cockstains, the media hardly gives them any attention, and their antics, while repugnant, have ceased to be in any way shocking or headline-grabbing.
I think they did it themselves.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:30 amIt’s obvious what happened. A couple Phelpses had gay sex with each other behind the garage and the fence, and God smote them.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:34 amJeffrey Quick Says:
Nah, Gott didn’t smote them. The friction teh ghey sex started the fire.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:44 amI’m pretty sure the fire wasn’t deliberately set, but instead it was an act of God. You know, the type of thing NOT covered by insurance. Proof finally that God hates Fred Phelps.
August 5th, 2008 at 10:20 amSo their building was allegedly set afire by enemies. If so, it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bunch. They’re not Christians, but imposters that make real Christians look bad. Or, in the alternative, did Papa and Mama Phelps set it themselves to collect insurance money? Hmmmm…
August 5th, 2008 at 12:20 pmI personally do not believe it was deliberately set. People that evil have been known to burst into spontaneous flame, so why not the church building itself? And may I say, it’s about damned time.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pmJenn:
Only in my book! But I’d LOVE to see that in real life!
August 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pmIs Jesus wearing a Star Trek “Red Shirt”
Man, nothing good can come of that.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:57 pmWhat wine goes with schadenfreude?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pmgee,could’nt have happened to a better bunch of pricks…..
August 5th, 2008 at 7:47 pm