Fire at Westboro Baptist Church

[JesusA (imported)]

Westboro Baptist Church caught fire this weekend

by Alex Blaze

August 4, 2008

No one was hurt, so we can joke around:

A fence and garage at Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church became engulfed in flames early Saturday, according to the Topeka Capitol-Journal Web site. The fire did not spread to the church building.

Topeka Fire Marshal Greg Bailey said the cause of the fire has not been determined. However, a spokeswoman for the church, Shirley Phelps-Roper, said she believes it was deliberately set.

I think it was deliberately set too... by God!!!

Obviously, this is a sign that God hates the Westboro Baptist Church. The best thing they can do right now is get on their knees and pray for forgiveness for everything they've done. Hell, they should have been doing that before, but apparently they weren't praying hard enough.

Fred Phelps has already taken to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odUTB3n_6q0&e).

Seriously, Fred Phelps is saying that he was hate crimed. Mm-hmm. This guy's existence is a hate crime.

A neighbor thinks it was an attempt to scare her out:

Leona McQueen's is 91 years old. Her garage is about 30 feet away from the site of the fire. McQueen says she has been butting heads with church members for decades. She says the fire may have be an elaborate attempt to scare her into selling her house.

McQueen said, "They keep claiming that this property is theirs, and it is not theirs. They keep wanting to buy me, but I don't want to sell it. I don't know if whether they are trying to push me out. I don't know."

Westboro Baptist Church Member Shirley Phelps-Roper said, "It's a ridiculous accusation. The fire was started by someone as we slept. Thankfully the lord our god keeps us in all our ways. The noise that they made the fire was so big and voluminous the popping and cracking woke people up."

I doubt that, but it's interesting that everyone is assuming arson. That at least hasn't been reported in the press if investigators are thinking along those lines.

[Kangan (imported)]

Summer is arson season. There's lots of bored teenagers running around out there. The newspapers in any city are full of unexplained vacant building fires.

Of course, it is arson - fences don't catch fire without reason. The hate crime part is merely just paranoia.

But Jesus might be right - if the cause was lightning!

[Blaise (imported)]

Westboro Baptist Church caught fire this weekend

by Alex Blaze

August 4, 2008

No one was hurt, so we can joke around:

A fence and garage at Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church became engulfed in flames early Saturday, according to the Topeka Capitol-Journal Web site. The fire did not spread to the church building.

I think it was deliberately set too... by God!!!

Obviously, this is a sign that God hates the Westboro Baptist Church. The best thing they can do right now is get on their knees and pray for forgiveness for everything they've done. Hell, they should have been doing that before, but apparently they weren't praying hard enough.

Fred Phelps has already taken to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odUTB3n_6q0&e).

Seriously, Fred Phelps is saying that he was hate crimed. Mm-hmm. This guy's existence is a hate crime.

A neighbor thinks it was an attempt to scare her out:

I doubt that, but it's interesting that everyone is assuming arson. That at least hasn't been reported in the press if investigators are thinking along those lines.

He is one mean guy. Back strokes for eternity in a lake of fire.

[twaddler (imported)]

Nothing of value was lost or endangered. Move along, nothing to see here.

[Arab Nights (imported)]

[center]

Fred Phelps has already taken to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odUTB3n_6q0&e).

Removed. Violation of terms of use.

[ramses (imported)]

I have an alabi. I swear on a stack of bibles...

[Danya (imported)]

Westboro Baptist Church caught fire this weekend

by Alex Blaze

August 4, 2008

No one was hurt, so we can joke around:

I think it was deliberately set too... by God!!!

Very possible and as Kangan pointed out, a bolt of lighting could have been God's agent. Maybe more than an agent, perhaps a messenger of doom.

Obviously, this is a sign that God hates the Westboro Baptist Church. The best thing they can do right now is get on their knees and pray for forgiveness for everything they've done. Hell, they should have been doing that before, but apparently they weren't praying hard enough.

There are certainly lessons here for Westboro Baptist Church. If only they have the faith to heed them and repent.

Seriously, Fred Phelps is saying that he was hate crimed. Mm-hmm. This guy's existence is a hate crime.

Hate crimed (is that a word?? - well, I guess it is now!) or not, this man and his extended family have caused a lot of pain to others.

[kristoff]

I'd be happy to take up a collection for gas and matches.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Damn Damn Damn, to bad he was not sitting on the fence when that lightning bolt hit. To bad it did not burn down that damn church as well.

I know, I should not wish ill to others but in his case I think I will make an exception.

River

[Blaise (imported)]

I'd be happy to take up a collection for gas and matches.

Here take my lunch money for tomorrow.