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Originally Posted by smoothpops
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...member_of_the/
I suggest reading through this thread. done by the nephew of fred phelps and is now an ex member. he shines light on their motives and thinking. the only way to get rid of them, is by understanding them.
"No one at Westboro Baptist Church has ever told me that they did their preaching for publicity or for money... It is strictly their religious convictions that drive them to preach their message... They believe that if they don't preach the words that they are preaching, then they will BURN IN HELL when they die for all of eternity... They act out of fear for themselves and their children, and they will ex-communicate anyone, ever their own wife or children, to save their souls."
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And there's the difference between religion and faith in the God of the Bible. The Bible teaches that salvation is a free gift that can not be earned, where as in every other religion, salvation(or whatever they aspire to) is earned through works, deeds, and sacrifices. The verse in Ephesians 2:8 says it quite clearly: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." Evidently the members at WBC haven't read that passage in awhile... or ever.