The Smite is Right

Remember last week when I said I had a certain sense that Fred Phelps, the "God Hates Fags" guy, had better be careful because his actions and his hatred were close to earning him a good old fashioned smiting?

Well, this week a video turned up on YouTube.  Turns out someone thought it would be funny to make Fred and his whole "loving" congregation look like big gay supporters.

Don't say the Don didn't tell you this was coming, Fred.  And I hate to be the one to say it, but my...sense...is that this is only the beginning.

Smite Alert: Fred Phelps

I don't want to brag, but being as close to God as I am sometimes has its advantages.  For instance, sometimes I get a certain...sense about things.  That's right: the Don can tell when someone's on the verge of having a good old fashioned, Old Testament, Ten Plagues kind of smiting.

So I'm chilling this week at the Cheltenham Bible Festival and I get an email from my buddy N. T. Wright.  We've disagreed on some theological points in the past, but we're both big fans of using initials for our first and middle names so it's all good.

So Tom tells me I need to check out this article about Fred Phelps.  In case you've been living in a cave or you don't love God enough to remember who that is, he's the guy who pickets funerals with his little inbred church and holds up signs that say "God hates Fags" so that the glory of the Lord can shine for all to see (sarcasm).

Turns out old Fred is planning on picketing the funerals of the folks who died in the Minnesota bridge collapse.  Not because they were homosexuals, mind you, but Fred seems to feel that homosexuality in the States is the reason the Good Lord caused the bridge to collapse.

You see folks, Fred is the very definition of fire kindling.  I don't want to say it's definitely gonna happen, but I get this...sense.  If God took out Ananias and Sapphira for lying about an offering...well...it ain't looking good, huh Fred?