Malevolent hate monger Fred Phelps, the nefarious founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, is near death says his son, Nate Phelps.
Nate left the church in 1976 when he was 18 years olds and has since come out as an atheist, but he still keeps in touch with some of his extended family members, many of whom have also escaped from the church.
From his Facebook page:
I’ve learned that my father, Fred Phelps, Sr., pastor of the “God Hates Fags” Westboro Baptist Church, was ex-communicated from the “church” back in August of 2013. He is now on the edge of death at Midland Hospice house in Topeka, Kansas.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Terribly ironic that his devotion to his god ends this way. Destroyed by the monster he made.
I feel sad for all the hurt he’s caused so many. I feel sad for those who will lose the grandfather and father they loved. And I’m bitterly angry that my family is blocking the family members who left from seeing him, and saying their good-byes.
The commenters on Facebook, predictably, are like a howling pack of hyenas feasting on a zebra carcass. “I hope your death is painful” and “Rot in Hell” seem to be the prevailing senitments. I don’t know, though. I’ve always felt that Fred was probably very damaged at a young age and was in desperate need of psychiatric care. I’ve always felt sorry for him and his followers. All that hate has to hurt.
Not that that should stop us from demonstrating at his funeral, of course.
And what will happen to the Westboro Baptist church after its founder’s death? Probably more of the same. From patheos:
“While I would like to say [the church] will disappear entirely, that’s unlikely, at least in the short term. My guess is that Fred Phelps, mostly due to his age (he’s 84), hasn’t been an integral part of the church’s activities for quite some time. Those responsibilities have long been delegated to other members of the church, mostly to daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper. But without the founding figurehead in place, we can at least hope Westboro becomes less relevant and eventually obsolete.”
Read more about his condition, and the reason he was excommunicated from his own church, at epochtimes.
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