These are the same people who picketed Ronnie James Dio's funeral for worshipping the devil. Despite Dio being a Catholic.
Church Protesting San Diego Comic-Con For "Idol Worship"
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Ugh, more Christians making the rest of us look bad.
Seriously, it irritates me how a couple random churches do stupid crap like this and make the majority of us Christians look like ignorant and over-sensitive morons. But I think what irritates me more is how everyone seems to see this and think it represents the majority of Christians...
It doesn't.
Seriously, it irritates me how a couple random churches do stupid crap like this and make the majority of us Christians look like ignorant and over-sensitive morons. But I think what irritates me more is how everyone seems to see this and think it represents the majority of Christians...
It doesn't.
They do this so much that many people and most are pretty much done with it. I mean, things like this which were memetic and fun to make fun of (ie. "Fuckin' Magnets" or "WRYYY") eventually die.
Westboro Church's actively vying for attention scheme is pretty much trying too hard. I'm pretty sure they'll just be forced off the premises nontheless and a good laugh will be had by all before everyone returns to doing what they were.
Westboro Church's actively vying for attention scheme is pretty much trying too hard. I'm pretty sure they'll just be forced off the premises nontheless and a good laugh will be had by all before everyone returns to doing what they were.
Take a jar of raspberry jam, you spread it on the ground leading from the front door of the church to a garbage can, knock on their door and say "I was hoping you'd help me find Jesus, I already found the trail!
These people are assholes..... I'm normally not against catholicism, but these people mak me wish to smite them
These people are assholes..... I'm normally not against catholicism, but these people mak me wish to smite them
Oh dear God, not the Phelps-Roper clan again. Anything and everything that they have to say is immediately made null and void, considering that they support their ideals and beliefs with substantially less evidence than a small group of existentialists who are under the impression that the universe consists entirely of tiny vibrating strings.
Honestly though, every other week it's some new protest that just takes away more and more of their credibility. I don't even know why/if people are still listening to/affected by them anymore.
Honestly though, every other week it's some new protest that just takes away more and more of their credibility. I don't even know why/if people are still listening to/affected by them anymore.
It seems like it would be better to ignore them but trust me. make some signs, have a few drinks with your friends and go to one of there protests, its an absolute blast.JayDub147 said:
its also quite interesting talking to them.
Someone needs to gather a group together and do a counter protest.
I would seriously love to see the look on those nut's faces if they saw a crowd of a 100 or so all dressed in Spiderman/Batman/w.e super character with candles, kneeling in prayer to the sky xD
I would seriously love to see the look on those nut's faces if they saw a crowd of a 100 or so all dressed in Spiderman/Batman/w.e super character with candles, kneeling in prayer to the sky xD
If God does exist, I've this slight feeling it's not going to tell these people they were doing a good job.
Also, if God does exist, it's name must be She Hulk. Hubba hubba.
Also, if God does exist, it's name must be She Hulk. Hubba hubba.
As a comic fan and catholic, I hope a group of people dressed as the Justice League and/or Avengers do something funny to these assholes.
Honestly, why can't these freaks do what all other overzealous religious nut-jub cults do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_suicide
Honestly, why can't these freaks do what all other overzealous religious nut-jub cults do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_suicide
"I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman !" - Homer Simpson
What country do you live in? Can I be shipped there via large box? That fact that these zealots even are alive makes me feel sorry for humanity.Lost In The Void said:
I'm a Christian, albiet not a deeply spiritual one. I think these guys take things too far and are more a group of rabble rousers than anything.
What's more it seems like they don't even take their message seriously, and are acting like a group of bullies. Going after comic-con on these grounds seems a bit weak, even as they explain it. The logic just doesn't follow since I've never seen anyone pray to comic book characters that I can think of.
I suppose if your a super hard core Christian and think that you should ONLY be reading The Bible, well I can see how they could argue that comics take away from that, but then again so do most things (TV, Books, etc...).
If I agreed with the message (which I do not), I would probably have chosen to go after "Star Wars" to be honest. The reason being that people have allegedly been forming religions based off of it. I read a while ago that enough people on the Canadian census (I think that's what it was) answered "Jedi" when queried about what their religion was. Supposedly after this a few people took the steps to actually get Jedism (various versions) recognized as a valid religion. How many people are actually signed up for it I have no idea... but all jokes aside (since this strikes me as being a stunt) you could actually use the logic to claim the corruption of Star Wars since people are actually claiming to be practitioners of a fictional school of mysticism.
Of course they won't go after these guys because chances are there aren't enough of them gathered in one place (or acting seriously enough) to picket, and there just isn't the kind of media coverage that they get from harassing a big time comic convention.
The overall point being that I think this is all about the attention.
For my part despite being a Christian I pretty much let people do their own thing. I don't believe in trying to convert people. I might think it's ridiculous, but honestly if someone DID want to worship Superman or whatever, I'd pretty much take a 'more power to you' attitude.
Despite what the Bible says at points, I believe god is a fundementally good being, and I don't think that such things would go beyond his abillity to forgive. Just as I don't think people who write fiction that might portray him in a negative light for the purpose of making a point or whatever are going to be damned (ie Spawn, Preacher, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Incarnations Of Immortality, and stuff like that... it's all fantasy and understood to be fantasy). I could be wrong, but that is my gut feeling on things and I guess it comes down to faith (this is what I think when I think about such things).
So basically what I'm getting down to is that I don't think this paticular "Church" is right in what their doing. They seem to be out to get attention and nothing more. I cannot see much good that could be expected to come from this paticular rally given that I can't think of ever having seen the behavior they are protesting. Even if there are some people out there who follow say "Superman" as a religion in a literal sense, I can't see them being numerous enough to warrent a full on protest at Comic-Con.
What's more it seems like they don't even take their message seriously, and are acting like a group of bullies. Going after comic-con on these grounds seems a bit weak, even as they explain it. The logic just doesn't follow since I've never seen anyone pray to comic book characters that I can think of.
I suppose if your a super hard core Christian and think that you should ONLY be reading The Bible, well I can see how they could argue that comics take away from that, but then again so do most things (TV, Books, etc...).
If I agreed with the message (which I do not), I would probably have chosen to go after "Star Wars" to be honest. The reason being that people have allegedly been forming religions based off of it. I read a while ago that enough people on the Canadian census (I think that's what it was) answered "Jedi" when queried about what their religion was. Supposedly after this a few people took the steps to actually get Jedism (various versions) recognized as a valid religion. How many people are actually signed up for it I have no idea... but all jokes aside (since this strikes me as being a stunt) you could actually use the logic to claim the corruption of Star Wars since people are actually claiming to be practitioners of a fictional school of mysticism.
Of course they won't go after these guys because chances are there aren't enough of them gathered in one place (or acting seriously enough) to picket, and there just isn't the kind of media coverage that they get from harassing a big time comic convention.
The overall point being that I think this is all about the attention.
For my part despite being a Christian I pretty much let people do their own thing. I don't believe in trying to convert people. I might think it's ridiculous, but honestly if someone DID want to worship Superman or whatever, I'd pretty much take a 'more power to you' attitude.
Despite what the Bible says at points, I believe god is a fundementally good being, and I don't think that such things would go beyond his abillity to forgive. Just as I don't think people who write fiction that might portray him in a negative light for the purpose of making a point or whatever are going to be damned (ie Spawn, Preacher, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Incarnations Of Immortality, and stuff like that... it's all fantasy and understood to be fantasy). I could be wrong, but that is my gut feeling on things and I guess it comes down to faith (this is what I think when I think about such things).
So basically what I'm getting down to is that I don't think this paticular "Church" is right in what their doing. They seem to be out to get attention and nothing more. I cannot see much good that could be expected to come from this paticular rally given that I can't think of ever having seen the behavior they are protesting. Even if there are some people out there who follow say "Superman" as a religion in a literal sense, I can't see them being numerous enough to warrent a full on protest at Comic-Con.