I have a confession to make: I've joined the fray of "God Hates Fags" parody sites (see link toward end of article). Perhaps I have too much time on my hands, but what's done is done. When I began this project, I did not know what variety of things God hates. Did you know that God also hates...
1. Figs — boy, that's rough
2. Globes — this is a parody site, right?
3. Pork — a Jewish, G*d hates... site
4. Shrimp — I don't have anything more to say about that
5. Christians, er, Christians? — Gee, is nothing sacred? (I like how the webmaster notes that "this site has nothing to do with Fred Phelps or Westboro Baptist Church;" no, really?)
When you hate everything and everyone as Phelps does, you're bound to make a few enemies. That one can spur on such a flurry of parody sites speaks volumes to the enmity between Phelps and, well, the rest of the world. It also stands as a tribute to free speech and the value of the Internet. The same medium that gives Phelps a worldwide audience offers the rest of us a chance to get back. You can't reason with these people, but you can poke fun at them.
Back in my college days, a guy named Billy Bible brought the gospel of belligerence to San Jose State University. He'd stand in the student center shouting that God hates everyone and everything, and he'd single out individual students as sinners. A guy wearing a bandanna? A homosexual. A girl wearing a pair of shorts? A harlot. As the president of a Christian club at San Jose State, I was asked one day to go out and confront Billy Bible.
First, I approached him in a friendly manner, only to learn I was part of the problem. According to Billy Bible, I needed to tell people they were sinners (real gospel preaching, he said). Later on, he tried to run me down because we "chased" him off the campus shouting, "Loud clanging gong!" (a reference to St. Paul's message on love in 1 Corinthians 13). I walked away knowing one thing for sure: You can't reason with a jerk.
Article comments
1 - Dave Nalle
Mark, have you taken a close look at the stained glass window on godhatespriests.com? What direction is that altar boy facing?
Dave
2 - Mark Adams
Not only did I notice it, but I enlarged it to notice the detail. Before I posted it on my site, had to completely blur the image of the boy. Now I've seen that image before but where did Phelps find it? You have to wonder what sites they visit to find that stuff. Mighty revealing.
3 - Rob Ricksen
That God hates fags site takes the cake as the craziest thing on the net. It’s the only place you’re going to find kids, barely old enough to talk, holding signs preaching "Thank god for 9-11" "Thank God for more dead soldiers”
4 - Mark Adams
Folks, I might need your help:
I just bought godhatespornography.com, and of course, it will be dedicated to Fred Phelps. Am I going to far?
5 - chantal stone
maybe just a tad. what you need to invest in is godhatesbigotry.com
6 - Mark Adams
chantal stone:
Only Fred Phelps doesn't care about bigotry; I think he would care about the pornography claim. P.S. the site is up and running now.