Fred Phelps' Funeral Will Not Happen, According To Westboro Baptist Church Member

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Huffington Post

Westboro Baptist Church is famous for its funeral pickets, and now that its founder, Fred Phelps, is on his deathbed, some people have raised the possibility of protesting his funeral. Others urge taking the high road.

However, it seems that there may not be a funeral at all, according to WBC member Margie Phelps, who told Huffington Post editor Nick Wing in February that memorials were not in line with their church policy.

@nickpwing We don't worship the dead in this church, so there'd be no public memorial or funeral to picket if any member died. — GodHatesYourStars (@WBCMargie) February 4, 2014

Phelps' estranged son, Nathan, wrote in a Facebook post that his father had been excommunicated from WBC, and was "on the edge of death at Midland Hospice house in Topeka, Kansas."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/fred-phelps-funeral_n_4980493.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000055

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Cowards knew the mother of all street parties was going to happen outside the funeral home.

[Warpy]

1. I knew they'd take the coward's way out

They'll probably cremate him, dump the ashes somewhere, have a perfunctory closed memorial, and then get busy dividing the spoils.

[Thor_MN]

16. Better dump them in a sanitary sewer or the ammonia from urine will be overpowering.

Best protest I can imagine is "God Hates No One" signs.

[arewenotdemo]

49. How about "No One Hates Fags"?

[Thor_MN]

60. Could work, but...

Some people would only read "Hate" and "Fags".

What I'm curious about is why they kicked old Fred to the curb. Turning soft in anticipation of dieing? Wonder if Shirley has enough hate to keep the bastards organized...

[arewenotdemo]

61. I think religious cults require the raving lunatic patriarch to survive.

In the long run, the brainwashed women don't have what it takes.

[Thor_MN]

62. Read this evening that there was takeover and Shirley is out of power

An all male group took over and ex-communicated Fred, apparently for not being batshit enough.

[thefool_wa]

2. THis should have been expected

These guys are cowards and bullies whose entire "church" is founded on the principle of baiting people into physical confrontations that they can then sue you over. This guy was never a religious leader who was convinced of his righteousness, if he was, they would welcome the persecution they brought on themselves.

[sgtbenobo]

29. Reminds me of a quote.

"I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." –Mark Twain


Party on.

[arewenotdemo]

50. Very nice!

Love Mark Twain.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. When the time comes, the only comment I'll have is. . .

"Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather"
- Mathhew 24:28

[LeftofObama]

4. Unless he's cremated he will have to be interred somewhere.

I have a feeling that won't be kept a secret for long. Even if he is cremated I would imagine that word would leak out about the location of the crematorium. Either way I see ole Fred getting a big ole dose of "what comes around goes around."

[struggle4progress]

6. Fred wouldn't be around to notice, so why bother?

[LeftofObama]

8. No, Fred won't be around to notice, but his hate filled cult will.

I'm no where near Kansas so I have no intention of picketing, but to those who want to I say go for it!

[ColesCountyDem]

17. He may have willed his body to science.

If he did so, by the time they get around to cremating whatever's left, no one outside of the family will even know.

[LiberalEsto]

18. What good is a body without a heart or brain? nt

[ColesCountyDem]

21. Zzzziiinnngggg!

[TeamPooka]

22. You win the internet today.

[LeftyMom]

19. Primitive Baptists are generally opposed to cremation because they consider it pagan, or reserved

for criminals. Some may consider an intact burial necessary for the resurrection.

And before anybody gets huffy, Primitive Baptist is a description of a belief system, not a value judgment.

[Ecumenist]

32. Yes, absolutely correct lefty. I've never understood why they believe that...

NEVER got it.

[JI7]

5. i think people should still party outside their home/church

[yuiyoshida]

10. this!

[Ken Burch]

42. ...with a Village People/Bronski Beat/Frankie Goes To Hollywood/Culture Club dance mix!

[olddad56]

7. Their is a big difference between worshiping the dead and remembering them..

When some one passes , it is an important ritual,( in a society way to short on rituals), to gather, to remember the person, and to celebrate that person's life. It isn't for the person who passed so much as it for the family and friends who's lives that person touched. It is about coming together to heal from the grief of the loss.

But in this guy's case, maybe no one is grieving.

[okaawhatever]

63. I can't imagine the "men's group" who took over the church, excommunicated Fred and shoved

his wife aside are capable of grief. I would guess they lack many emotions. His wife will likely grieve. Love is love.

[jmowreader]

9. Translation...

"We're burying him in secret so his grave doesn't get violated."

Because you know the Topeka police would have to build an outhouse over Phelps' gravesite to cut down on the number of people they'd have to lock up for public urination.

[riqster]

12. An innovative solution!

[Ruby the Liberal]

15. !!!

Well played!

[Heywood J]

46. "... and one moving violation." (NT)

[ck4829]

11. He died a long time ago, that was some husk preaching hate

[Blue_Tires]

24. +1

[geretogo]

13. cult member

The Republican party is losing one of it's most out spoken cult members .
Maybe there not holding a funeral because there taking him to a mountain top
to be taken in to the sky by a comet like those cult members in San Diego
a few years back .

[Ecumenist]

33. He's actually a registered Democrat....unfortunately.

Don't know the last time he voted though

[catbyte]

51. I'll bet it was pre-1964.

And he was so wrapped up in his hate mongering that he just never bothered with voting.

[Ecumenist]

59. Possibly, I don't know abut he's crazy as an outhouse rat...

[geretogo]

58. looks like a duck

You know the saying if it looks like a duck , etc. etc. I call them DINOS' ,democrats in name only .

[Paladin]

14. Chickenshit motherfuckers, all of them. (nt)

[BigDemVoter]

20. Dead piece of shit. . .

He's responsible for harassing poor, devastated people all over the country. Too bad I don't believe in god, as if there were one, this clump of shit would be in hell.

Good riddance to a miserable, hateful asshole.

[TeamPooka]

23. I'm still willing to have a party outside their "church".

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

25. Funerals cost money

and this pack of thieves probably don't see a profit in it.

[Common Sense Party]

55. They could make a fortune on Pay-Per-View.

As long as they promise to show the protesters and grave pissers.

[muntrv]

26. Phelps can dish it out but can't take it.

[LiberalElite]

27. Wait a minute -

people can still picket these losers outside their "church" with or without a funeral or corpse.

[RKP5637]

28. Toss the POS in the nearest cesspool he'll have lots of company. n/t

[Ken Burch]

41. What did the nearest cesspool ever do to YOU, buddy?

[RKP5637]

56. Well, mine just said it's gonna quit on me in protest. Guess I better rethink that one!

[MADem]

30. What, they plan on stuffing him, kinda like Roy Rogers' Trigger?

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-07-14-roy-rogers-horse_N.htm?csp=34

[blkmusclmachine]

31. Protest at their little "church."

Turnabout is fair play!

[FreeState]

34. "no public memorial or funeral to picket if any member died" Fred was excommunicated

"no public memorial or funeral to picket if any member died" Fred was excommunicated, he is not a member of the Church.

[Lint Head]

35. Dude can't even have a funeral.

[AtheistCrusader]

36. They can dish it out, but they can't take it.

[Lex]

53. Like all bullies.

Cowards at heart.

[fujiyama]

37. These cowards probably won't even have a tomb stone

Too bad, I figured it would make a convenient rest stop to take a piss at if I'm ever driving through Topeka.

[wordpix]

38. "worship the dead"---is that what they think goes on at a funeral?

These people are completely nuts

[davidpdx]

39. It's probably for the best

Given what a divisive person he became it would draw attention from opposite sides and set up the mother of all protests.

[Ken Burch]

40. The WBC EXCOMMUNICATED Fred Phelps?

Jeez...when your own family doesn't want you in the church you freaking invented, that's a bad sign.

Richard Dawkins has to be loving this.

[lisby]

43. I've been wondering about this

No one seems to be questioning this statement or asking about it. If he was kicked out--why?

[Ken Burch]

44. Maybe they caught him asking God for forgiveness...

...that, or they finally realized how much shit he's dragged them into...

[AngryOldDem]

45. People will party anyway.

I'm not one for grave dancing, but I sure won't grieve, either. Fred better be prepared because I don't think he's going where he thinks he is.

[Nihil]

47. "We don't worship the dead in this church" from a (nominally) Christian sect?

[AtheistCrusader]

54. My cognitive dissonance breaker is now fused open. Halp!

[tblue37]

48. ?? His father excommunicated from his own church? That is confusing! nt

[3catwoman3]

52. First time I have ever...

...heard of a funeral/memorial service being called "worshiping the dead."

At such services, family and friends typically gather to offer one another comfort. One has to have love and compassion in order to do that. The members of the so-called Westboro Baptist "Church" certainly score a big fat ZERO when it comes to love and compassion, so they are probably not emotionally capable of holding a service.

[snooper2]

57. They don't need to, MOCK FUNERAL in front of their "church thing"

[Orsino]

64. Therefore, it will.

That was easy.