Church tweets protest of Steve Jobs funeral via iPhone
After the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the #iSad hashtag is trending on Twitter.
Westboro Baptist Church, a group that has forsaken human decency in the name of headlines, announced Wednesday night, in a tweet sent via #iPhone, a planned protest of the iPhone creator’s funeral.
Perhaps an #iRony hashtag would be appropriate?
Why protest Jobs?
Religious leader Margie J. Phelps, in responding to an Associated Press headline on Twitter concerning Jobs’ death, said the group would picket the funeral because Jobs had “a huge platform; gave God no glory and taught sin.”
Phelps, a lawyer and daughter of Westboro’s founder, Fred Phelps Sr., argued successfully before the Supreme Court that the thankfully tiny church had the First Amendment right to stage anti-gay and anti-war protests at the funerals of celebrities and U.S. soldiers.
Westboro’s leaders have been here before. In 2010 the group picketed Twitter’s offices in San Francisco. They tweeted about it, of course.
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LISA
October 7th, 2011
5:00 am
westboro is not a church. they are a cult. the congress needs to step in and do away with these people. i think there are jealous of mr job success. and the us soldiers and gay who want to be gay. my son is overseas and if something ever happen to him and he comes home dead. the westboro better not be around to protesting. there are too many people that will take care of them to make sure that they dont come near my sons fruneral.
Joe
October 7th, 2011
7:58 am
This is why I no longer attend church, religon is a crutch and scam rooted in ancient mysteries that are now explained by science, i mean really if there were a second coming of christ today, i honestly think that people would condeem and shoot him, what a bunch of phoney hypocrits
Lila
October 7th, 2011
8:18 am
Come on! Love thy neighbor and judge not. Really!
Lila
October 7th, 2011
8:22 am
I go to church and I try not to be a hypocrite. Joe is right. Jesus would absolutely be persecuted today, and he would be persecuted by the likes of Westboro. If I take care of my own business, I don’t have time to mind yours. I really wonder if these judgmental people have actually READ The Bible in its entirety. It is pretty clear on judging others.Oh, and because of my iPod, I can easily read my Bible while waiting in line at the grocery store or wherever. Thanks, Steve Jobs. You left the world better than you found it. Rest in peace.
JustAnotherSinner
October 7th, 2011
8:23 am
I like the Ghandi quote — unfortunately all too common. However, don’t let this incident (or any) turn you away from Christ. For those of you who are “against Christianity” because of quotes or folks like this — that’s just an excuse. Pick up the bible and read for yourself — and keep reading — It WILL change your life — for the better !!!!
Remember: Christianity is not a religion.
Religion is Humans *trying* to work their way to God.
Christianity is God coming to men and women through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
With true Christianity — as laid out in the bible — we are all sinners. There is no difference between you, me, Steve Jobs, Osama Bin Ladin, President Obama, Michael Vick, or Pope. We are all sinners.
And we are all saved through the grace and by faith given to us nearly 2,000 years ago through Jesus Christ.
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JustAnotherSinner
October 7th, 2011
8:30 am
Joe — Come on — people have been trying to “disprove” the existance for Jesus Christ for years. It ain’t going to happen. It would have been sooo easy for them to disprove it and even hide it 2,000 years ago — but they couldn’t do it then — Thank you Holy Spirit.
Go rent “The Case for Christ” — an athiest methodical and very interesting journey to try and disprove Jesus. (Everyone should see that — Christians and Non-Christians — you’ll learn a lot from an athiest )
Then pick up the bible and start reading…
by the way — regarding your statement
“… if there were a second coming of christ today, i honestly think that people would condeem and shoot him…”
That is the SAME THING they did to Christ the first time !! (though they didn’t have guns — so they hung him…) Again, please read the bible — and read it for YOU !! — not for anyone else…
suthrnboy
October 7th, 2011
12:53 pm
Dude! I hate Fred Phelps and his organization as much as the next rational individual, but you just got trolled. Margie Phelps tweeted from an iPhone on purpose! She was trying to be ironic. You pointing it out just makes you look stupid.
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Kokomotoo
October 7th, 2011
6:04 pm
@Just another sinner
You can’t disprove anything, you have to prove it. That statement is absurd. What if I told you I could fly? How could you possibly prove that I couldn’t ? You can’t! The burden of proof would be on me to prove I could fly.