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Via Wizbang who got it from Rachel Lucas.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports on its Web site that a fence and garage at Westboro Baptist Church became engulfed in flames early today.
As to the big fire later, that’s not an arson threat, that’s a fact. Revelation 20:9-15.
As the movie line goes, I can dance around in my underwear, but it doesn’t make me Madonna. Never will. I don’t care what they call themselves, those people are not Christians. Insofar as I’m able, I pray for them, but their behavior is so abhorrent to me that my heart’s not really in it. (Which indicates a real problem in my faith, but that’s another story…) Their explanation for the fire is that it was deliberately set, but surprisingly – for people who find God’s wrath for homosexuality in the deaths of heterosexual soldiers during a war – any deeper spiritual significance eludes them. Which is just as well, because sometimes a fire is just a fire, but it’s amusing how people who spend so much time trying to connect dots between behavior and negative outcomes fail to do so here. Self-examination isn’t exactly their strong point.
Still, there is good news – Westboro members are not allowed to marry non-members so they’ll remain, um, “pure.” Their goal to do so reminds me of this equally creepy X-Files episode, but all in all, removing themselves from the gene pool is cause for thanksgiving.
