An Open Letter To Westboro Baptist
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An Open Letter To Westboro Baptist

You are NOT a chuch, you're a cult of hate.

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An Open Letter To Westboro Baptist
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I have watched countless documentaries and interviews to try to comprehend where you are coming from. I wanted to see why you preached hate instead of love. After watching them, I realized you are a cult of hate instead of a church. I am Catholic and I was raised to know that no matter what, God will forgive and love everyone. In fact, the bible states that you should "love thy neighbor", which means to love everyone. I cannot comprehend how you justify your own behavior.

We live in a world full of destruction, terrorism, hatred, and hurt. Tragedy happens, people die and disease occurs. While this world should thank God for all he has done, they are allowed to mourn when tragedy strikes. You despise America. We are not keeping you here. If you are not happy, by all means, leave. Holding up signs that say "Thank God For 9/11" or "Thank God For Dead Soldiers" is not only ignorant, but despicable. You protest in NYC on 9/11 anniversaries. This was a day the world stopped. Many Americans lost their lives for just showing up to work. Where were you on 9/11? I remember my mother was waiting for my father to arrive home from NYC that morning. None of us knew what was happening. Luckily, my father came home. I thank God everyday that his building was not attacked. However, some people were not as lucky. There are many widowed spouses and parentless children as a result of 9/11.

You are very much against the LGBTQ community. As I mentioned earlier, God preaches to love everybody. God does not hate "fags" as your horrendous signs say. It is okay if you do not agree with gay marriage, but don't go around and preach that every single gay person is going to hell all because YOU do not agree with their lifestyle. God does not base heaven and hell on sexuality. There are very generous people who are gay. Ellen DeGeneres is a great example. She is one of the most good hearted people in this world. Ellen also happens to be gay. In your world, she is going to hell. In the big picture, I bet she is going to heaven when her time comes because of all the great things she's given to others. You do not have the right to go up to someone who is gay and tell them that they are going to hell. You are committing a sin of hate.

I do believe God gives strongest people the biggest battles. However, sometimes the fight is to hard, and the person surrenders the battle. Holding up signs that say "Thank God For Cancer" is disgusting. I think you are very lucky that you all do not suffer with battles. You think mental illness is horrible, yet protest saying a teenager who committed suicide is going to hell. It is because of hateful people like you that people choose to end their lives. As a so called "church", you should be guiding people to embrace who they are and help them win the inner battles inside of them. However, you choose not to do so.

It is very upsetting that people like you make Christians and Catholics look bad. Not all Christian and Catholic people feel the way you do. You are full of hatred and ignorance. You even protested the funerals of young children that died in an elementary school shooting.

If you ever were to see this, I do expect you to think about your actions. Is this protesting and rudeness really what God wants?

Sincerely,

A Real Follower of God and Proud American

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