Son of a preacher man.

[leo-rcc]

Nate Phelps, the son of Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, held a speech at the 2009 American Atheists convention. You can find it here:

http://atheistnexus.org/page/nate-phelps-2009-aa-speech

I would encourage anyone to read this, even though it is a lengthy piece.

Quote:At the age of 7, I could recite all 66 books of the Bible in 19 seconds. My father insisted on this because he was frustrated at waiting as his children flipped back and forth trying to find the verses he was preaching from. Afterwards, if one of us took to long my father would stop in the middle of his preaching, cast a gimlet eye on the offender and demand that, “Somebody smack that kid!”

[Kyuuketsuki]

(22nd April 2009 09:38)leo-rcc Wrote:  Nate Phelps, the son of Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, held a speech at the 2009 American Atheists convention. You can find it here:

http://atheistnexus.org/page/nate-phelps-2009-aa-speech

I would encourage anyone to read this, even though it is a lengthy piece.

Read it start to finish ... thanks for posting the link, it's hard to such appalling acts can be carried out by one claiming to be acting in god's name (his father) and the rest of it, albeit without the violence, resonates strongly with my own fall from grace.

Kyu

[bozo]

(22nd April 2009 09:38)leo-rcc Wrote:  Nate Phelps, the son of Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, held a speech at the 2009 American Atheists convention. You can find it here:

http://atheistnexus.org/page/nate-phelps-2009-aa-speech

I would encourage anyone to read this, even though it is a lengthy piece.

Quote:At the age of 7, I could recite all 66 books of the Bible in 19 seconds. My father insisted on this because he was frustrated at waiting as his children flipped back and forth trying to find the verses he was preaching from. Afterwards, if one of us took to long my father would stop in the middle of his preaching, cast a gimlet eye on the offender and demand that, “Somebody smack that kid!”

I much prefer the song!! ( by Dusty )

[Tiberius]

Quote:At the age of 7, I could recite all 66 books of the Bible in 19 seconds.

I want to know what he means by this. Does he mean only the names? Otherwise I can't see how what he says wouldn't just be a random mumble.

I read this a few days ago when it was posted at Nexus. Brother Richard has a blog post written by him: http://lifewithoutfaith.com/?p=120

Oh, and I met Brother Richard a week ago: http://atheistblogger.com/2009/04/15/spi...r-richard/