RE: Fred Phelps "on the edge of death"
March 16, 2014 at 4:21 pm
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2014 at 4:21 pm by Tiberius.)
(March 16, 2014 at 2:56 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:I think Esquilax was interested in why Fred Phelps was excommunicated, not Nate Phelps. The article seems to suggest that Fred was excommunicated by the church last year.(March 16, 2014 at 7:48 am)Esquilax Wrote: Personally I'm more interested in why he got excommunicated. Sounds like a fascinating tale of overreaction and petty weirdness to me. But then, the internal politics of backwards, insulated cults are often so interesting.
He lost his religion, first becoming a moderate Christian and then an atheist.
He spoke at the Rally for Reason about his deconversion experience and his pain at being cast out from his family.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Phelps