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Son of a preacher man.
April 22, 2009 at 4:38 am
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!”
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RE: Son of a preacher man.
April 22, 2009 at 6:13 am
(April 22, 2009 at 4:38 am)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.
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RE: Son of a preacher man.
April 22, 2009 at 2:13 pm
(April 22, 2009 at 4:38 am)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!”
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RE: Son of a preacher man.
April 22, 2009 at 3:39 pm
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/
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