LGBT News Fred Phelps may have had a change of heart before he died

Interesting.

 

Hmm

 

It is entirely possible and I HAVE to believe it is true because I have seen even in my own family, that hardened hearts can change.

 

I hate to be the cynical one, but it's also equally possible his grandson is just saying this to try and vindicate his grandfather post-humorously.

If Fred phelps really did feel this way, he should have made it known personally before he died. Having a change of heart right before he died is too little, too late. I think most people will agree that this homophobic, hateful piece of human trash will not be missed. He made is decisions and opinions well know in life, and I have nothing but contempt for such a vile person and I think most would agree that they are happy he has gone..

Happy days

 

This is wonderful.:eusa_clap

 

So? The message that one of america's most notorious homophobes changed his mind is a powerful one; I can see why his grandson might want to say it, even if it weren't true.

 

maybe it isnt true, maybe it is. Maybe it's his grandson spreading a rumor, maybe old phelps met with "God" before his death, and he was changed. I am not sure what to believe on this, but maybe his grandson is trying to change other's view points.

 

In my opinion it seems the usual like the usual "they weren't that bad of a person afterall" rationalization you tend to see when someone dies whether they were really bad or not

But I don't know. It could be true. I don't really care if it is or isn't. The idea is powerful even if it's based on a lie

 

I agree

 

^ Auto-correct I'm pretty sure. But adopting this term for my own.

/see user title

 

I kind of hope this is true, especially with how family members have left or got excommunicated for their changed views.

 

I could sort of believe this. He was looking at the final judgment, if that's what a person believes. He probably did. I do. He probably came face to face with the mandate "judge not." What would be interesting is to find out why he made the LGBT community his raison d'etre. What was THAT all about? This is one of those cults or movements that won't have critical mass and would be so irrelevant two generations down from Phelps, that it's disbanding or overhaul, including a new name, are inevitable.

 

"that it's disbanding or overhaul, including a new name, are inevitable."

Self spell-check: its instead of it's.

 

HHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG

*constipation sounds*

Nope. I still can't come up with any compassion for a dude who publicly stated he wanted gay sex to be a crime you get executed for.

I would also remind you guys that Ted Bundy cried the last night he was alive, and then right before we burned him at the stake, he said some stuff about loving his family and friends. I mean, he loved people. Do you know how sweet that is?

 

I hope it was a sincere change of heart that brought him to say that.

 

Wait, Fred Phelps had a heart?


I honestly don't care whether or not he had a "change of heart." That doesn't make up for his "Thank God for 9/11" or "Thank God for Sandy hook" bullshit.

My guess is that he had a ton of internalized homophobia, and taking it out on others made him feel better about himself. It's been proven that a majority of homophobes have repressed attractions to the same sex, so the "Fred Phelps was secretly gay" theory is probably true.

 

What goes on behind the scenes with such people? How do they hold up the facade of keeping a household together and fathering children and grandchildren without it falling apart? He did so until the end. He was never caught in a train station bathroom or anything like that. The wife has to be an accessory of sorts in these situations, sweeping everything under the rug in the name of their misplaced religious zeal. Other religious types such as evangelists and televangelists have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, so to speak.