fred phelps- and his cult

so i recently stumbled upon fred phelps- how unfortunate. i guess you could call him the king of the bible belt? anyways, i was just browsing through the westboro baptist church's website (godhatesfags.com) because i saw that they are going to protest heath ledger's funeral because he played a gay cowboy...... i am just soo engraged right now that i cannot even think straight. the things these "RELIGIOUS" people say..... i just don't understand; correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the whole point of most of the religious texts-besides believing in god and loving him, blah all that- to teach love, understanding, and forgiveness instead of just pure hate? and if their god hates america so much, why are they still here? why does everyone have to go to hell? is it not considered a sin to damn people to hell? 

my brother was showing me some youtube videos about fred and we came across this interview with two of his grandchildren. for a brief moment, let me just paraphrase what they were saying: when soldies die, god laughs; quit idolizing the dead, they are already burning in hell; it's a good thing the world hates us, they hated jesus, that's how we know what we're doing is god's will... ect. ect. ect.

i'll just let that sink in for a moment......... here's the video link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-gX-vQ5sMOw 

 now i know that most of the people who think like this only do so because that is what they were taught. and quite frankly, that just bothers the hell out of me. i just cannot fathom what these people are thinking... i don't know. i needed to get that off my chest.

i know that when fred phelps dies, there is going to be a huge protest at his funeral. i think i just might have to go.