The Westboro Baptist Church Does Not Know How To "Cult"

The WBC has always been a funny lot. "Well no shit Glenn," you might say, "and Hitler was a bit of a scallywag." I don't just mean that they are probably, highly likely to be, mentally ill on a drastic level. I mean that many of their positions and actions don't really make sense considering what we know about them. Their founder Fred Phelps was very much the same.

Seen here posing for "signsfordickheads.com"

By the look of this man with his shark eyes and gaping maw which no doubt saw the blood of many a surprised Kansas cow, you wouldn't think he was an anti-racism lawyer during the days of the civil rights movement. And yet here we are; discussing the antics of a group he founded that regularly makes a habit out of emblazoning the word "FAG" on pieces of card.

I'll just leave this here.

I came across the above video today and of course I watched it because I find the folly of man hilarious. The guy being interviewed is Steve Drain, whose name is a joke in and of itself so I wont even bother (making up jokes is a DRAIN on my energy... wait... shit). On top of that he may also be the most boring member of the WBC in existence, and as such probably sounds far more reasonable than most of them. Which makes the fact that they made him their spokesperson here a fairly smart move considering the others would probably have attacked and burned the camera for the crime of witchcraft. Also Shirley Phelps is a living cadaver.

I'm certain I saw her in a mirror at Glamis Castle.

As mentally ill as he clearly is you can actually learn a lot from listening to him about how they seem to differ so much from other cults. For one thing, they actually seem to understand both the Bible AND politics on a higher level than many of their Tea Party counterparts. For example, they care little about the whole "separation of church and state" issue, which their right wing colleagues repeatedly deny the existence of. They could care less if the government makes anything legal or illegal because they don't care about government. They only care about spreading the "truth". And as this brainwashed individual said at the end of the video, Jesus could be described as more of a socialist than a capitalist. A claim that would make the Tea Party shit themselves in dismay.

The thing is, usually when people read the Bible and understand it to anywhere near this level they become atheist, or at the very least non-religious. Because it's easy to see the hypocrisy in the followers and the frequent contradictions in the text.

The other thing that's interesting about them is that unlike many religious organizations (Read: Cults), such as the Church of Scientology, they have no desire to smear or stalk members that leave them. In the video, Mr Steve Plughole speaks about his daughter leaving the church. And whilst he refuses flat out to say he still loves her (or, conversely, that he has disowned her entirely) he still doesn't care to say much of anything negative about her. Just that she made her choice. Whereas if this were the Church of Scientology, you can be sure that they would've called her up at 3:00 am to make threats, raked through her bins for blackmail material, killed her dog, sent Tom Cruise to jump on her couch, etc.

This is what cults do! And yet the WBC seem to have this strange policy of "live and let live" whilst at the same time protesting funerals and LGBT anything. They are honestly one of the weirdest cults ever, because whilst they share so many things in common with others, there are many things that are so DIFFERENT about them.

If the WBC really wanted to up their cult rep then they would go out in a fiery blaze during a siege with the ATF surrounded by pregnant women, or at the very least one of their leaders should be outed for multiple child molestations. Because when cults are started, you can almost be guaranteed that it's because the leader wants to get laid. What we have with the WBC is a group whose leader actually believed what he was saying and believed in his cause. Which is probably why they're so weirdly different in the long run.  

These people should be studied, because they may actually be the closest thing to being TRUE Christians in this day and age. Now I get moderate Christians may come after me for saying that but let's be honest; they're interpreting the Bible more closely than any of you are (though he still makes that argument that Jesus nullified things in the Old Testament with his coming, which is weird considering the whole anti-gay thing comes from the Old Testament). The WBC should be watched because they are an example of what the religion often truly says.