# The Phelps make it official: God Hates The World **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913 "2008-06-23T14:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/1 "2008-06-23T14:09:00Z")
The new website When they put up the obligatory “George Carlin in Hell” page I’m going to be laughing my ass off. Well, no shit Sherlock. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/2 "2008-06-23T14:15:04Z")
Oh goodie. The explanation of why God hates Tonga is “coming soon.” Think we’ll get it within the next week or so? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/3 "2008-06-23T14:17:44Z")
“For God so hated the world that He inflicted Fred Phelps on it.” Theist, atheist or other, I think you have to admit this is a pretty compelling argument. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/4 "2008-06-23T14:39:32Z")
Damn, for all its illogical hatred, I have to admit that is one nice-looking website. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/5 "2008-06-23T14:51:21Z")
I’m so relieved to know that God hates Canada, too. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/6 "2008-06-23T14:52:09Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Oh goodie. The explanation of why God hates Tonga is “coming soon.” Think we’ll get it within the next week or so? [/QUOTE] I’ll bet it has something to do with Fags! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/7 "2008-06-23T14:54:25Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] I’ll bet it has something to do with Fags! [/QUOTE] Nah. He just can’t stand the flag. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/8 "2008-06-23T14:56:19Z")
Hey! Ireland made the big-time! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/9 "2008-06-23T15:08:56Z")
Phred is simply a real, live version of an internet troll. Anything to get a response from people. And I agree, that is a nice website. Wonder who built it for them? ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/10 "2008-06-23T15:26:26Z")
[QUOTE=Fuji] Hey! Ireland made the big-time! Woo hoo! [/QUOTE] The “Thank God for potato famines” graphic cracks me up… That Phelp’s clan must have a team of God-approved comedy writers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/11 "2008-06-23T15:55:50Z")
God hates the children. God hates the ones who make the world a better place, so let’s start giving. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/12 "2008-06-23T16:16:43Z")
I have a dream… that the multimillion dollar verdict will be upheld against the clan, the WBC sanctuary will be seized, and even though it’s in a residential neighborhood Topeka will nonetheless allow it to be zoned as a gay nightclub, OR if Kansas every legalizes same sex marriage it’ll be the nation’s most sought after gay wedding chapel. (Not sure where the lawsuit stands at the moment- last news was from May and it had to do with the daughters [not posting bonds](http://www.cjonline.com/stories/050608/bre_phelps.shtml) as ordered during the appeals process.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/13 "2008-06-23T16:26:37Z")
[QUOTE=FagPhelps] Ireland is notorious for being huge supporters of the evil monstrosity that is the Catholic “church.” You can’t get much more demonic than supporting an institution that damns souls to Hell on a daily basis. [/QUOTE] Someone call Alanis Morrisette. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/14 "2008-06-23T16:34:53Z")
Here’s a challenge: how would make a spoof of Phelps? He’s already ridiculous beyond exaggeration, and going the other way, showing some tolerance, wouldn’t work either. Is he spoof-proof? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/15 "2008-06-23T17:07:09Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Here’s a challenge: how would make a spoof of Phelps? He’s already ridiculous beyond exaggeration, and going the other way, showing some tolerance, wouldn’t work either. Is he spoof-proof? [/QUOTE] No, you’d have to have the most flaming queen ever protest people for not being fabulous enough. God hates brown shoes with black pants. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/16 "2008-06-23T17:11:43Z")
What, so Phelps is ripping off [Conan O’Brien](http://conan.kary.ca/) now? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/17 "2008-06-23T17:15:43Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Here’s a challenge: how would make a spoof of Phelps? He’s already ridiculous beyond exaggeration, and going the other way, showing some tolerance, wouldn’t work either. Is he spoof-proof? [/QUOTE] My first impulse is that you could spoof him as sad, gay-on-the-inside type, or an overgrown child who only says things for attention buy whose idiotic family takes as gospel. The first one has become trite in recent years, I admit. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/18 "2008-06-23T17:23:12Z")
[QUOTE=MeanJoe] The “Thank God for potato famines” graphic cracks me up… That Phelp’s clan must have a team of God-approved comedy writers. 😃 [/QUOTE] Hey-isn’t “Phelps” an Irish name? ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/19 "2008-06-23T17:36:12Z")
[QUOTE=jk1245] And I agree, that is a nice website. Wonder who built it for them? [/QUOTE] 5 bucks says it was some heathen Commie fag. With a beard. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913/20 "2008-06-23T18:48:26Z")
The Phelps clan (and I’d bet a million bucks there’s incest in there) was featured in a documentary I watched last night (about gay bars in small towns in Mississippi). You’d think it’d be entertaining to see such an intense concentration of insanity in a small group, but it’s just depressing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913.md?page=2)