I would have preferred to not be “>on the edge of death.”
Shockingly, Nate Phelps noted that Fred Phelps had been excommunicated from Westboro Baptist Church last summer.
And now we get this theory of why from the “>gays and “>nerds and “>publicity over outrageous pickets, into a great deal of discomfort for Christians who shudder to call Westboro's perverted theology part of The Church — why would he get the boot for telling the new church elders that they should treat fellow church members more kindly? (I'm not even sure what “kind” means in this context. In the church, it's about treating others with love.)
What seems more likely, is that Phelps' daughters lost a power struggle — and the victors decided it was time for a change. That meant it was time for Fred, who represents the past, to go.
Though I hope I'm wrong. Westboro's past was nasty enough. We don't need a more extremist Westboro future.
