tucson: Tthe leader of Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-gay Kansas-based church best known for picketing the funerals of slain U.S. soldiers and gay-pride gatherings, said its members will picket the funerals of the 9-year-old girl and five others killed in Saturday's attack. In a video, Fred Phelps says God sent the shooter to avenge the nation's sins. "Thank God for the violent shooter," Phelps proclaims. "We will remind the living that you can still repent and obey. This is ultimatum time with God." Sounds like a typical fundamentalist Christian.|||I am a Born Again Christian and I was raised Baptist and I am ashamed of them. I don't think they bless God and I don't believe God will bless them. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they are receiving money from people who hate Christians because they paint Christians in such a poor light.|||You're assuming that Phelps and his ilk are Christian, and they are most certainly not. Christ preached unconditional love and tolerance. He was a friend to sinners and came to the rescue of the alduterous woman rather than stone her to death as the Pharisees would have liked to have seen. In fact, Phelps is the very Pharisees who crucified Christ because of his message of love and acceptance. As scripture quotes, those who praise His name and yet commit none of His words to their life will be told that He does not know them when they meet the Lord. They will be cast into a firey pit for eternity. I can only imagine Phelps and his so-called church will be made to face such a punishment. Phelps is just a tool of the devil himself and the dumbass doesn't even know it.|||Fred Phelps is most definitely not a Christian he doesn't know the meaning of the word. It is not his position to make any judgments that's God's job. God says we are to love one another like you would love you neighbor or your brother. Not to hate people. God hates no one he loves everyone but hates the sin. Fred Phelps lives a life of sin and hatred. I actually feel sorry for him, he wasted his whole life hating and sinning an thinking he accomplished something.|||Some of my family is Catholic and I find Fred Phelps and his entire family that are still members of Westboro Baptist Church to be the most hateful people in the country. God does not send shooters and I would not be the least bit shocked when the entire Westboro Baptist Church gets cast into the lake of fire for eternity.|||I'm a Christian. I don't consider Phelps a Christian as he lives a life of hatred and bigotry. Christians are supposed to love their neighbors and accept them. He's just serving his own agenda, trying to say he's carrying out God's will.|||To call Phelps a Christian is to call a dog a deer....they aren't the same|||disband them.