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    Westboro Church Uses iPhone to Announce Steve Jobs Funeral Protest

    The Westboro Baptist Church took to an iPhone when they heard about Steve Jobs’ death Wednesday night, sending out a message saying the Apple founder would be going to hell and calling for a protest of his funeral.

    “Westboro will picket his funeral. He had a huge platform; gave God no glory and taught sin,” wrote Margie Phelps, daughter of the church’s founder.

    The controversial group often pickets outside of soldiers’ funerals to draw media attention to their cause, which includes anti-gay material. Phelps tweeted the messages from her account, with an automatic note appearing at the bottom of the Tweet saying “via Twitter for iPhone.”

    “No peace for man who served self, not God,” she wrote with the hashtag, #hellgreetedhim. “Westboro must picket.”

    Thursday morning, Phelps responded to widespread criticism of her using the iPhone to Tweet the messages, saying that the phone was created by God–not Jobs–for that purpose.

    “Rebels mad cuz I used iPhone to tell you Steve Jobs is in hell.God created iPhone for that purpose! ” she wrote.

    Arrangements for Jobs’ funeral haven’t been announced.

     

     

     

    234 comments

    • baron7309100  •  4 mths ago
      From what i have read they sure don't represent their savior Jesus Christ.
    • Jeff  •  7 mths ago
      They haven't been getting enough attention in the news lately and found and opportunity to make a lot of people flip out. Like the ajority of the comments I read I'd like these weirdos to shut up. The best way that I can think of is to give them no news coverage. Just, "f off and goodbye". end of story. If we don't give them the attention that they crave they will either die off or just talk to themselves.
      • bicycletires 7 mths ago
        jeeze jeff. shame on you .. after all these are CHRISTIANS. and they HAVE to be RIGHT. it sez so in their book of filth called the bible.
      • Jeff 7 mths ago
        sure they thave the right, but therere is something referred to as common decency. Can find all sorts or references to that in the Bible. I just have a problem with people using a significant event to promote their dogama. I can't respect that now and never will. The same gose for my own religion
    • pedestrianobserver  •  7 mths ago
      Are these whack jobs so deluded to believe they are preaching the gospel when they act like hell's gatekeepers?
    • Margaret Clegg  •  7 mths ago
      absolutely heartless and tasteless. This is a time to show compassion. Even if Jobs went to hell, and I'm not saying he did or didn't because i know nothing of his faith, God doesn't even want one to perish, so we should show no joy in the destruction of another human being.
    • Easy Money  •  7 mths ago
      Westboro Baptist Church shouldn't even be called a Church. More like a group of angry individuals spreading hate. Regardless of what you believe...this group should be classified in the same group as terrorists.
      • Jeb_Stuart D 7 mths ago
        Right! And they should also lose their tax-exempt status as a church too, because they aren't a church.
      • Hindsight25 7 mths ago
        They are not a church. They are a cult.
      • 38 Special 7 mths ago
        And the supreme court loves hate speach and terrorist. And says it's protected. I disagree, and certainly not at funerals.
    • Rand March  •  7 mths ago
      Can we stop pretending that this "church" is anything more than the loony Phelps family?
    • Fortuna  •  7 mths ago
      Funny how Westboro cult members claim to have a direct line on God's plan, when they disobey the simplest Christian principles.
    • FrankN  •  7 mths ago
      I am a mature Christian and what these whack jobs at Westboro are doing is a disgrace and totally inappropriate. A small group of 20, following a lunatic pastor does not = true followers of Jesus. The essence of the gospel is Love. Apologies to the family of Steve Jobs & Apple.
    • Matt  •  7 mths ago
      “No peace for man who served self, not God,”... If these people aren't self serving then I don't know who is.
    • Hindsight25  •  7 mths ago
      Why oh WHY won't the media just STOP covering this cult?!?! All they want is publicity to spread their hate speech, so stop giving it to them!!!
    • Donat Haf Cable  •  7 mths ago
      God created the iPhone. Then God probably created everything credited to Steve Jobs. So why are they blaming Steve Jobs for anything?
      • mike 7 mths ago
        Logic is lost on such idiots as the westboro so called church
      • Stephanie 7 mths ago
        They only use circular logic...and leaches. I bet they use leaches still too.
    • FrankN  •  7 mths ago
      I am a mature Christian and what these whack jobs at Westboro are doing is a disgrace and totally inappropriate. A small group of 20, following a lunatic pastor does not = true followers of Jesus. The essence of the gospel is Love. Apologies to the family of Steve Jobs & Apple.
    • Allank  •  7 mths ago
      They use the bible to preach hatred, so why would they not use the iphone to be idiots ?
    • sky pilot  •  7 mths ago
      Self-rightous hypocrites. I suspect their gene pool is too closely related.
    • mary jo  •  7 mths ago
      mis-guided #$%$ doing the work of the devil.Pray for them.
      • Richard 7 mths ago
        Mis-quided? haa
      • SAC 7 mths ago
        "praying"...How to do nothing, and still think you're helping.
      • Joseph 7 mths ago
        SAC, God hears the prayers of true believers, and He answers them. I've had God answer my prayers in ways that would totally blow your mind. But then, you still wouldn't believe in Him anyway...
    • Adam  •  7 mths ago
      When Fred Phelps dies, I plan on gathering up my friends and going to protest his funeral.... Who's with me?
    • Will Ellbee  •  7 mths ago
      The Bible says God will judge men, not Westburro Barabbas Chumps.
    • DWM  •  7 mths ago
      These people are an American version of the Taliban.....no compassion and some blind belief that only they worship God properly and follow his lead......
    • Pappa G  •  7 mths ago
      What a despicable bunch of idiots.
    • Duncan Idaho  •  7 mths ago
      Thank you Fred Phelps for providing the American people with someone to unite us in our hatred of you!
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