Here’s Louis Theroux’s Documentary for BBC 2: The Most Hated Family in America. Louis gets to know the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. This is the Church that has been picketing the funerals of soldiers that have died in Iraq. They believe that the soldiers are burning in hell as punishment for America’s disobedience to God’s laws. The saddest part of this documentary is when one of the kids gets hit with a cup of liquid from someone in a car that speeds past one of their protests. The brand of hate these guys spew is demonstrated in Pastor Phelps’ last online sermon where he says:

“Westboro Baptist Church has been warning America for 16 years that her disobedience to God and her persecution of His church will result in the outpouring of His wrath. Iraq, Katrina, and now the Va Tech massacre are but small foretastes of God’s wrath against a nation that knows Him not and obeys not the gospel. More and worse is coming. America is Doomed!”

This sounds crazy, but isn’t this the exact same thing the bible teaches about Sodom and Gomorrah? Isn’t this what happened to the Nephites? When a nation turns its back on God, he removes his divine protection from it. The Phelps are only practicing what others preach.