Westboro Church Uses iPhone to Announce Steve Jobs Funeral Protest

When I read articles such as this one, which demonstrates the complete and absolute imbecility of religious people, I often hope to meet some of these morons face-to-face. I’d actually like to engage in a conversation with them to try to understand how human beings can be so utterly stupid! But since this church is located in Topeka, Kansas (why would anyone ever go to Kansas?) there isn’t much of a chance that I’ll get the opportunity. TGO

Refer to story below. Source: ABC News

By Colleen Curry | ABC News – Thu, Oct 6, 2011

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.

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