Snyder V Phelps Interview for School Paper

Hello, again. I would really appreciate your responses for my school paper interview so I am able to include your opinions in my paper. Thanks so much.

Interview Questions

Thank you so much for helping me. Again, I am a student at university. I really do appreciate your help. My paper has to address all sides of the case and illustrate how the decision has affected different parties involved. Therefore, these questions may seem tough, but I am simply trying to truly grasp your position on the controversial issues so your voice can be included in the paper.

1.    Please state your name and your involvement in the Snyder v Phelps case.

2.    How has the decision of Snyder v Phelps case affected your organization regarding events and activities, as well as the feelings about the Church from members in the organization?

3.    Does your organization have any strong views about or towards Matthew Snyder or his family?

4.    What made your organization choose Matthew Snyder’s funeral?

5.    Did your organization expect or want the kind of attention that resulted from protesting at Corporal Matthew Snyder’s funeral?

6.    Does your organization continue to protest at funerals? And if so, do you believe that there would be more appropriate venues to protest at?

7.    How has your organization been affected by the public opinion of these funeral protests?

8.    Has your organization ever been asked to leave a funeral by a family member or friend of the deceased? If so, how did your organization respond?

9.    Why does your organization focus on subjects such as homosexuality and the Catholic Church above other issues? And, why do you believe protesting at funerals is the most effective way to deliver your message?

10.    As a member of the Westborough Church, does the fact that you are targeting military families at a vulnerable time for them affect your decision to protest? I think this is an extremely interesting case, and I am going to make sure to emphasize the free speech that your organization has fought for. These are just some questions I wasn’t sure what your response would be. Thank you so much again, and I hope to hear from you.

 

Danielle –

Thank you for giving WBC the opportunity to answer your questions and give you good words.  I will answer your questions in the order they were asked.

1. My name is Rebekah Phelps-Davis.  I was one of the named defendants in the Snyder v. Phelps case, and I am a thankful member of the Westboro Baptist Church.

2. The Snyder v. Phelps U. S. Supreme Court decision was a great victory by God given to His servants at Westboro Baptist Church.  The Word of God has gone forth from this little humble Church unto the whole round world as a result of this decision, unto this day.  The servants of God at Westboro Baptist Church give thanks unto God Almighty every day for this great victory.  It is likened unto the great victory that God gave unto the children of Israel at the Red Sea when He parted the Red Sea so that the children of Israel could cross and then brought the waters of the Red Sea crashing down onto the whole Egyptian Army and gave the children of Israel great relief from the tyranny of the Egyptians at that hour.  See Exodus Chapter 13.  The Lord our God is our Avenger and Deliverer and Destroyer.  He will avenge His people and that is what He did in giving WBC this victory in the United States Supreme Court.

3. No.  The Snyder family is just as all other families that inhabit this land that have forgotten God and hate God and have been dealt with by God and still harden their necks and are steeped in their rebellion, and do not humble themselves under the mighty hand of God as they are required to do, pursuant to the Word of God.  God keeps them in their rebellion and causes them to have the delusions that they have so that they cannot say “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”  See Proverbs 21:29; Proverbs 28:14; Proverbs 29:1; Romans 9:18; Isaiah 66:4; Isaiah 44:20; and myriads of additional verses in the Bible that lay all this out clearly.

4. The Matthew Snyder funeral was a funeral that was made available by God for WBC to picket, of yet another rebel against God that had been killed by God.  WBC would go to all of them if it was physically possible.  The Lord opens the doors of utterance, and His servants go forth with His word.  The Matthew Snyder funeral was a door of utterance God opened unto His people and we went forth with His precious seed and not one word fell to the ground and we are very thankful to God for sending us forth.  See Colossians 4:3; Psalm 126:6; 1 Samuel 3:19

5. WBC’s job is to publish the Word of God unto the whole earth; the world is our parish.  So, we know that in order for us to get that job done the Lord will provide a way.  The vast amount of media coverage that has happened as a result of WBC picketing at Matthew Snyder’s funeral and the Snyder v. Phelps case is a glorious example of how the Lord provides a way for His word to go forth, through His servants.  We pray every day that God will open unto us a great and effectual door of utterance – Snyder v. Phelps certainly fits that description.  We praise our God for it.  The Lord gave the Word and great was the company (WBC) that published it.  See Mark 16:15; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Psalm 68:11

6. Yes, WBC continues to picket funerals.  There is no more appropriate venue to conduct a religious demonstration than at a funeral.  Dying time is truth time.  This message is for the living.  God’s Word is the only hope they have.  WBC is there to deliver God’s message of truth and light; it is the Bread of Life and the Fountain of Living Waters.  When those that are going into the funeral to worship the dead body see WBC’s message, they have been warned and they are without excuse.  WBC does not own salvation.  Our job is to preach the word, be instant in season and out of season – that is, when it’s popular and when it’s not popular.  We are going to do that everywhere that God will permit us to do so.  By the grace of God we have been able to determine that funerals are a very important location for the Word of God to be spoken.  See Proverbs 4:22; John 6:33, 35, 48, 51; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13; Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:60; and 2 Timothy 4:2

7. It is exhilarating and makes us so happy because we see the promises of God being fulfilled as we go out each day with the Word of God on our lips and in our hands, and raise God’s Standard up on high to be seen by all.  We see that the heathen are raging and writhing in pain when they see the truth of God.  WBC sees every day confirmation of God’s Word that we will be hated by all men because we steadfastly preach the Word of God to them and bind them, so that they are without excuse.  WBC puts the cup of the wrath of God to their lips and they are made to drink it and they have been moved and they are mad.  They are mad upon their idols and if they could kill WBC they would.  But we have confirmation from our God that the wrath of man will praise God and the remainder of man’s wrath God will restrain.  WBC has been strengthened in our resolve to continue to preach the Word of God to this wicked and perverse generation among whom we dwell.  See Psalm Chapter 2; Psalm 76:10; Jeremiah Chapter 25; Isaiah 60:15; Isaiah 66:5; Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:9; Mark 13:13; Luke 19:14; Luke 21:17; John 5:18; and Jeremiah 50:38

8. Yes.  Since WBC follows all of the laws of God and man, we know that we are not conducting ourselves in an unlawful manner as we conduct a religious demonstration outside and before a funeral.  We also know that the words that we have for those going into that funeral to worship that dead body are words of life and health to them and their only hope.  So, when they request that we leave OR request that we do not come, we politely tell them no thank you, and that we will be there and why.  See Proverbs 4:22; Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:60; and Deuteronomy 18:10-12

9. WBC focuses on the issues that are on the front page of the papers and in the forefront of the minds of the people of this nation and this earth, as they are “hot button” issues and need to be spoken to from the Bible out.  The Word of God has been shut up in this earth and it is our duty as the servants of God to make certain that the Word of God is put forth regarding all of the issues that are being discussed in this nation and in the world so that it is clear what God has to say about every matter and what God’s standard is, so that each one of you are without excuse when you stand before God on the Judgment Day which will shortly come to pass.  There is nothing new under the sun.  Although the earth dwellers of this wicked and perverse generation think they are smarter than any of the generations before them, the truth is that they are not.  Fags have been around since the world began (See Genesis Chapter 6) and fag marriage was why the earth was destroyed by the Flood (See Genesis Chapter 7), for example.  Yet the people in the earth at this hour think that they are smarter than God and know better than God and have rejected God’s standard and will not have that man Christ Jesus to rule over them and, therefore, they are doomed.  We are going to say these words everywhere and every way that God will permit us to do so.  Praise God!!!  See Amos 7:10; Romans Chapter 1; Ecclesiastes 1:9; Matthew 12:36; Mark 6:11; Romans 2:5; and 2 Peter 3:7

10. Absolutely.  The fact that it is a “vulnerable” time for them is why they need to see what God’s word says about how they got to that spot.  They need to be told that they should mourn for their sins; get down on their knees and pray to God to please forgive them for their sins and iniquities that they have committed against God.  They need to be told that they are worshipping idols (soldiers; kids; flags; military; themselves; doomed america; etc.) and that they have a duty to stop worshipping idols and worship the only true God, the True and Living God, that God who holds their breath of life in His hand and is a Sovereign God.  They need to be told that because they have spent their lives serving themselves and telling their children that it is okay to be gay and that God loves everyone; that is why they now have a dead son or daughter to bury that has come home from the battlefield in a body bag.  They had a duty to tell that child the truth about the standard of God and they lied to him/her every day of their lives and then when they got old enough they sent them over onto a battlefield where God is their number 1 enemy and God killed the child.  They need to be told that God is not blessing them, but cursing them. They need to be told that it is because of their sins and the sins of this nation that the fruit of this nation is dying on the battlefield.  They need to be told that God is the number 1 enemy of this nation and that he is fighting against this nation and that this nation is doomed.  This message is for the living.  It is too late for the dead child.  Good King Josiah dug up the bones of those that had been worshipped and buried and burned them before the people.  See Jeremiah 21:4-5; Hosea 4:3; Hosea 10:5, and multiple more verses that talk about mourning in the Bible; Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 30:17, and multiple more verses that talk about not serving other gods/idols/groves; 2 Kings Chapters 22 & 23; Isaiah 13:18; Jeremiah 15:7; Deuteronomy Chapter 6; Deuteronomy 11:26-28; and Hosea 9:12

Thank you for your questions.

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