NUTCASES TO PROTEST DIO’S FUNERAL

Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 11:00am by Axl Rosenberg

God hates fags, Dio, and a decent fashion sense.

We’ve been flooded with e-mails this morning from fans who have been outraged to learn that the Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket Dio’s public memorial service on May 30. And while protesting at a memorial service is certainly disrespectful, “outrage” is not the feeling that bubbled up inside of me when I heard the news. Oh no. The feeling was more like… amusement. Why, you ask? Well, because I don’t see how anyone can take these clowns seriously. To wit:

These people are clearly crazy.
Their official website is called godhatesfags.com. Other websites they own include jewskilledjesus.com, beastobama.com, and priestsrapeboys.com. Okay, so they might be onto something with that last one, but still. (And, no, I’m not providing active links to these sites; if you’re that curious, type in the URL yourself. But I’ll save you the suspense: themes include how God hates fags and they’re all going to hell, how the Jews killed Jesus and they’re all going to hell, how Obama is a beast and is going to hell, and how Priests rape boys and are going to hell. So at least we’ll all have lots of company.)
These people are clearly crazy.
Blabbermouth says that “The congregation is made up mostly of pastor Fred Phelps and his family. The pastor has 13 children, and at least 54 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.” So this protest is going to consist primarily of 75 inbred nutcases who don’t like condoms and whatever friends they can round up. Somehow, I think the Dio faithful will far outnumber them. Just a guess.
These people are clearly crazy.
The above picture of the aforementioned Fred Phelps, which demonstrates that he is clearly not right in the head.
These people are clearly crazy.
This flyer for the protest, which enumerates Pastor Fred and family’s complaints against Dio. Reader Tim Sherry, who sent us the link to the flyer, says that he thinks Dio “would find this funny,” and I’m inclined to agree.
These people are clearly crazy.
They’re apparently big fans of Godsmack.
Did I mention that it seems pretty clear that these people are crazy?

So, yes, these are hateful people, and their beliefs are despicable, yes, and they are deplorable, sure, but getting angry because they’re angry seems like a waste of energy. I’m a pretty cranky dude (“No shit,” you say), but I don’t see something on every street corner that makes me wanna organize a protest and make websites about how everyone is gonna burn for their sins – it must just completely suck to go through life being that fucking angry all the fucking time.

And what do they have to be so upset about, anyway? If Dio is already burning in hell (as they claim he is), then, like, what is there to protest? God already got the last laugh already, right?

Unless… say, you don’t think there’s MONEY to be made in being a hateful sonofabitch, do you? You don’t think telling people that other people are to blame for all their problems is a good way to gain power by enlisting the weak-minded as your followers? And it’s not like protesting funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq and famous musicians will get you any media attention. That’s definitely not a good route to try and attract more idiots like yourself. And it’s not like that’s a tactic people have been using for thousands of years. No. I’m sure Fred Phelps sincerely believes every word he says.

Oh well. See ya in hell, Freddy. I’ll be one of the eight-trillion dudes standing over by the stage, rocking out to Dio.

-AR

Tags: black sabbath, Fred Phelps, Ronnie James Dio, Westboro Baptist Church,

kidgruesome

I’m inclined to agree with everything stated in this post. Violence against these clowns isn’t necessary. That said, I would watch a video of someone knocking them out with great interest.

dallascfh

agreed
http://www.lancefestivalen.se Janne

So true… ;)
MetalAC13

Honestly, violence is too good for them – you’re best bet is to just ignore them. For example, they were just in Blacksburg, VA (Virginia Tech’s town) protesting Morgan Harrington’s death. There were like 7 protesters – and like 5 of them were under 12.

So you just kind of have to laugh at them.

MetalAC13

wow…*your best bet.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-See/726690352 Jay See

completely agreed
Brett

Agreed. It wouldn’t hurt my feelings to see someone slap fred in his dumbass head. I despise these idiots. They protest against OUR troops. Pffft! pastor fred(laughing) is probably a closet gay, which is ok, but he likes male feces, which is not.
brookh

Dio wouldn’t want violence at his memorial, these are people to be pitied. They don’t deserve anyone’s attention, however I wouldn’t be surprised if the situation got violent.
C Frazier

I actually like going to the counter-protest and hitting on them. You have no idea how funny it is.
Jeff

Dio is Jesus and God !!!
corrina

You are in my prayers. You have been lead astray. The bible is not
about hate. I pray you open your eyes. I also pray you quit protesting
at funerals and allow people to mourn in private. I pray you are
…forgiven for your sins you’ve committed against your fellow man. I pray
you find empathy and compassion. I pray you are guided back to the
correct path to HIM. I pray that you are able to repent for horrible
things you have said against your fellow man. I pray you understand
that it is God’s job, not yours to judge and decide who goes to heaven
or hell. I pray you find love and peace instead of hate. I pray for
tolerance. But most of all I pray for your silence. Amen.

Wyatt

You my friend have said it best
WutsDaPoint

Yet another clueless Christian. Fact, Dio belongs to Satan, so he is already Judged by God! And we all know he loved to make Satan’s Hand Sign And it doesn’t stand for heavy metal as some would argue. that’s a cover up. I was even at a concert of his many years ago in which he made the Satanic Handsign at the crowd and pointed to people and said, “You’re all going to burn.” Yep!

No need to defend DIO or attack fellow believers. Dio was a bad man Because He has led many to Hell with Him.

To Dio I would like to ask, Do ya like it there? Havin fun? Is it all u imagined?

Interestingly, the Bible describes Hell as a place of being burned by fire. Question: Do you like being burned by fire on Earth? Fire here very painful. You think fire there won’t be?!

And wut about being Tortured by Demons?! Yeah, the Bible describes that’s wut your so called friends (Demons) will be doing to you! Hmmm, have you ever known anyone on earth that was evil and truly a friend?! Of course not! And Yet, You have convinced yourself that the Devil & His Demons will be your friends and you gonna be their right hand man huh??? Nope sorry. U will be in serious pain & agony forever. No joke. And you are going to remember wut I have told you, when you are there. Yes, you will get to think about the worst decision you could have ever made (And Did), but there won’t be any way out, or anything you can do about it.

Hell is also described as Isolation! No Parties! As well as complete Darkness all around you! The Smell of death & Decay all around you. Constant screams of pain from others around you! And you have a rotting corpse of a body forever! You hear that you foolish satanists?

Sounds good doesn’t it?! Yeah, Right!

Too me, only a moron would reject God and Choose Satan!

Have Fun in Hell You Fools!

-Out-

WutsDaPoint

My last post was in Reply to you Corrina. I didn’t want you to think I was calling you a satanist. It appears you are of God. I do say that loosly tho, as there are many imposters on the internet..lol

anyway :)

WutsDaPoint

My post was mainly aimed at the Satanists here. I just happened to go in that direction in my reply to you. again, no offense to you.

Barney

What planet are you on dude? The only person on thier way to hell is you. Never mock the dead! Ronnie was an entertainer who sang about good vs evil. Many of his lyrics warned people of evil all around them, “Look Out The Sky Is Turning Black” from “Children of the Sea”
How about “The Lover Of Life Is Not a Sinner” from Heaven and Hell
The tracks” Evil Eyes ” “Light in the Black” “Don’t Talk To Strangers” I could go on. Ronnie was a guy who was switched on to the eternal battle between good and evil. There is an interview on the internet where he explains the Devil’s Horn origin and why he first used it and why it caught on. Nothing sinister or anti-christ at all. Honestly!

Russell

Violence may not be necessary, unless of course someone wishes to shut them up.

They have the right to free speech, however, free speech does not justify starting a riot. In other words, if they are attacked, they could be legally charged with inciting a riot.
MINISTER APRIL FIRST

PLEASE ARISE ! JESUS IS LOVE…HE SAID,DO NOT BE LIKE THE RELIGIOUS PHARISEE’S…HOW DARE YOU PICKET SOMEONE’S FUNERAL SUPER STAR OR NORMAL EVERYDAY PERSON…I AM A STREET MINISTER”’HOLY GROUND STREET MINISISTRY” 28 YRS.YRS…WORKING WITH ALL WORKS OF LIFE LOVING THEM…NO ONE IS WITH OUT SIN…WHO ARE YOU OR ANYONE TO JUDGE?I BEEN DELIVERED FROM ALOCHOL AND DRUGS FOR 28 YRS…I STILL LISTEN TO DIO,OZZY ALL OF THEM…DIO OR OZZY NEVE EVER DENOUNCED GOD !!!!!! LISTEN TO HIS SONG DREAMER !!!!!!!! THEY ARE PERFORMER’S…YOU HEAR AND SEE THINGS WRONG…THEY SHOWED LOVE AND THIER SONGS WARNED PEOPLE NOT TO DO THESE THINGS IT WILL KLL YOU !!!!!!!! OPEN YOUR MIND…PLEASE I AM PRAYING FOR YOU…MANY PEOPLE ARE LOST AND NEED HLEP…YOU AND YOUR CHURCH ARE MAKING IT BAD FOR MINISTER’S LIKE ME WHO ARE NOT RELIGIOUS PAHRISEE’S AND DO NOT JUDGE…JESUS SAT WITH THE SINNER’S !!!!!!!!!! HE SAID !!!!!! JUDGE NOT AND BUT…NOT A RELIGIOUS PHARISEE…GET THE WORD RIGHT AND IN ORDER…GOD BLESS YOU ALL…GOD WILL JUDGE YOU…IN LOVE TO ALL !!!!!!!!

WutsDaPoint

You are one misinformed believer. Google : Satanic Hand Sign. Then look for Snippits & Snappits.Com and look at all the Musicians that pledge their allegiance to Satan. Ozzy is one of them. And Dio is too. His pic ain’t their but we all know he loved to make this hand sign. And it doesn’t stand for heavy metal as some would argue. that’s a cover up. I was even at a concert of his many years ago in which he made the Satanic Handsign at the crowd and pointed to people and said, “You’re all going to burn.” Yep!

Back to the Snippits & Snappits . Com Website,.. Hmmm, notice the pic of the satanists on that page making the handsign??? Uhhh yeah. Hmmm, I guess Obama is also into heavy metal huh? look at his pics of him making it along with Bush, Clinton, & other World Leaders. So is Queen Elizabeth. Yeah, She makes the sign too. Guess shes a grandma Rocker huh? ; ). Fact is, all Musicians, Actors & even the Presidents & Politicians have to show their allegance to Satan and the NWO to get anywhere in famous land.

None of the Christian Metal or Rock artists aren’t really of God either! P.O.D’s Symbols is a 666 Symbol, but were lead to believe its a symbol for the Trinity. Hmmm, many Occult & witchcraft books have the same symbol on them. So do Tarot cards. Even Led Zepellin used this symbol. Type On Google : ” P.O.D’s 666 Symbol ” Look for: ” OCCULT SYMBOLS: WHAT IS P.O.D.’s OCCULT SYMBOL” Read & look at the pictures.

Fact is all Christian Rock has the devils imprint in one way or another. Some have 666 disguised in their music. Some in the time on the tracks. Others in an address. Sometimes it’s disguised as simply 66. which is really 666! It’s just the short version. There are other symbols used to like the Triangle Pyramid. Which stands for the New World Order. One of the Christian bands Called Warrior in one of their songs sing “Welcome to the New World.” They are talking about the New World Order that’s soon to come.

These are the facts. And there is so much more deception that it’s not even funny! It’s time to wake up & realize wuts really going on behind the scenes and stop being so gullible!

None of the TV Preachers are real either. They also make the satanic handsign. & have 666 disguised in phone numbers. some use the (866) Prefix, and have a 6 or a 9 afterwards. and Some use 6′s and 9′s in their phone numbers like 969, 696, etc. and some have the 3′sw spread out over the whole phone number to disguise it. Many business TV Comercials also have these kind of numbers now. Some TV Ministries also use the NWO Pyramid in their broadcasts. The Churches aren’t real either. Consensus is, if the ones on TV aren’t real, then neither are the ones in our cities! We have been severely deceived. They are designed to rip Gods people off of money. And in the end are going to be used as a trap when the NWO 666 One World Govt comes to every town near you. Christians are in for a real shock if they are in church when 666 comes. Take wut I said for wut it’s worth. Everything I stated is true, and it’s so soon to come.

Btw, there ain’t No Rapture. Matthew 24: 29-31 makes it very clear that believers will be here during these events. Christ says he comes AFTERWARD in this scripture. Before this, he goes thru the things in the Tribulation that will occur. Face it, accept it, deal with it. We all have a choice to make. Stand for God, or Choose 666, Satan & Hell. End of story.

MINISTER APRIL FIRST

AND…YOU ARE COMING AGAINST OUR SOLIDER’S WHO ARE PROTECTING YOU AND ALL OF US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAN…YOU COMING AGINST THE SOLIDER’S…THAN…YOU SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE U.S.A…TEY HAVE DIED FOR ALL OF US FOR HOW MANY WARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DID OU SERVE SIR??????????? PLEASE LORD I PRAY HE OPENS YOUR EYES…LOVE TO ALL !!!!!!!!!!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Barrie/695461310 Sean Barrie

This comes as no shock. At all. Fuck those people.
Cryzthormagnusian

There’s a lot of things I could say, but I don’t think I will. There are more important things to do, like plan my sandwich making for lunch.

I hope there are sandwiches in hell.

Double D

Damn, dude. You said it.
J-Ho

I’m going to make a cheese quesadilla.
Beereded

Duh, the Broodwich: http://www.videosurf.com/video/the-broodwich-59486385 But yeah, all other Christians want nothing to do with these goofballs.

Cryzthormagnusian

Yeah, but the Broodwich has sun dried tomatos. Eck.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Brendan-Snow/514886363 Brendan Snow

THE BROODWICH CANNOT BE TAKEN APART OR DISASSEMBLED!!!

beardy

it doesn’t even have bacon
L8

> all other Christians want nothing to do with these goofballs

Dude, even the KKK don’t want to have anything to do with the WBC

Gabe

God hates Godsmack.

http://www.myspace.com/doitkappa Animoscillator

I hate Godsmack.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

Hey God, I could really use some gas money about now. Hook me up, big G.

Cisco

God is not a genie.

http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

i went to their site and wrote a letter threatening to summon the shemhamforaph upon them. more specifically the demon king beleth will ride in on his pale horse of hell and his 85 legions of demons will devour their souls.

inhumanrampager

I can only wonder what their reply will be.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-P-Stine/1314021455 Anthony P Stine

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http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

im kinda exited to see what it will be. im expecting nothing short of fucking ridiculous

Fasshole

You HAVE to pass it on to Axl/Vince when you get it!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Ashley/894695456 Justin Ashley

I’m with you here – but chances are questionable about getting a reply.

Eric

I’ve been keeping an eye on Westboro Baptist Church for awhile and they are absolutely ridiculous. I really hope people don’t associate this church with other Christians. As mentioned in the post, they’re clearly crazy!

Motoghost

Same here, I’m a Christian and find absolutely nothing wrong with Dio or his music. I was even considering going to the memorial service because that’s how much respect I have for Dio. These are the kind of people that make Satanic metal bands sound almost relevant.

For anyone that goes to the memorial and reads this, I just encourage you guys to go with the sole purpose of honoring the life of Dio. Let the whack jobs have their fun on the sidewalk because in the end, they’ll die before Metal does!
Alex_P

Don’t worry. Speaking as a Christ-raping atheist, I can tell you that even the most Christ-raping atheists are able to tell the difference.
Anthony

Considering they criticize almost every Christian denomination, I don’t think people will be associating them with other Christians.

Anthony

What I did find odd given their beliefs is that when I watched an interview with Fred Phelps’s daughter, she claimed that they aren’t racist and accept people of all colours. weird.

Marcel

As long as they’re white?

Sounds like a quote from Henry Ford’s biography: “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black”.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Eddie-Offermann/718991894 Eddie Offermann

Weirdly, the WBC isn’t also racist. Fred Phelps used to be a civil rights attorney: he took on the most difficult cases when a lot of attorneys in the area wouldn’t even accept black people as clients. His son has said that this was entirely financially motivated and that Phelps was secretly still racist… but I find that sort-of hard to believe: If Fred hated black people, he’d make signs about it.

So the WBC is only 98% loathsome.

cougar party

God fucking dammit. It’s only a matter of time before they go to some kid’s funeral and a family member blows there fucking brains out.

The 2,334,275,002nd most interesting man on the planet

That can’t happen soon enough!
http://www.last.fm/user/jugglemonkey Jugglemonkey

Very true. Doesn’t matter what your politics are; the armed forces deserve respect for what they do, without question. Picketing the funeral of a man who fought so you didn’t have to is plain asking for it.

Cisco

Just like people who bash Jesus Christ who lived a perfect life for every single human so they wouldn’t have to.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-See/726690352 Jay See

Jesus only died for your sins; stars died so you could BE here :P

Cisco

No, he didn’t die for just my sins, he died for yours too.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-See/726690352 Jay See

way to completely miss the point; though it comes as no surprise
Isaac

You’re either a troll, or the point is way over your head.
Either way, I don’t believe in Jesus, so your point is invalid to me.

EnTrails

Strange that your parents named you with a Biblical name, Isaac…

http://www.last.fm/user/jugglemonkey Jugglemonkey

I’m not bashing Jesus, I’m bashing Fred and his family for being disrespectful, ignorant dickheads.

Seriously, I’m a Christian, and I’m ashamed to be associated with these people and their hatemongering ideals. Aren’t you?

EnTrails

Dickheads – yeah, they are dickheads – surprised their “church” hasn’t smoked to tha ground yet…those Dickheads..!

http://lordsofmetal.nl/index.php?lang=en Kavorka

Damn!! If you look in Freddy’s demented, twisted eyes you can see pure evil!
Gabe

I gotta say, as a Christian, I can’t help but be angry at these people. As stupid as people are in the world, they’ll associate this cult (make no mistake, this is a fucking CULT) with the mindset of all Christians, just as perpetually-unfunny-yet-increasingly-popular Bill Mahr did on his stupid show the other night. So, my goal as a Christian to share the Good News (I’ll get on that eventually) has been comprimised by these morons. So in conclusion, God hates ten-gallon hats.

http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

If that’s a cult, then all of Christianity is a cult. The hold the tenants of YOUR religion. Tenants you don’t follow, but are still in your holy book. If anything, they’re more Christian than you are.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Dasher/30826541 Matt Dasher

No, they’re a cult since they’re organized around a central figure who holds them in a single geographical area and provides complete dominance of their lives. When Fred kicks the bucket, his family will most likely stop holding the beliefs that they currently do as that’s how cults work.

Alex_P

I agree here. Nate, you’re totally wrong.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Campagna/40702766 Tom Campagna

yea nate way off base. as usual Alex_P is my boy. they deserve no defense at all that horrible cunt Shirley Phelps-Roeper is worse than Al Sharpton in my book and by far. That is very difficult to do my friend
MINISTER APRIL FIRST

SAD….THEY ARE BEING LEAD LIKE SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER….THE PASTOR IS USIN NDTWISTING THE WORD…PRAY FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY ARE IN DANGER…LORD LET THEM SEE THE TRUTH…GOD IS LOVE…GOD EVEN LOVES THEM…FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY ARE DOING !!!!!!! JESUS SAID,THIS ON THE CROSS…PLEASE WHOEVER IS GOING TO THIS CHURCH GO RUN NOW HEED THE WARNING GET SOUND DOCTRINE….THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE…READ PROVERBS 2 AND…ALL OF CORTHIANS 1 AND 2….GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR YOUNG MINDS AND SPIRITS…

SP420

Uh, what? What the hell makes you think they’ll go along their merry ways when the old shit dies? You think they’ll just snap out of it and realize how dark and perilous those previous years of their lives were? They GREW UP with this shit. It’s ingrained in their psyche and they know no other way of thinking. This shit’s NOT going to go away simply because the leader died. The next oldest in line will undoubtedly follow.

And really, it seems like most cults (modern ones anyways) either kill themselves off or get ass-raped by the government and broken up that way (Branch Davidians, Heaven’s Gate, People’s Temple, etc.). Which, OK, you could say that the members who did survive those did go back to normal life, but given the circumstances of the Westoro shindig…they’re non-violent and mainly non-threatening. I just can’t see a mere natural death of their leader shutting them down.

And oh yeah, technically, Christianity, like any religion, is a cult. We just attach the social connotations of a cult being a radical offshoot of the main thing. Don’t fool yourselves, guys. Just because a massive slice of the world somewhat shares your beliefs doesn’t mean it’s exempt from any proper branding.
EnTrails

Right on MD – once the head is ciut off they will slither around a few and then go limp…

http://www.myspace.com/thestarsthrewdowntheirspears Tim

God does not hate people, he hates sin. Yes, in the Bible it says that homosexuality is wrong, but so is lying, stealing, hating your fellow man, and even imagining doing those things. For that reason, it is one of the most important points of the Christian faith that no person consider his or her self better than anyone else, or attempt to judge anyone else, because they’re just as much a sinner as every other person. Jesus Christ always acted with love and compassion when trying to reach out to people, and he always condemned the actions of the superficially religious attention-mongers of his day. These people use Christianity as the basis for a cult, but bend it until it’s unrecognizable for a laughably small, short-term amount of power.

MINISTER APRIL FIRST

YES…YOUR VERY RIGHT… ALL SIN IS THE SAME IN GOD’S EYE’S…WE ALL ARE SINNER’S…AND…LOVE IS THE ANSWER…PLEASE LET US ALL JOIN AS ONE IN LOVE AND UNITY AGAINST THIS…BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT…THIS IS DANGEROUS…LOOK WHAT OHE CULT LEADER’S DID…MANY DIES…

Justin Foley

If the Westboro Baptist Church protests my funeral, I would consider it a BADGE OF FUCKING HONOR. That I would have done something in my life that so bothers Phelps and his clan … I must have done something right.

Batshit religious? Check.
Self-important? Check.
Proud cultural and political conservatives? Check and check.
Intolerant? Check.
Divorced from the reality of the physical world? Check.
Insanely hypocritical? Oh, big check.

Dio! Congratulations! You should be proud that, even in death, the mark you’ve made on the world so infuriates this crowd. They are the enemy and can only whine like babies when people come together to remember and celebrate your life.

= Justin

cougar party

You have a good point, there. Considering these morons stand for everything most people hate, having them against you means you are definately doing the right things.
bearbomb

Haha! That’s a great way to look at it. If these types of protests become commonplace we could just take it as a compliment. Imagine driving by a funeral procession and seeing a bunch of protesters… I’d immediately think, “man, that dude must have fucking rocked!”
Chip Northcutt

Badge of Honor indeed. I believe that is the proper perseptive. Phelps is the biggest publicity whore in the world. Kim K but far less intelligent.
Captain Wookie

This is close to the PoV I have on this, they protest at my school a year or two ago (It might have been last year actually) and I just laughed as I passed them by. And if they ever showed up to something of mine, it would be an honor that I managed to piss them off so badly in my life by being me. As stated before in the article, they are crazy and quite stupid, I have experienced it first hand.
Alex_P

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Snafu

Couldn’t have said it better myself :)

Insomnivore

I hope every Metalhead in a 200 mile radius shows up. Not to fight these cunts, just to outnumber them, laugh and throw the horns.

http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

but you know with that many metalheads its likely someone is gonna get pissed and do something stupid.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Farhaad-Esfandiary/501309890 Farhaad Esfandiary

Exactly what I was thinking. I hope someone records the almost guaranteed fights that are going to go down.

TonyT

I’m imaging a group of kids driving by blasting Holy Diver while throwing water balloons full of goats’ blood.

The 2,334,275,002nd most interesting man on the planet

These people are the biggest hate mongers in the world. And it’s all because of whatever passage in the Bible that says something about homosexuality being a sin. They base their entire belief system off of that. The emotional torment they put on the people who have lost loved ones in the Iraqi war, or the mine collapse in WV, or any other major disaster they use to get national attention should eventually be brought back on them in physical harm. I’m not a violent person by nature, and there’s very few things that get me upset enough to want to hurt somebody, but just seeing the heartlessness and lack of compassion from these people is enough to make me want to pull them limb from limb.
All in the name of God too huh?
All Shall Perish got it right, “Gods are mans worst creations.”
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kevin-de-Bie/100001092746540 Kevin de Bie

Waste of oxygen and space these inbred pieces of festering flesh.
Frampler

Great article, Axl. That ‘church’ and family are all the evidence you’ll ever need that widening the gene pool is a good idea (if you need further evidence, see Prince Charles).
halloway

these weirdos crack me up. HEE-HAW!!! but like you said, these poor saps live crappy lives, let’s hope they all stay as over-ripe as freddy boy.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-John-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason John Crispen

that dude reminds me of the creepy preacher from Poltergeist. i want to protest his funeral.
Mordecai 9000

I believe Dio said it best when he said:

“We learn slowly
Evil’s in the holy
Incidental
God hates heavy metal
So I know he must hate me”

Fuck these guys. Fuck them in their tight white hateful Christian rectums.

Alex_P

As has been noted, they’d probably like that.
MINISTER APRIL FIRST

Mordecai GOD DOES NOT HATE YOU OR ANYONE…GOD IS LOVE…ANYOE WHO WANTS TO JOIN ME TO COME AGAINST ALL THIS WRITE ME AT…heavensmist62@yahoo.com…I HAVE HAD HOLY GROUND STREET MINISTRY 28 YRS !!!!!!!!!! I AM NOT RELIGIOUS…PLEASE EVERYONE WHO IS INTO METAL JOIN ME…I LISTEN TO ALL THIS MUSIC…I LOVED DIO…I LOVE ALL WALKS OF LIFE…AND,SO…DOES GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE TO YOU ALL…LOVE,LOVE,LOVE…LOVE IS THE ANSWER AD…CONQUERS ALL…

http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

Echoing what has been said, WBC should in no way be considered representatives of Christianity or Jesus Christ. I just implore everyone reading here to not base their views of God or Jesus Christ on these selected few from WBC. I am a Christian and follow Him wholeheartedly, daily, and am in no place to judge – I do not know these people intimately and thus judgement is the right of God alone – but that aside…these people are idolaters. WBC have completely created their own god by misinterpreting doctrine. They do not worship Jesus Christ, the God of the Bible. They have created their own god of hate and prejudice, and in no way represent Jesus Christ. Five minutes in the Bible could show the disconnect between Yahweh and WBC. Don’t base your perspective of God on these people, please.

timmah

Well said. I second this.
http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

Except… You’re completely wrong. Everything they say and believe IS in the bible.

Alex_P

Here, you’re right.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

Firstly, to properly understand the truth of the Bible one needs to understand the context it is introduced into. Without understanding the social and cultural context certain ideas are introduced into, one doesn’t really understand the significance of the idea. Without that clarity, one misinterprets and misapplies those ideas which ultimately end up looking like WBC – equal opportunity hate.

The call of the Christian is to be Jesus Christ to the world, to walk and live as Jesus Christ did. If one professes to be a Christian and, thus, seeks to glorify God with their lives, they would never allow themselves to be such proponents of hate as the WBC so clearly are. Jesus Christ never agitated, condemned and belittled those He came to save. He loved those who needed saving, acting and speaking with compassion and unwavering dedication. None of those characteristics could be applied to WBC. Whoever it is they truly serve, it is not Jesus Christ. “By your fruits shall you be known.” The fruits they are and have been demonstrating are those of hate and condemnation, neither of which are the fruits of one whose faith rests in Christ.

Cryzthormagnusian

Here’s the problem with arguing context. The Bible, or some parts of it anyway, are supposed to be the word of God. Not the interpretation of God, or the context of God, but the Word.

So in Leviticus 20.1 when it says “The Lord said to Moses,” that’s God dictating, and when in Leviticus 20:13 when it says “If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. ” That’s God talking.

This is how Fred Phelps is vindicated in his hateful beliefs. God called for thier death and he as a faithful follower calls for thier deaths.

Jesus supported the laws set down in the Old Testament.

Matthew 5:17 “”Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.”

So those are the words of God and Jesus. In that thier word is perfect, how is there a context to misunderstand?

Cisco

@cryzthormagnusian:

Jesus ws neither giving a new law nor modifying the old, but rather explaining the true significance of the moral content of Moses’ law and the rest of the old testament. ‘The Law and the Prophets’ speaks of the entirety of the old testement scriptures, not the rabbinical interpretations of them. By accomplishing their purposes, Christ is stating that he is the fullfillment in the same sense that prophecy is fulfilled. Christ was indicating that He is the accomplished purpose of the law in all aspects. He accomplished the purpose fo the moral law by keeping it perfectly. He fulfilled the ceremonial law by being the embodiment of everything the law’s types and symbols pointed towards. And He accomplished the purpose of the judicial law by personifying God’s perfect justice.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

I agree with Cisco, well put.

and @cryzthormagnusia:

When I wrote of context, I wrote generally. I agree with everything you wrote; I do believe that the Bible is God’s Word, given and inspired by Him. I also believe, though, that it is easy to misunderstand the intent behind a lot of it, unless guided by the Holy Spirit in its reading. Unless we study the Bible with God’s spirit and heart in mind, we are liable to “lean upon our own [flawed] understanding” instead of His, and corrupt the Word’s intent through our imperfect reception.

You are right in your citations, and here I would have to point those verses from Leviticus to several other points to, like I said, reveal the entire context surrounding the ideas of sin, homosexuality and salvation.

In Psalm 66:18, the psalmist writes “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” This brings about the idea of practiced sin. Those who practice sin, meaning living in sin without regret, cannot come before God because He is of holiness and they are of sin. (None of us really can come before God, but by the covering of holiness that is Jesus Christ.) Leviticus points to the act of homosexuality as a sin, and Jesus Christ reveals sin in thought, not just acts. So through this we can see that those who practice sin are dead in their ways, but not unforgivable.

This is where I simply have to stop and be content to admit I do not know the answer to everything. There are elements within homosexuality that I have yet to correlate, and to assume judgement on the matter without the expressed wisdom and guidance of God is to risk misrepresentation of Him and His Word, and I am not about to do either.

Gay people will say they are born that way, and I have no evidence or reason to believe anything else. I do know this, though: I know there are demonic agents at work who strive to undo the work of God at every turn. Is homosexuality a product of this? Perhaps. I also know that there is nothing impossible to God. Is homosexuality able to be transformed by the power of God? Absolutely. The heart must be willing to change, though. As with any ungodly tendency that we all bear because of our flesh, the Holy Spirit can remove it “through the transforming of our minds” to the holiness of Jesus Christ. One cannot “practice the sin”, though, because in lifestyles of active sin one is not acknowledging that there is anything wrong.

Every Christian is still human, and to be human is to be subject to temptation, and I can only imagine that a gay Christian, through the power of Jesus Christ, could rise above those temptations just like a straight Christian. Lust is lust, sin is sin on all sides, and God forgives them equally. One just simply cannot “practice sin”. One must see that their ways are wrong (and this is in no way accomplished through the methods of WBC).

The whole point of Christianity is that none of us are capable of saving ourselves. Jesus Christ is perfect for our inability to be. Likewise, judging and condemning anyone for their sins is not what we as Christians are put here to do. We are here to be as Jesus Christ and to love, revealing His salvation and forgiveness through our lives. Since only God is holy and, thus, entitled to judging the spiritual condition, professing to do just that, as WBC so clearly are, is something I have to distance myself from.
Alex_P

Rodney: Your attitude bugs me. Sexuality (and lust), so long as it does not hurt anyone and is practised safely, is a normal and healthy part of human life. Seeing it as a sin is wrong. This is why I consider even a more moderate view of evangelical Christianity such as yours to cause harm. Trying to suppress sexuality is extremely unhealthy, and any gay person who tries to change himself because he thinks that it’s the only way to salvation is not likely to be happy. He needs to negate a part of himself. Homosexuality is not a cross to be born: it’s a facet of a person’s individuality.

Views such as yours lead me to the conclusion that a skeptical and secular population will be healthier and happier. Thank God I’m an atheist, eh?
Jon R

Totally with you Alex P. No one should have to change their sexuality or anything else. Fuck religion. Rodney I feel bad for you that you feel others should change their life so they can be “accepted’ or whatever by god and jesus. Why is YOUR way the right way? Why not my way? Or a gay persons way? Just because you have a book that is supposedly ‘holy’? Did you meet the person who wrote it? How do you know that some bum didn’t get high off acid and then write that, and then years and years later someone found it and claimed it holy?

I was raised as a reformed Jew. Actually I’ve never even really considered myself jewish, I’ve never ever been into religion at all. But I sort of like how i was raised. My family and I weren’t into judaism so we could bow down to god or some pathetic shit like that, my family was into it because it was about bringing friends and family together and having a good time, whether it be singing songs or ‘celebrating’ some jewish holiday, for my family its never been about religion, its just been a way to spend time with your family and friends, and make new friends, maybe even become so good of friends that they are like family.

I think religion should be exterminated all together, but if i could live in a world where all religions are just about being together with family and friends and having a good time, instead of spending countless hours praying and telling people how to live their lives, i think i would like that world a lot better.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Amir-Antonio-Palma/777253992 Amir Antonio Palma

Well said Rodney.
the devil’s advocate

“Jesus Christ never agitated, condemned and belittled those He came to save.”

Well, yeah, actually he did a whole lot of agitating and condemning…it’s what got him killed. But anyway…

That said, I agree with your take on these rodeo-clowns vis-a-vis Christianity; I’m sure most mainstream Christians would like for them to STFU and crawl back into the rotted wood from which they came.

Fun Fact: RJD told Pat Boone that he’d originally written “Holy Diver” about Christ. Guess Phelps missed that interview given that they don’t have radio down in Fuckyercuz Arkansas or wherever they’re from.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

Jesus condemned the pharisees the same way He would demonic spirits, because they were destroying and poisoning the minds of His people through their religiosity. I agree with your point, but I would exclude that group from the general crowd intended for Christ’s message. Mary Magdalene, Zacchaeus, the prostitutes, demon-possessed, impoverished, sick, socially outcase, the lepers – these are people Christ loved increasingly, visibly more than others because it is through love that people are saved and healed, not through hate and condemnation. If the people wanted condemnation, they would have gone to the temple; Jesus offered them the alternative that would save their lives and souls.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodney-Wilder/42003558 Rodney Wilder

@Alex_P:

Sorry, Alex. Didn’t mean to make it seem like I was heated or had an attitude. I am actually enjoying the discussion.

And, to your point, I would say by lust I again spoke in general terms. Lust, as with all sexuality, has its places. I would extend the idea that there are natural given boundaries within which things are meant to stay, because they are detrimental to one’s own existence if carried outside of those boundaries.

One example being monogamous relationships. As one may infer the intended relationship structure to be one of heterosexuality, lust is perfectly acceptable there, because it is a valid part of a healthily sexual relationship, though within that exclusive relationship. When lust is taken out of those monogamous boundaries, hazards are naturally risked and brought upon oneself.

The idea that if it doesn’t hurt anyone its okay neglects to consider the self. I agree it is not healthy to ignore one part of yourself, but if that part of you is detrimental in any way, it would be good to want to be rid of it, right?

Anyway, these are my thoughts and I would never think to apply them or generalize them in the way WBC has been known to. There are complexities to the topic that I do not have answers for and just don’t have the right to thusly stand on.

moot

trolling is a art

http://www.facebook.com/people/Ben-Robson/1375985482 Ben Robson

the westboro baptist church is just a bunch of attention whores. if they actually wanted to send a real message, they’d realize their methods aren’t even remotely effective. they just want people to get mad at them because they get off on peoples’ negative reactions.

the best way to make them go away is to either ignore them or laugh at them.

Brian \m/(-_-)\m/

pretty much this. this shit makes me laugh cuz its like when the 1st grade boy pulls the pigtails of the girl in front of him and he keeps doing it cuz she flips out every time. if she didnt, he would stop. same basic principle.
also, ur going to sing with nevermore. fuck you :p

Holy Diver

I say we get a hold of Varg Vikernes for a good old fashioned Norwegian church burning!

M.

haha celebrity death match! Varg, Gaahl and friends versus the Westboro church.

Jesus

A bunch of depressed metal fans with assholes pushing their buttons… should be interesting.

Captain Wookie

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Brian \m/(-_-)\m/

holy shit…i never thought of that but people are going to die at this funeral. ho shit

KnucklheadRoss

666

Who Gives A Damn

I’m havin’ a Dr. Pepper ’cause that’s more interesting.

:-)

http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-See/726690352 Jay See

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Chuckles

Best Dio- inspired anti-Westboro Sign:

http://s.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2010/1/5/15/enhanced-buzz-18395-1262723545-19.jpg
M.

Normal Christians can be pretty bad sometimes, but this is worse. If I ever met one of these fuckers I’d pretend I was sent by Satan and watch how funny it would be to see them freak out.

Why can’t we sterilize people like them?
Captain Wookie

In general, its best to ignore these people. You know they’ll die if you stop paying attention to them . . . .
Dan

Fuck these people. I admit that I’m a Christian (still love Dio!!!!!), but the thing I hate about a lot of other Christians is that they think they are perfect or better than others. The whole point of Christianity is that we are not perfect beings and that Christ died so we don’t have to be. Even Jesus hung out with prostitutes and sinners. Look that up in your bible, Fred!!! Dio was a better Christian than most Christians. He was humble, polite and respectful of his fans. For that reason alone, he should be rocking the gates of Heaven for eternity. RIP, Ronnie.
http://heavystreet.com Sat

These dudes are so far gone, it’s pointless trying to argue with them.

I want to lock these douche bags in a room, strap them to a chair, and blast the Nelson album for a whole week. That’ll fix ‘em.
Hetallica

Am I the only one who thinks a media blackout (i.e. IGNORING THEM COMPLETELY!!!) would be the best way to combat these dumbfucks? I’m sure seeing the metal media mention a particular church by name is a precedent among religious groups.
Alex_P

I don’t know about you guys, but as a straight man I must say that Fred Phelps is DAMN FINE!

cougar party

I’d hit that.

Alex_P

I’d hit that like it was from Thailand and cost 10 dollars.

EnTrails

“hey, sonny…me luv you long time..”…right to phucking hell, Phelps..!

DemonicLemming

I’m waiting for (and hoping there’ll be a video of) someone finally playing GTA in a Cat dozer with these mother fuckers. Or, alternately, a couple 3/4″ x 5″ bolts to the noggin, thrown from a speeding car, could be a good time too. Or seeing them doused in gelled kerosene and run around like a little group of human sparklers for a minute or two.
http://www.myspace.com/thestarsthrewdowntheirspears Tim

So, am I really the first guy to mention that Between The Buried And Me wrote a song about these people?

http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-See/726690352 Jay See

good call
first album if I remember correctly
Alex_P

As did Protest the Hero, on their first EP. BTBAM’s song is better, because early PtH wasn’t amazing.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Farhaad-Esfandiary/501309890 Farhaad Esfandiary

I just read that the service will be in Los Angeles, pretty close to where I live, so I’ll definitely be attending.
Genial Gentile

Let’s all hope the Freedom Riders show up to provide their services for the family and fans of Dio.
Sambo

What’s the point of even commenting about this? There is none. Dio 1. Westboro 0. Enough said.
metalheaddrummer101

but…doesn’t god listen to SLAYER?
and yeah, these people are stupid, and it’s fun to make fun of them
http://schenkeltown.blogspot.com SchenkelTown

if it was just some drunken fans, that would be a LITTLE bit amusing

the reason it’s not amusing is because dio’s family members and loved ones will be at the the funeral
Goro923

I’m convinced that if there really was a God he would’ve given Fred Phelps testicular cancer by now and let Dio live…
http://www.omimetal.wordpress.com The Greys

Fred Phelps protests a bit too much about homosexuality. I think it’s very possible that Fred, in the darkest, most repressed part of his brain, would like nothing better than to be rammed up the poop shoot, probably while listening to Dio.

If he would come out of the closet, Fred would probably be a lot less angry.

Alex_P

Yeah, you nailed it in the ass.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-See/726690352 Jay See

Truesay; studies on sexuality have revealed that extreme-homophobes show greater sexual response to viewing homosexual video material than do non-homophobic men.

WV

fuck these people

they came to my area in west virginia when the coal miners where killed, with the god hates coal miners and god hates wv signs.

evils bastards
Jeremy

The douchebags picketed at my school a couple years ago when three students died in a house fire. The number one thing they are looking for is for people to react violently towards them. The “church” is actually ran by a bunch of brainwashing cockasses that are looking to make money off of assault lawsuits. These are the same people who picket military funerals as well. If anyone happens to be there, please don’t touch them.

The 2,334,275,002nd most interesting man on the planet

Yeah, I think a few, or at least one of the children is the WBC’s lawyer, Shirley.
They sued the father of a soldier whose funeral they were going to protest. He sued them and at first won some money for mental distress, then they counter sued on the grounds of free speech, and he was ordered to pay lawyer fees for them. If someone does anything to them, they sue, then they use the money to travel from place to place picketing funerals.
It’s fucking terrible. Sooner or later though, there is going to be one person who lost everything and has nothing left to live for who is going to go over the top and kill some of them, and that person will forever be considered a hero in my eyes.

RayRay

Once again organized religion is brainwashing everyone. Wheres the Jesus lizard when we need him?
http://reaper-x.deviantart.com/ Reaper-X

Ever notice how Fred Phelps looks like Max Hardcore in this picture?

Only difference is that one forces random chicks to deepthroat a cock until puking

and the other forces his children to deepthroat a cross.
———-

Seriously though, their efforts for this one should be met with true Metal resistance. Maybe not violence (though In this case I’m so willing to agree), but something to drown out the voices of these zombies.
FredPhelpsCanSuckACock

Fuck every single Christian alive. And y’know, my name.
Nick

Blrgh. I understand first ammendment rights and all that, but these guys are real-life trolls. I wouldn’t bring violence against them, but I can’t wait until they go all Jonestown with the Kool-Aid.

Seth

If only we should be so fortunate.

Richard

I would spit on these people if I saw them in real life.
Chance

WHAT THE FUCK!! How stupid can people be?!! I sent this fucks a email here it is. “churchs” like these it what makes everyone hate religion!

Pickting Ronnie James Dio funeral?! What is the point? You honestly think you will be acheiving something? Death is not something you joke about It’s extremly disprectful, especialy someone who has brought so much to this genre of music. Your so called “church” is just another senseless cult the way I see it. You people should try growing up, give it a try!

Chance

Vernon bc

See what the response is haha
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-James-Irwin/612231572 Mark James Irwin

All I have to say is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_fAYl4Th4

lololololololololol. I was outraged about it at first, but after seeing a video like this, it just proves that the WBC are just one big joke.

DIO!

Seth

I especially love the one line Fred delivered when asked by a gay man if he would come to his funeral. He simply stated “No, your not important enough.” Which i think just proves that all they are is attention whores. If the media didn’t pay a bit of attention to them, they would have no purpose.

phix174

I tried looking at the flyer but my campus internet has it block for racism and hate. I just thought that was funny. I hope his family is bothered by them.

For DIO!

phix174

is not…

the devil’s advocate

God stole Phelps’ eyebrows.
Rottrevore

Funeral goers should bring Super Soakers full of piss and shoot at those douche bags.

the hate machine

10000000

Steve O

I can honestly see them getting beaten to a pulp by Dio fans

Seth

When you wish upon a star…

http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Green/719581926 Adam Green

They should picket in Norway. That way Varg can burn them all, and go back to jail, thus stopping him from making shitty black metal!

Metal Lord

I second that. Two birds with one stone. Hails Dio!

Discipleofthewatch

I was thinking about going to the funeral, as I live out on the West Coast, but I didn’t realize that these cult members would be protesting there. Really, what exactly are they protesting? They truly are crazy people. I have read about them hating gays and protesting at the marine’s funeral before.
Kuranes

Dio must have done something right. Oh wait… HE DID EVERY FUCKING THING RIGHT.
Dv

I checked out some of those sites, you know, just for a laugh. These people are indeed clearly crazy
http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Sterner/1335958279 Andrew Sterner

I’ve actually encountered these guys. A really good friend of mine was killed in Iraq in 2004, and of course they …did what they do. Fortunately, the veterans with the Harleys were there as well so we couldn’t hear what they were saying.

It’s best just to blast Holy Diver outside the sanctuary and let them be.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Xavier-Luxenburg/506500897 Xavier Luxenburg

Dio will fucking transcend the Westboro Baptist Church and consume them without hesitation. Dio ate demented christians like these guys for breakfast. I’m sure now that he’s dead, he’s even fucking more powerful than anyone could ever imagine.
Igottawocket

Firstly, I think its important to remember that these ass clowns are a very small minority of christians who are so misguided and retarded its ridiculous. Secondly, I like the new approach of dealing with the WBC– humor. I saw some people photos from their Twitter protest where people just made them look like what they really are. Rather than hating these people, lets just continue to make their efforts out to be the joke they really are.
Clement

Well put. These people are too insane to be dangerous, and they lose all conservative sympathy when they protest military funerals; I feel sorry for their kids though.
David

It’s sad that anyone would protest Dio, cause he was such a cool dude, and possibly make his wife feel bad/worse.

A horribly mis-informed old man…anyone attending the services should keep those nut jobs as far away as possible, and let Dio’s friends and family remember and honor him in the best possible way they can.

David
svc181

maybe there should be an antiprotest… just have a ton of people laugh at them
Joe the Destroyer

I’m praying that someone at this funeral beats the shit out of at least one of them.
Jewers

my friends and I at a counter protest
they didn’t last ten minutes, because in WV people aren’t afraid to fuck with them
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=30603356&id=1122198839
moforuss

Fuck all this religous talk,Where the fuck is the proof,You believe a book that hasn’t even been transcribed properly because no one understood the fucking language.Religion is the root of all evil in the world.Just check some of the current conflicts going on at the moment.You want to believe in something then believe in yourself not some sandal wearing hippie on a donkey.Give me proof then i may just believe,otherwise shut the fuck up.
KMFCM

yeah, this douchebag is alive, and Dio isn’t?

in a world this unjust, how does ANYONE have faith??
Someone

Posted on RonnieJamesDio dot com:

“Ronnie hates prejudice and violence! We need to turn the other cheek on these people that only know how to hate someone they didn’t know. We only know how to love someone we know!- Wendy Dio”
Jon R

I actually live near where the funeral is being held so I’m most likely going to attend, and if I do, I’m going to see if I can get a friend or two of mine to go up to these homophobes and act gay with the male protesters, I can only imagine what their response would be hahahaha. Or actually, maybe I’ll stop by West Hollywood earlier in the day and see if I can find some nice gay guys that are willing to go up to the protesters and flirt with them.

Lord Hong

That’ll be funny – or maybe just write some of his lyrics on cards to teach them a thing or two? like – “The devil is never a maker,
the less that you give you’re a taker” – RJD –
or
“In the land of no tomorrow
Where you pray just to end each day
And your life just slowly melts away” -RJD
I wish I was there – I’m alot closer to his hometown than there

Long Live the King!!

Jonathan

These are the people that give Christians a bad name…

I’m sorry God, but I cannot love these blasphemers. Fellow metal heads? I propose this.
Whether you love or hate God, right now it doesn’t matter. We should burn down these idiots’ church.
Seriously.
Okay, maybe not.
Still. It should be done.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Charanjeet-Kaur-Sroye/1072142823 Charanjeet Kaur Sroye

Just have a rival protest with stupid signs. Like the twitter lot did. Use humour to take the piss and show them up for being stupid. Have stupider signs :)

aqam

yea. why not?
if they can do it…why cant we?

JBrew

Everybody please know, this is a terrible representation of Christianity… I am a Rock N’ Roll fan and a Slash fanatic, but first and foremost I am a follower of Christ… and I can genuinely say that this “church’s” actions are in direct opposition of the Bible. God is love. God loves all people. Jesus died for love. Sorry on behalf of Christianity for this poor representation.
Greg

First of all that is cal worthington(look it up)Second, he looks like he shit his pants.
Am I the only one calling there B S-forgive dio fred phelps
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Colossians 1:13
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
Lord Hong

Know this Fred Phelps, God is watching you right now and what do you think he likes….revenge God LOVES revenge. Ronnie James Dio reached more hearts with the truth in his lyrics than you will ever know. I would read some of his songs before you make a HUGE mistake in Judging ANYONE!!! Mr. Padavona (that’s what you will call him) is a modern day prophet in my opinion and to disrupt any grieving would not be a wise decision in the eyes of God. Have a nice day…
http://lordsofmetal.nl/index.php?lang=en GOD

That Fred Phelps guy really displeases me…..I think I’ll give him a canker sore!
Marty

These twats are clearly off to where the trams don’t run. Picketing the funerals of hero’s killed in battle is dispicable enough and surely adds to the heartache of the greiving families. However, thinking you can picket the funeral of a man as universally loved as Ronnie James Dio and not to expect some backlash or even violence, shows the level of intelligence of these inbred fuckheads. I think they’ve bitten of more than they can chew this time.

Wendy Dio has asked the fans showing up on the 30th May to show restraint and remember Ronnie’s life in the way we should. Even though I know she’s right and I hope the day does pass off without incident, it’s a good job I’m in England and would not be able to attend, as I personally don’t think I would be able to resist snotting a few of them in their bigotted gobs.

I’ve read their picket page on their website and to be honest couldn’t help but laugh at the factual inaccuracies they’ve posted, they couldn’t even get Ronnie’s real last name right. They claim he throwed meat into the audience, well.., I saw Dio about 20 times in the last 23 years and never seen as much as a chicken nugget being thrown.

Protesting Ronnie’s funeral is BULLSHIT!!!

See you all in Hell as that’s evidently where we’re all going. Who want’s to go to heaven anyway if Fred Phelps is gonna fucking be there?
SourDeez

I would love to literally urinate all over these people, but I think they might actually enjoy that.
http://www.blackbluegold.wordpress.com Phil

Quick, someone get ahold of Wendy and let her know about the Patriot Guard Riders! These bikers may specialize in protecting the loved ones of fallen soldiers at the funerals that WBC pickets, but I’m sure there’s some hardcore Dio fans among them!

http://www.patriotguard.org
Beauzaque

Considering how many fans are going to show for this, I doubt that things are going to remain civil. The shittiest part about is that if a mob beats these bozos down, Dio’s estate is likely to get sued for it.

I’d like to see these jerkoffs just get drowned out instead. Fans could just organize to surround them with Dio flags and signs, and crank his music so loud that they can’t be seen or heard. Just kind of surround them with a giant mosh pit. Nothing would piss them off more than if nobody knew they were there.
patt

well ok if they are after air time and what not then why are you guys playing ball?i mean totally get the dio aspect but why even mention them,coulda just been like “Douchbags to Picket Dio Memorial Service”….just saying
Ami

they didn’t even spell “surname” right when insulting his decision to change it to Dio.
crazy idiots
zeppelinschenker

Well written editorial on these lunatics. Barely worth the time I’m taking to write these words concerning these loonies, I hope their short fifteen minutes of “fame” will be ending soon. It wouldn’t surprise me if the families of the deceased military heroes that they protest against rose up and extinguished them all. They’ve got it coming. To disrespect the dead (especially people who fought for all of our freedoms) has to be one of the lowest things one can do. To disrespect children being even lower, and they’re doing that as well, by raising their children to be completely crazy. I think someone within their group will turn on them eventually and the shit will hit the fan then!

Ronnie James Dio, although I never had the pleasure of knowing him personally, was a great singer, with a work ethic James Brown would find enviable. From what I’ve seen and heard, he was a good man. The numbers of people that knew him personally showing up and speaking up to honor him speaks for itself.

My “devil horns” held high, I’m going to rock out to some Sabbath, Rainbow, or Dio RIGHT NOW!

ROCK ON! ~)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Boris-Kuznetsov/1164454347 Boris Kuznetsov

Why do I think, that these Baptist Church Folks are all going to die on Dio’s public memorial? Just saying, you don’t wanna piss off hundreds and thousends of trve metalheads, they’re just going to kill them I suppose. Or at least ass rape them.
alex

Ok I hate the WBC as much as anyone but the people on here insulting all of religion
are just as close minded and hateful. The world is not black and white so any sweeping statements you make towards gays, christians, metal fans or any other group is just absolute mindless ignorance.
Dudedude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuMU6O7UGGM

lololololololol
Wouldn’t it be nice

I would love to see a wall of death with Dio fans on one side, and WBC on the other side.

that would be glorious
kyle

Fuck that dude!
enemyofgod72

Just more proof that religion is the real evil in this world. Believe in god or don’t, just stop pushing your beliefs on the rest of us. What exactly can you protest at a funeral? The guy’s already dead. If there were a god, it would wipe these people out. There isn’t so the rest of us are left to be annoyed by them instead. I seriously hope they all get what’s coming to them.
Random

Religion is fine, but seriously KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. If I have a soul it is mine to do what I want with. Religion isn’t the problem, suffocating, evangelizing, religious people are. These people should just be fucking deported, all above the age of 12. Those younger can stay and be rehabilitated, the others are irrevocably retarded.
Ashley

Only in America
Ashley

Just a thought but wouldn’t it speak volumes if the counter-protesters formed a non-violent circle around these fruitcakes to shield them from the view of others.

Singing Dio songs in the process would make it all the sweeter.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Rothe/563436630 Nick Rothe

I do feel sorry for these people, I imagine whats probably going to happen is the patriot guard riders are going to be hired cause they’re fuckin badass, and/or some crazy fuck is going to come, shoot all of them and shoot him/herself in the head as not to deal with the lawful repercussions.
mrm1138

A friend of mind just recently told me about how one counter-protest against the Westboro Baptist Church involved organizing a large donation for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays which was then made under the WBC’s name. Maybe it would be possible to do the same for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund.
patron_of_metal

unfortunately i live iin the same city as these ass fucks :( trust me i dont want violance but having to see that on a daily basis?!?!? you would help this city out by creating a huge ass mosh pit and crush these brain washed waste of space mouth breathers.

i just hope that when fred croaks they the whole country shows up to protest his funeral……

back to some metal :)
Olinville

Broadcasting from the Southland: FUCK THE GODDAMN BAPTIST, and for that matter fuck jesus.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rusty-Santos/100001504934694 Rusty Santos

dio rip forever

i lived in sacramento for a while and these nut cases picketed schools. but had to come back coz the weather was to bad for them i guess these religious jerk offs are not down for anything but publicity,dio was a genius and a wonderful human being just ask anyone who worked on the hearing aid project.not a ass wipe like these protesters. i hope ronnie rocks heaven for eternity and these so called Christians rot in hell til the end of time.dio will be missed but these fools will be not even be remembered.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Rusty-Santos/100001504934694 Rusty Santos

I call on the power of mother earth.the moon the sun the elements ,wind ,fire,and water, curse these unbelievers.may the next time anyone from Westboro Baptist Church.picks up a picket sing may they be cursed with explosive diarrhea…..well hope this curse i put on Westboro Baptist Church puts me on there list to protest.lol

rocker

i miss you Dio you were the Best! I know youre in heaven right now rocking out to heaven and hell with god on lead guitar mitch mitchell on drums, and cliff burton on bass. m/

these idiots give a bad name for christians.. well they shouldnt even be considered christians theyre more like umm oh yeah the devil. i’m a christian and i fucking love heavy metal! besides these idiot protestors,,.. it really anoys me that some christians protest against metal and says its the devil when they dont know shit about the music or the band. then they think i worship the devil because i like metal its retarted..
rocker

i miss you Dio you were the Best! I know youre in heaven right now rocking out to heaven and hell with god on lead guitar mitch mitchell on drums, and cliff burton on bass. m/

these idiots give a bad name for christians.. well they shouldnt even be considered christians theyre more like umm oh yeah the devil. i’m a christian and i fucking love heavy metal! besides these idiot protestors,,.. it really anoys me that some christians protest against metal and says its the devil when they dont know shit about the music or the band. then they think i worship the devil because i like metal its retarted..
Dt213

One look at this chicken foot, rattletsnake bollock lickin, cockroach arse rimming idiot says it all. The zealot ‘Twat in the Hat’ nonce says it is not right relating to Dio’s music. What is not right is that you take John Wayne’s hat and make it your own, call it your religion and by default you therefore think you have a right to tell the rest of us what to do. Cordially invited for dinner at my place so we can discuss the finer points, Del. Singapore.

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