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The Westboro people love not only to disrupt funerals with their hateful demonstrations, but also the public anger and ridicule directed at them. No doubt they draw parallels from the early church history, when christians were persecuted by the Jews and at times Romans. They believe they are the modern equivalence of the early disciples, the few who remain devoted to God through all kinds of hardship and persecution. The Bible tells Christians that the world hates them, and to be joyful when persecuted, for they are suffering for God and will be rewarded in heaven. All the insults on them just match perfectly for their view of the world.
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