Apparently, CNN is calling Fred Phelps death too close to call...

[madinmaryland]

Westboro Baptist Church founder near death?

(CNN) – Westboro Baptist Church, the Kansas congregation known for picketing funerals with anti-gay signs, called reports that its founder, Fred Phelps, is near death "speculative."

"Fred Phelps has health issues," the church said in a statement Sunday, "but the idea that someone would suggest that he is near death, is not only highly speculative, but foolish considering that all such matters are the sole prerogative of God."

Nathan Phelps, the estranged son of Fred Phelps, posted a Facebook message Sunday saying his father was "at the edge of death" at a hospice in Topeka, Kansas, where Westboro Baptist Church has long been a controversial presence.

Nathan Phelps also said his father had been excommunicated from the church. "I'm not sure how I feel about this," he added. "Terribly ironic that his devotion to his god ends this way. Destroyed by the monster he made."

Read more: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/17/westboro-baptist-church-founder-near-death/

[Beaverhausen]

1. .

[onehandle]

2. I just saw Satan tapping his watch.

He's pretty eager to burn this fucker.

[longship]

3. Then there's Abe Vigoda.

I'd better check before I finish this post...

Abe Vigoda Status (a very fast click through)

Yup! Abe's still with us.

Thank goodness.