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rug

(82,333 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 04:04 PM Mar 2014

Westboro Baptist Church Might Be Taken Over By Florida Man

By Chris Joseph Thu., Mar. 27 2014 at 12:30 PM

Steve Drain, a University of South Florida alumnus, might be taking over Westboro Baptist Church.

Drain, who used to be an atheist and once set out to expose the hate-mongering church, became enamored with Westboro and became one of Fred Phelps Sr.'s closest disciples.

Drain went so far as to move his family to Topeka, Kansas to join the congregation.

Phelps Sr.'s son, Nate, however, believes Drain is responsible for having his father excommunicated from Westboro before his death.

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2014/03/westboro_baptist_church_might.php

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Westboro Baptist Church Might Be Taken Over By Florida Man (Original Post) rug Mar 2014 OP
"Once a fanatic, always a fanatic" is often the case: opinions may come and go, but struggle4progress Mar 2014 #1
Lovely. cbayer Mar 2014 #2
Drain. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2014 #3
lol, I thought this was gonna be some kind of stand your ground joke n/t 2pooped2pop Mar 2014 #4
How wonderful. The devout followers of a Vengeful god find themselves the equivalent of an......... wandy Mar 2014 #5
I don't recall the title, okasha Mar 2014 #6
He sounds like a Dorian Gray Mar 2014 #7
Florida Man is perfect for the job jberryhill Mar 2014 #8

struggle4progress

(118,039 posts)
1. "Once a fanatic, always a fanatic" is often the case: opinions may come and go, but
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 04:21 PM
Mar 2014

the underlying personality structure may resist change

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
2. Lovely.
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 04:37 PM
Mar 2014

A guy goes from an atheist on a mission to destroy Westboro to an acolyte?

Sure, I trust him.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
5. How wonderful. The devout followers of a Vengeful god find themselves the equivalent of an.........
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:56 PM
Mar 2014

ex atheist Holey Dry Drunk.

My bet is that this will get "interesting".

okasha

(11,573 posts)
6. I don't recall the title,
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 07:06 PM
Mar 2014

but this guy's daughter wrote a book about her experience escaping from Westboro. He's the genuine article--a 180-degree convert willing to disown even his own child.

Edited to add, her name is Lauren Drain and the title of the book is Banished.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
8. Florida Man is perfect for the job
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 08:41 PM
Mar 2014

I've been following the career of Florida Man for some time in the news, and he's a good candidate for this position.

That guy is messed up.

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