Return To Westboro Baptist Church

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Louis Theroux on BBC2

Absolutely deranged idiots

One step away from a death cult

[Harry Lime]

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Louis Theroux on BBC2

Absolutely deranged idiots

One step away from a death cult

I started watching it but just found it too depressing for a Sunday night. Bring back That's Life

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

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I started watching it but just found it too depressing for a Sunday night. Bring back That's Life

The funny shaped vegetable slots were a different class in British tv.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I just finished reading the book 'Unfollow'. It was written by the granddaughter of the leader of that church and who was responsible for their Facebook account. Significantly, she was interviewed at length by Louis Theroux in the documentary. As you may have guessed, she eventually left the church and became persona non grata in that community as a result
It's a great read if you are interested in religious indoctrination.

[Harry Lime]

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The funny shaped vegetable slots were a different class in British tv.

Haha and dogs saying 'sausages'. Or was that something else?

Mind you the title music for That's Life started that sinking (oh no school tomorrow) feeling.

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I started watching it but just found it too depressing for a Sunday night. Bring back That's Life

That was even worse

That strange bloke in the smoking jacket sat in the velvet chair

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I just finished reading the book 'Unfollow'. It was written by the granddaughter of the leader of that church and who was responsible for their Facebook account. Significantly, she was interviewed at length by Louis Theroux in the documentary. As you may have guessed, she eventually left the church and became persona non grata in that community as a result
It's a great read if you are interested in religious indoctrination.

Louis is the art of cool when he's being given the verbal by those two brothers of the family

They are like waco or Jim Jones

[Tuerto]

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Imagine if this lot were Muslims? The rhetoric would certainly be different. Mad, Cuckoo land, etc would be replaced by Evil, Dangerous, and a national threat to security.

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Imagine if this lot were Muslims? The rhetoric would certainly be different. Mad, Cuckoo land, etc would be replaced by Evil, Dangerous, and a national threat to security.

Well extreme Islam is just another form of indoctrination

They are all deranged in my book

Abortion clinics are targeted by fanatical far right evangelical Christians

All from the same mad fairy tales

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Well extreme Islam is just another form of indoctrination

They are all deranged in my book

Abortion clinics are targeted by fanatical far right evangelical Christians

All from the same mad fairy tales

Yes, but my point was that the two are treated and spoken about differently in society and the media.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Imagine if this lot were Muslims? The rhetoric would certainly be different. Mad, Cuckoo land, etc would be replaced by Evil, Dangerous, and a national threat to security.

Many religions perpetrate evil in the name of their deity, be it Christianity or Islam. However, the lunatic Westboro Baptist Church has not seemingly been involved with thratening the security of any nation as yet and neither have they declared a holy war as did ISIS and the Crusades.

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Many religions perpetrate evil in the name of their deity, be it Christianity or Islam. However, the lunatic Westboro Baptist Church has not seemingly been involved with thratening the security of any nation as yet and neither have they declared a holy war as did ISIS and the Crusades.

There are 'Mad' 'Cuckoo' Crazy' Muslims out there spreading mi truths and hate like the Westboro lot. In my opinion, they're not brushed off in the same way as this lot are.

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Louis is the art of cool when he's being given the verbal by those two brothers of the family

They are like waco or Jim Jones

If there is one bloke that gets on my t1ts it is Louis Theroux, he's nearly as creepy as the people he 'investigates'

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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There are 'Mad' 'Cuckoo' Crazy' Muslims out there spreading mi truths and hate like the Westboro lot. In my opinion, they're not brushed off in the same way as this lot are.

I'm not sure about the term 'brushed off' but it's a fact of life that it's less safe to criticise Islam than Christianity these days. Christianity has gone from torture and persecution to, in the main, almost pacifism in the face of criticism. Islam hasn't reached that stage, as Salman Rushdie found out.

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If there is one bloke that gets on my t1ts it is Louis Theroux, he's nearly as creepy as the people he 'investigates'

I think he's terrific and his book "Gotta Get Theroux This" is a very amusing, honest and revealing tome. He is very introspective, lacks confidence in many ways and is genuinely interested in people. I roared with laughter many times whilst reading the book and couldn't put it down.