Westboro Protest Alternative

So everyone has heard about Westboro Baptist coming to school to protest. Like everyone else it really is frustrated that someone would say that VT deserved that for our sins. Everyone knows that April 16 caused a lot of pain in the Hokie Nation. It is frustrating that people will come to our school, our home and protest that tragedy. What pisses me off even more is that they do this in the name of God. I just want to clarify that they are an extremist group and that most Christians don’t say that God hates gays because the truth is that God loves everyone. If He hates gay people why would he send His Son to die on the cross to save the world. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave His Son and whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” It doesn’t say He gave the world to the non sinners because if it said that then God would have no reason to send His Son. Everyone sins! I am sorry if you get annoyed with this blog, but it needs to be said and I feel that people need to know the truth about God and not the abstracted views of this radical group. If the people of the Westboro church were truly Christians they would see that what they are doing is pushing people way from God. I again with most people on how to handle this event. Ignore them! Go and spend your time helping Rely for Life. The reason they are doing it is for the attention so don’t give it to them. There is a video posted on Collegiate Times, online, which shows how a young man used the Westboro protesting to raise money for different charities. I think that Relay for Life is a great way to do the same thing and it is something positive that VT can do to ignore this protest.