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This is a three-part assignment and centers on concepts of ideology:
PART ONE: Watch either Choice One or Choice Two – they are different films on the same subject, which is the Westboro Baptist Church. It’s OK to watch both choices if you like.
Choice One:
Part A – first half
Brainwashed by the Westboro Baptist Church (Part 1/2) (Links to an external site.)
Part B – second half
Brainwashed by the Westboro Baptist Church (Part 2/2) (Links to an external site.)
Choice Two:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ukxla (Links to an external site.)
PART TWO:
Write a reflection (first summarize the film and then add your thoughts, commentary, reaction) on the “The Most Hated Family in America?” What did you think about the Westboro Baptist Church, its core beliefs and practices?
FYI:
Megan Phelps has since left the church and now gives Ted Talks. If you are interested here’s a link: https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_phelps_roper_i_grew_up_in_the_westboro_baptist_church_here_s_why_i_left?language=en (Links to an external site.)
PART THREE:
Compare/contrast. The Westboro Baptist Church is considered by many to be a “fringe” religious organization. The same could be said for all religions until they are ‘established’ with a mass following. Discuss the beliefs of the Westboro Baptist Church as they compare to at least two of the religions listed below.
At a minimum, write about three similarities and three differences among the three faiths. That is, where do they overlap with their beliefs and where are they completely different?
Consider things like: Who or what do they worship? Do they share any religious doctrine/literature or not? Are regular services held, and if so, how are they conducted? How do they perceive the afterlife? What kinds of things are expected of the congregation? And so forth.
Compare/contrast the Westboro Baptist Church with at least two of the faiths listed below:
The Catholic Church
The Church of Scientology
The Mormon Church
The Christian Science Church
The Methodist Church
Evangelical Protestantism
Evangelical Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: IDEOLOGIES OF WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH
Ideologies of Westboro Baptist Church
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enemies of God they believe. Teaching children about homosexuality is a sin punishable by death;
they condemn the idea of having sex at an early age; it was regarded as depriving them of their
moral compass. Steve went contacted a door to door interview asking people what and why do
they believe in and the astonishing response was that, people have no idea what they believe in.
Steve drains wanted to expose the family of Megan Phelps and the frauds that existed in the church
of Westboro. He had to interview the congregation up to the then pastor Phelps. He believed that
they would not corrupt the scriptures, but it turned out not to the case. Phelps was born in
Mississippi to a policeman and homemaker. His mother died of cancer (Stramowski, 2012).
Phelps went to military school but later bounced back to the ministry, graduated with a law
degree, and he became a civil right attorney. He defended the African American on racial
discrimination among other prejudices. He falsely accused a reporter by assaulting her of multiple
sexual assaults and said eight witnesses, which tur...