Jerry Falwell Dead

[A_Wanderer]

let this man speak for himself

remember him for what he was

It's a bloody good thing that God doesn't exist, he could be having an eternity of joy about now.

 

[Irvine511]

R.I.P.

 

[Night & Day]

LMFAO..
Um, close but, not quite.

 

[coemgen]

 

[Irvine511]

thinking about it, that might have been rude.

if anyone is bothered, please remove the post.

 

[diamond]

i was kinda, not enough to make a fuss.

it's a little callous is all, and a bit reverse fred phelps.

dbs

 

[coemgen]

It made me chuckle because I've often thought of him when I hear her name. I don't think irvine meant anything bad about it.

 

[Irvine511]

I don't think irvine meant anything bad about it.

only a little bad. it's hard for me not to dislike Falwell's politics and religious beliefs, but i do not celebrate his death and feel sorry for his family as they deal with a loss.

i do think mixing the two up is kind of funny, though.

 

[martha]

The responses here look similar to the responses in the RI.P Saddam Hussein thread.

I guess that shoe fits, then.

 

[deep]

http://aburriss.tripod.com/jfalwell.html

 

[Smallville]

He loved his country. He loved Jesus. He believed in the sanctity of human life. He gave political voice to others who felt likewise.

Rest in Peace.

Very true.

I can't believe some of the reponses in here, placing him in the same statement as Hitler and Stalin? This place is a little scary.

 

[martha]

I can't believe some of the reponses in here, placing him in the same statement as Hitler and Stalin? This place is a little scary.

Have you read or listened to what he said at times?

He was not a good man.

 

[BVS]

Hey, what are the bets Bono will write a commemoratory eulogy?

Or maybe deliver the graveside oration?

Trolling again?

 

[Smallville]

Have you read or listened to what he said at times?

He was not a good man.

How many did he kill to be placed there with those monsters?

 

[martha]

How many did he kill to be placed there with those monsters?

I'll have to agree with this.

But Jerry Falwell was not an example of a good Christian man. He was bad, mean, petty, greedy, and a liar.

He and his behavior deserve no defense.

 

[Harry Vest]

I have read through all of the above comments. A part of me wants to say one thing and another part of me wants to say something else. I never liked Jerry Falwell's version of Christianity. In fact at one point in the early 80's as a new believer I prayed earnestly that God would spare me from becoming like that. I believe he answered my prayers. I in no way believe I'm a better person than Jerry Falwell but my faith is completely different than his was...that's all.

 

[MsPurrl]

True of Jimmy Swaggart, not Falwell.

My mistake; sorry. I *knew* it was one of those of similar ilk.

 

[Angela Harlem]

...And so are the eulogies for those with no humility. You reap what you sow.

 

[DaveC]

I rarely speak ill of the dead, but this is one man I feel the world could have done without. The only sympathy I feel here is for his family's loss of a loved one.

Good riddance.

*awaits the flames of wrath*

 

[cdisantis83]

I ought not to reveal my true feelings about this man. Suffice it to say that I have very little respect for intolerance and ultra-conservatism, both I which I feel he embodied.

 

[Irvine511]

i think he will come to embody the politicization of religion. not the religious in politics, but voting as a form of religious duty.

and for that, we are all the worse.

 

[DaveC]

cdisantis, where'd you get that avatar? Unreal.

 

[maycocksean]

It's a bloody good thing that God doesn't exist, he could be having an eternity of joy about now.

Why must the existence of God automatically gain Falwell entrance into heaven?

 

[Rono]

How many did he kill to be placed there with those monsters?

Well, howmany would he kill when he had real power ? I just heard the speech about that everone shpuld have a closed mind instead of a open mind. A nation full of closed minds usely is not a good sign,...


I thank god that he never had real power,...

 

[deep]

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Twisting the beliefs of Christianity into a weapon of pure hate. What a great man. How he convinced so many I'll never understand, because you'd have to assume that a large % of them (a) owned Bibles, and (b) could read.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Big assumption there!

 

[Ormus]

How about-

Romans 12:14.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Just a thought.

This is all I'll say too. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Golightly Grrl]

Bwah!!

Am I a horrible person for wanting to go to Falwell's grave holding a copy of Ms magazine, and dance on it?

 

[verte76]

Bwah!!

Am I a horrible person for wanting to go to Falwell's grave holding a copy of Ms magazine, and dance on it?

Not at all. I'll go with you.