Television Evangelist Falwell Dies at 73

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The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school ...

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Dana Curtis Kincaid “I'd b surfing if I wasn't here” Since: Jan 07 2,921 Indianapolis	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 May 15, 2007 Oh goddess... Is this what we are going to have, a boatload of anti-Jerry posts? Be magnanimous. The man is dead, gone to whatever happens to you when your pump stops pumping. Set a good example, don't be like the Christianists.
Pachacutec Riverdale, MD	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 May 15, 2007 Well, these so-called "Christians" (and who, I would ask, appointed them "Christians" as opposed to all of the other religions which follow Jesus, such as Lutherans, Catholics, etc?) get on TV, radio, etc., and say that unless we believe the way they do, worship the way they do, follow the same politics that they do, live ALL of our lives the way they do, that we are going to go straight to the pits of Hades when we die - I find it very hard to have compassion for them; we all have to account to our Maker eventually, but I'm not on TV telling everyone else that my way is the only way.
Mr E “Searching for intelligent life” Since: May 07 414 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 May 15, 2007 Who are you? Miss pious and virtue? Get over it! When someone this vile dies, of course people are going to celebrate. There are some very bad people in this world, and he was one of them. And I will be on cloud nine today with that knowledge. I will also celebrate the eventual deaths of George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Billy graham, pat robertson, and any other right wing christain fundamentalist. Bible valuse are not the only values out there. Dana Curtis Kincaid wrote: Oh goddess... Is this what we are going to have, a boatload of anti-Jerry posts? Be magnanimous. The man is dead, gone to whatever happens to you when your pump stops pumping. Set a good example, don't be like the Christianists.
joe american Catasauqua, PA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 May 15, 2007 a big bag of wind spreading propaganda and ruining our way of life here in America.
doindawash “Does it really Matter” Since: May 07 1,932 Sunnyville USA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 May 15, 2007 MR E you have just taken the words out of my mouth! I agree, I agree & I did I say...I AGREE?????
Mark Bethlehem, PA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 May 15, 2007 BURN!!!!! He was a hypocritical, hate spewing, intolerant glutton. Hell was made for false prophets like him. One thing I wonder though is who's *ss Newt and McCain are going to be kissing now that he's rotting in hell.
Allentown_Frank “Think” Since: Mar 07 3,509 New Port Richey, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 May 15, 2007 I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure. -Clarence Darrow
SSJ San Jose, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 May 15, 2007 Mr E wrote: Who are you? Miss pious and virtue? Get over it! When someone this vile dies, of course people are going to celebrate. There are some very bad people in this world, and he was one of them. And I will be on cloud nine today with that knowledge. I will also celebrate the eventual deaths of George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Billy graham, pat robertson, and any other right wing christain fundamentalist. Bible valuse are not the only values out there. <quoted text> I guess that means no celebration if some left wing nut cases (ie. Soros, Pelosi, Gurafalow, Franken, 90% of Hollywood) dies? PS: Jerry F. was no different than those fundamentalist Muslims who hijacked a great religion and perverted it with their crap.

valleyvenus Northampton, PA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 May 15, 2007 Mr E wrote: Who are you? Miss pious and virtue? Get over it! When someone this vile dies, of course people are going to celebrate. There are some very bad people in this world, and he was one of them. And I will be on cloud nine today with that knowledge. I will also celebrate the eventual deaths of George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Billy graham, pat robertson, and any other right wing christain fundamentalist. Bible valuse are not the only values out there. <quoted text> Exactly, Mr. E!!!
Faust East Northport, NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #11 May 15, 2007 Allentown_Frank wrote: I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure. -Clarence Darrow That's a great quote!
Dry Since: Mar 07 99 Emmaus	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #12 May 15, 2007 I am no fundamentalist and I do not agree with many of his views, but I do not think that celebrating the death of someone is appropriate. He made some mistakes for sure but he also did many good things. I do not know him and have never met him, but I know some people who have and Jerry Falwell was very kind to them when their son (a student at Liberty University) was killed in a car accident on his way back home from college last Thanksgiving. He personally met with them to help them process this tragedy.
Walter Pigeon Alburtis, PA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #13 May 15, 2007 Jerry is dead!!! I don't know if he goes to his "final reward" of has just ceased to exist. I never agreed with any of his fundamentalist takes on religion. I don't celebrate any paticular Dogma. But his passing will leave a void in his extended family. I have sypmathy for the loss while I do not mourn the individual
Betty Bethlehem, PA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #14 May 15, 2007 Yippee! A death to celebrate! He was a self-derving, money-grubbing bigot and hypocrit. How I wish all those TV evangelists were dead and gone.
JBF Since: Mar 07 2,042 Medford, NJ	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #15 May 15, 2007 Here are many, many comments about Jerry Falwell's death. All are negative. I especially liked this one: "I think the only fitting replacement for this man would be if Satan himself had the time to take over." Rev. Jerry Falwell, Moral Majority Founder, Dies at 73 Reader Comments http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/rev-...
James Plainfield, NJ	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #16 May 15, 2007 Dry wrote: I am no fundamentalist and I do not agree with many of his views, but I do not think that celebrating the death of someone is appropriate. He made some mistakes for sure but he also did many good things. I do not know him and have never met him, but I know some people who have and Jerry Falwell was very kind to them when their son (a student at Liberty University) was killed in a car accident on his way back home from college last Thanksgiving. He personally met with them to help them process this tragedy. If their son was gay he wouldn't have done jack. The man was evil, and I have to go party.
Rob in Atlanta “George Bush Admits He Lies” Since: Feb 07 48 Atlanta, Georgia	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #17 May 15, 2007 Dry wrote: I am no fundamentalist and I do not agree with many of his views, but I do not think that celebrating the death of someone is appropriate. He made some mistakes for sure but he also did many good things. I do not know him and have never met him, but I know some people who have and Jerry Falwell was very kind to them when their son (a student at Liberty University) was killed in a car accident on his way back home from college last Thanksgiving. He personally met with them to help them process this tragedy. I'm sure he was kind to them. By sending their son to Falwell's university, they were paying him money, providing a recruit for the movement, and demonstrating their agreement with his worldview. I'm sorry they lost their son. I am not sorry to read about Falwell's death. He contributed to the deaths of thousands by helping Reagan avoid recognising the AIDS crisis. He supported Bush's war. He supported Israel against all Palestinians only because he believed it would bring about the end of the world and a great war to cleanse the Earth. He condemned people who never harmed anyone and whom he never met. He hated gay people and made many anti-semitic statements through the years.
Mr E “Searching for intelligent life” Since: May 07 414 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #19 May 15, 2007 He made 'some mistakes!?' The guy brought harm to thousands of queers and women. So just because he was compassionate to a few makes it all ok and so he's a great man? Bull honkery! This students family would've never gotten this kind of compassion if he were gay (much less admitted into the university). Dry wrote: I am no fundamentalist and I do not agree with many of his views, but I do not think that celebrating the death of someone is appropriate. He made some mistakes for sure but he also did many good things. I do not know him and have never met him, but I know some people who have and Jerry Falwell was very kind to them when their son (a student at Liberty University) was killed in a car accident on his way back home from college last Thanksgiving. He personally met with them to help them process this tragedy.
Mark Bethlehem, PA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #20 May 15, 2007 Dry wrote: I am no fundamentalist and I do not agree with many of his views, but I do not think that celebrating the death of someone is appropriate. . Celebrating the death of men like Falwell, Hitler, Jeffrey Dahmer, etc. is very appropriate. I was happier hearing of his death than that of Saddam as falwell posed much more of a danger to Constitutional protections and the American way of life. Falwell and The Moral majority put religion into politics more than anyone else. What he did was totally opposite of what Jesus taught which was that his kingdom was not of this earth. Now I really don't believe in any of the dogma taught by religion but Falwell's political manipulations in the name of God created a lot of negative cosequences. Tom Delay being the poster boy of those cosequences. I agree with the poster who can't wait to celebrate the deaths of Cheney, W and the rest of the neocons. Frankly, the world will be a better place without them.
James Plainfield, NJ	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #23 May 15, 2007 Mark wrote: <quoted text> Celebrating the death of men like Falwell, Hitler, Jeffrey Dahmer, etc. is very appropriate. I was happier hearing of his death than that of Saddam as falwell posed much more of a danger to Constitutional protections and the American way of life. Falwell and The Moral majority put religion into politics more than anyone else. What he did was totally opposite of what Jesus taught which was that his kingdom was not of this earth. Now I really don't believe in any of the dogma taught by religion but Falwell's political manipulations in the name of God created a lot of negative cosequences. Tom Delay being the poster boy of those cosequences. I agree with the poster who can't wait to celebrate the deaths of Cheney, W and the rest of the neocons. Frankly, the world will be a better place without them. Very well said!
Mark Plainfield, NJ	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #24 May 15, 2007 AdamsApples wrote: <quoted text> YOU ARE ONE SICK PSYCHOTIC FREAK OF NATURE. I HAVE NEVER AGREED WITH REV. JERRY FALWELL BUT AT LEAST I AM DECENT ENOUGH TO GIVE MY PRAYERS TO ALL THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LEADER AND ASSURE THEM THAT HE WILL REST IN PEACE. IN PERSON HE WAS A KIND AND HUMOROUS MAN AND THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED IRREGARDLESS OF HIS POLITICAL VIEWS. Wrong thread cowboy
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