Jerry Falwell has died
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/...usa_falwell_dc

U.S. evangelist Jerry Falwell, a leader of the Christian right, died on Tuesday, his assistant said.

Falwell, 73, was found unconscious in his office and was taken to a nearby hospital in Virginia, CNN said. He had a history of congestive heart problems.

"That is true, it's over," the assistant, Duke Westover, told Reuters by telephone. He said an official statement would be issued soon.

With his gray hair and heavy jowls, Falwell was a familiar face on the televangelist circuit while his hard-line views on a range of social issues firmly placed him on the far right of the American political spectrum.

PRAISE JESUS IT'S SAFE TO BREATH AGAIN!!!:lol:

"Send me Eight Million Dollars so I can pray for your soul, touch the screen, touch the screen"

Falwell has died, having trained thousands to think like him. He was a success.

A moment of silence. :|

Wasn't he the one from Libeerty University? Or would that be Bob Jones University?

He was the founder of Liberty University in Virginia.

yeah, it's bad when someone dies and all, but....really the thing I remember most about him was how he said all the feminists and homosexuals and immigrants and poor people and [fill in the blank with most non-male white stereotypes] Americans were themselves to blame for 9/11 because God was punishing us for our wicked ways.

Unacceptable IMHO. but um, yeah.

Jeez, ya know... However right or not he was in his ways, a person died. Someone with a family and people that will miss him, so I send my condolences for them in their time of pain.

I'm sorry jo knowing about you personally I'd think you of all peoples besides myself would be super happy about one of the biggest black marks in the name of christianty to be gone.
I'm sorry but this man was a burden on the world he did no good he caused so many problems.
It's one less horrid person to worry about.
It will to soon for me the day Pat Robertson passes....he may not be as bad as Falwell but lord he sure comes close.
It's nice to morn for some ones passing and all but I'm not going to morn for some one who's personally made the lives of my friends and myself allot worse not one bit.
You can say I don't have a heart but yeah I could say the same about him.:dead:

I could be wrong but I don't believe he ever said that and I'd really like to know where you got that quote.

My thoughts were more for the people that loved him that are hurting now, than for him.

I believe in the family With my ever loving wife beside me.
But she dont know about my girlfriend Or the man I met last night.

Do you believe in god? 'Cause thats what Im selling
And if you wanna get to heaven Ill see you right.

You wont even have to leave your house. Or get outta your chair.
You dont even have to touch that dial. Cause Im everywhere.

Someone had to do it.

Thanks
Yes. I believe he accused the purple one with the upside down triangle of carrying a purse.

I, like Jo, hope that his friends and family be alright in this time of their lives. I may have not liked the guy, but angst and sorrow aren't nice feelings for any human being to experience.

Ugh, they were talking about that on the news this morning. Since the TV was on mute I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I saw random professors yelling at each other before the screen cut to the purple dude skipping down a path or something. Probably the most confusing thing I have seen in a while.

Yes, that's what I was trying to say. I'm... really bad at vocalizing myself lately.

Tinky Winky.

I wonder why this thread is still open, given that its contents are rather religion-related.

sort of like Falwell ;)

I don't think this thread is about religion. It's about Falwell. He was a lovely man who endorsed apartheid.

I do feel sorry for his family.

ETA: I'm not being sarcastic in this post.

I don't feel sorry for his family. In fact, I'm going to have a party tonight to celebrate his death. Revel in their misery, since they were so eager to give us as much as they could.

I must concur with SewerBull. This thread runs the risk of becoming political and religious, so try not to get too out of hand.

Can I come to the party!!:lol: :o

Oh come on. This is a human being. I know some of you disagree with his politics and religion (Heck I consider myself a conservative Christian and I didn't agree with every (or most) thing(s) he stood for or said) but come on, his family is grieving, his students are saddened. It seems tasteless to be so heartless because of the opinions of the deceased.

EDIT: Rosie on the View ticked me off because she said she was saddened by Dr. King's daughter's death but that Falwell's death "wasn't as sad." I don't agree with Rosie O'Donnell, but I'm not gonna throw a party at her untimely death.

Thank you, Jester. Taking joy in other's pain is kinda sick.

(And yes, Volt, I know you were joking :P )

I'm sorry but anyone that evil is not a human in my book..k thanks..

Reading your comments throughout this thread kind of makes me wonder if you are human.

He's a quote from Falwell out of an ABC article about how much he truly hated on people who didn't agree with his views. "Anyone who commits violence, in any way against gay people or promiscuous heterosexuals or whatever, is not doing it in the name of the Lord."

I dunno maybe I have stricter definitions of evil but I wouldn't consider Falwell it. Misguided? Absolutely. But...I guess I really don't have much nice things to say about him other than "not evil". Now Fred Phelps, that man is evil. Considering how many funerals he has ruined, parties thrown after his demise seem rather justified.

I've got mixed feelings over this. He was a fellow Christian, but at the same time he went about giving us a bad name.

Oh, and when Rosie O'Donnell meets her maker, I have a feeling her legacy is pretty much going to be that every time she spoke the attraction was that it was a trainwreck waiting to happen.

oh trust me I'm not I'm an alien.:lol: I'm quite glad to humans are digusting stink beasts.

The man's gone, so let's have all the controversy he made die with him. Sound good?



Now, let's cheer up...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/BJKROW/tinky.jpg

TINKY WINKY!

The humans around here have convinced me I'm an alien too.

That said, I don't think Falwell was evil. Other than using God to rip off old people.

OK, that was pretty evil, actually. :oops:

So the WBC church who protests at all the Iraq soldiers funerals plan to also protest at Jerry Falwell's funeral.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273340,00

Yeah I read that today (the post on the WBC page...I check it every so often to remind myself that there are wacko fundamentalists in my faith too.). I'm also destined for hell then cause I always have had a problem with the "truth" Westboro Baptist Church "preaches."

Let's not make this religious, even if it's against Phelps and his family. Religion is religion and thus not allowed to be discussed here on the forums.

Actually, I do agree that her death was sadder. I mean, her father was shot by some @^&*(%&^&, her mother died a year or two ago, and now to die at age 50 something... that is bad.

I actually did the Crayon Shin-Chan naked butt dance when I heard the news of Jerry Far-Right's passing. I DO think he is evil, using the name of God and Jesus for evil machievellian schemes. Blaming Sept 11 on Gays and Women who basically don't want to be tied down to the kitchen table and just spit out babies 24/7... that's deeply treasonous in its own right.

I guess these guys hate gays since it's not in fashion to hate blacks anymore... and he did his fair share of that back in the day.

I do feel deeply sorry for his family and friends, but I have no sympathy in any greedy powermad anus who corrupts the beauty of religion for their own political purposes.