Jerry Falwell dies at 73.

[xAkirax2004]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/jerry.falwell.ap/index.html

Pardon me for being mildly rude, but good riddance.

 

[Swift]

Amazing, I'm not saying the guy was a saint or even that I liked him but "good riddance". That makes it sound like he was a murderer, rapist, child molester or something along those lines.

 

[YSSMAN]

I didn't really like him either. To be honest, and I'm sure he was a nice guy with good intentions, but he really gave Christianity a bad name here in the US (maybe even worldwide), and furthermore, was one of those attachments to the conservative movement that many conservatives didn't want.

Certainly, it is sad that he has passed, and I think we'll see evidence of that tonight at the Republican Debate. And certainly so, depending on what part of the conservative movement you're in, it will be as bad as when Regan died.

I'll survive. But thats because I'm only conservative for economic and defense reasons...

 

[Delirious]

Everyone should know my convictions on morality, and what he stood for in this world I believe made a huge difference for all that I hold to be truth. I know some people didn't like him and just like all humans, we make mistakes. Whether you are for him or against him, he has made a moral impact to the US that if he were not alive, the nation would be different than it is now (IMO for the worse)

R.I.P. I won't be making anymore replies here so don't bother trying to pick a fight with me and my beliefs.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/05/falwell_will_be_remembered_for.php For anyone who cares to know what he did

 

[FoolKiller]

Amazing, I'm not saying the guy was a saint or even that I liked him but "good riddance". That makes it sound like he was a murderer, rapist, child molester or something along those lines.

I have to agree. The guy had some extremist Christian views and could sometimes give Christians a bad name, but he hardly did anything to create harm in society. "Good riddance" is uncalled for.

I wish his friends and family well.

 

[Pupik]

NPR said an hour ago that he's had a profound effect on modern-day politics. And they're right, he did, I won't deny that.

However, his post-9/11 comments and irrational fear of Teletubbies were so bat-guano-stupid and misinformed that I'm not exactly going to lose sleep over his passing.

 

[Solid Lifters]

NPR said an hour ago that he's had a profound effect on modern-day politics. And they're right, he did, I won't deny that.

However, his post-9/11 comments and irrational fear of Teletubbies were so bat-guano-stupid and misinformed that I'm not exactly going to lose sleep over his passing.

Same here. Didn't care if he lived or died. The man was too ridiculous for me to care.

 

[Delirious]

Funny how the media showed a ton of footage/time of Anna Nicole Smith...yet not much on current media I've seen anyhow about Jerry Falwell...

Compare the character of Jerry to Anna and their "contributions" to our land.

Why is this? Can someone explain this to me? What am I missing?

 

[Gonz013]

He may have done some good things, but that doesn't excuse the fact that his words helped to spread ignorance, fear and hate.

One less fundamentalist/ extremist in the world is a good thing.

 

[Swift]

He may have done some good things, but that doesn't excuse the fact that his words helped to spread ignorance, fear and hate.

One less fundamentalist/ extremist in the world is a good thing.

How could his words spread ignorance? That doesn't make any sense. And no, he didn't spread hate. The only "fear" he tried to spread was the fear of God. OF course, all christians try to spread that.

This guy wasn't hitler. He wasn't even Farakahan that called hitler great. Granted, his deliver needed some polish, so what? Oh, he was a fundamentalist so he's automatically bad? I forgot that's how things work.

I don't agree with everything he said but that doesn't make him evil or bad for society. It means we disagreed. Since when is a disagreement with someone classify them as bad/evil when they have done no crime?

 

[Gonz013]

How could his words spread ignorance? That doesn't make any sense. And no, he didn't spread hate. The only "fear" he tried to spread was the fear of God. OF course, all christians try to spread that.

This guy wasn't hitler. He wasn't even Farakahan that called hitler great. Granted, his deliver needed some polish, so what? Oh, he was a fundamentalist so he's automatically bad? I forgot that's how things work.

I don't agree with everything he said but that doesn't make him evil or bad for society. It means we disagreed. Since when is a disagreement with someone classify them as bad/evil when they have done no crime?

In answer to your questions, here are just a couple of many quotes that illustrate my point of view:

Spreading hate for others:
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" (referring to the 9/11 attacks in NY)

Spreading Ignorance:
"I therefore believe that that created an environment which possibly has caused God to lift the veil of protection which has allowed no one to attack America on our soil since 1812,"
This is dumbing down of the state of the world to the extreme. Anyone that believes that the US (or any other place in the world) is great by the will of God is just as much a fool as a radical claiming that the US is a cesspool of evil.

And to quote someone else that has already summarised it better that I:
"The terrible tragedy that has befallen our nation, and indeed the entire global community, is the sad byproduct of fanaticism. It has its roots in the same fanaticism that enables people like Jerry Falwell to preach hate against those who do not think, live, or love in the exact same way he does,"

A fanatic is a fanatic, no matter what colour they are, where they live, or what religion they preach.

note: quotes taken from CNN

 

[Swift]

In answer to your questions, here are just a couple of many quotes that illustrate my point of view:

Spreading hate for others:
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" (referring to the 9/11 attacks in NY)

That sounds like Bill Clinton to me.

Spreading Ignorance:
"I therefore believe that that created an environment which possibly has caused God to lift the veil of protection which has allowed no one to attack America on our soil since 1812,"
This is dumbing down of the state of the world to the extreme. Anyone that believes that the US (or any other place in the world) is great by the will of God is just as much a fool as a radical claiming that the US is a cesspool of evil.

I guess I'm a huge fool then.

And to quote someone else that has already summarised it better that I:
"The terrible tragedy that has befallen our nation, and indeed the entire global community, is the sad byproduct of fanaticism. It has its roots in the same fanaticism that enables people like Jerry Falwell to preach hate against those who do not think, live, or love in the exact same way he does,"

A fanatic is a fanatic, no matter what colour they are, where they live, or what religion they preach.

note: quotes taken from CNN

Again, I don't defend him as my best friend. But at the same time, he's not a criminal or even an accused criminal. So I don't understand peoples venom towards him. It's not like he was an elected official or something using up tax money.