Jerry Falwell croaks

[MichaelC]

quote:Originally posted by jdb

"gets where he wanted to go..." - heartless bastard now known as MichaelC

I'm just sayin.  "Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya."  

Truly, words to live by, even for zombies.

[tim huntzinger]

Clearly God punished him for all the late-night cheeseburgers.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

A tribute to Jerry:

He was such a fount of religious tolerance.  [}:)] Thanks for the memories, CF.

[jdb]

It's just a few members posting their departing wishes/ opinon's: but someone better chime in one a positive note (Snort!) before the topic is locked and the Org branded a pack of heathens.

Anyone?

Me, I am budding agnostic, jdb

[Conan71]

A drunk man who smelled like beer sat down on a subway seat next to a fundie preacher. The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading.

After a few minutes the man turned to the preacher and asked, "Say, Reverend, what causes heart disease?"

The preacher replied, "It's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, a contempt for your fellow man, sleeping around with prostitutes, and lack of bathing!!!"

The drunk muttered in response, "Well, I'll be damned," then returned to his paper.

The preacher, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. "I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to come on so strong. How long have you had heart disease?"

The drunk answered, "I don't have it, Reverend. I was just reading here that Jerry Falwell does."

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

quote:Originally posted by MichaelC

From MSNBC

quote:LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell — founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the religious right in the 1980s — died Tuesday after being found unconscious in his office, a Liberty University executive said.

Ron Godwin, Liberty's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, had been found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and was taken to Lynchburg General Hospital.

My politics and the Reverend Falwell's politics couldn't be more dissimilar. But unlike these evangelists with the "Seed Faith" gimmicks, and financial and moral improprieties (such as Jimmy Swaggart), he was probably cleaner than most of those high-powered TV preachers.

Doubtful.  Anyone with a 26,000 member congregation, a quasi-PAC and $200mm religious empire is bound to have some dirt under their fingernails.

True. But so far, I haven't heard about any sexual escapades or illicit drug usage; don't know yet about matters of his finances or whatever.

[LisaPeace]

Thanks for the memories, Jerry!

Goodnight, Funnyman!

[MichaelC]

quote:Originally posted by jdb

It's just a few members posting their departing wishes/ opinon's: but someone better chime in one a positive note (Snort!) before the topic is locked and the Org branded a pack of heathens.

He made lots of money, still appeared to have hair, and was apparently a good eater.

Amen.

[jdb]

Whoa!

Look who the devout demise brought out of hiding?

Lease, how's the piece? Jordan driving yet? Planning any barefooted-trips to Hot Springs?


Speaking of, very nice words, Nep. (you able to pull that off completely sober?)

[Breadburner]

I wonder if Larry Flint will attend the services....

[LisaPeace]

quote:Originally posted by jdb

Whoa!

Look who the devout demise brought out of hiding?

Lease, how's the piece? Jordan driving yet? Planning any barefooted-trips to Hot Springs?


Speaking of, very nice words, Nep. (you able to pull that off completely sober?)

I know, it takes news like this for the recovering fundamentalist to come out of lurking mode.

Jordan's great....if the way he drives on XBox is any indication, however, I'm not in any rush to see him do the real thing lol.

[cannon_fodder]

Well, of all people Larry Flint had something nice to say about him:

quote:Upon hearing of his death, Flynt released the following statement to Access Hollywood:

"The Reverend Jerry Falwell and I were arch enemies for fifteen years. We became involved in a lawsuit concerning First Amendment rights and Hustler magazine. Without question, this was my most important battle – the l988 Hustler Magazine, Inc., v. Jerry Falwell case, where after millions of dollars and much deliberation, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in my favor.

My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends. He would visit me in

California and we would debate together on college campuses. I always appreciated his sincerity even though I knew what he was selling and he knew what I was selling.

The most important result of our relationship was the landmark decision from the Supreme Court that made parody protected speech, and the fact that much of what we see on television and hear on the radio today is a direct result of my having won that now famous case which Falwell played such an important role in."

http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah5356.shtml?dst=rss|general_rss

[Townsend]

Wish I'd seen one of those debates

[jdb]

"...I turned to the barender..." - Heathen bastard Teddy


Now you tell us?

What bar you frequent and who else is on your list: Robertson, Manson, Lafortune?

With a red nose buried in the obits, jdb

[USRufnex]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/16/hitchens-slams-falwells-life/

hmmm... guess Christopher Hitchens is not fond of Jerry Falwell... from Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN...

"The empty life of this ugly little charlatan proves only one thing: that you can get away with the most extraordinary offenses to morality and to truth in this country if you will just get yourself called Reverend.

Who would, even at your network, have invited on such a little toad to tell us that the attacks of September the 11th were the result of our sinfulness and were God's punishment if they hadn't got some kind of clerical qualification?

People like that should be out in the street, shouting and hollering with a cardboard sign and selling pencils from a cup."

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"I'm going to repeat what I said before about the Israeli question. It's very important. Jerry Falwell kept saying to his own crowd, yes, you have got to like the Jews, because they can make more money in 10 minutes than you can make in a lifetime. He was always full, as his friends Robertson and Graham are and were, of anti- Semitic innuendo.

Yet, in the most base and hypocritical way, he encouraged the worst elements among Jewry. He got Menachem Begin to give him the Jabotinsky Medal, celebrating an alliance between Christian fundamentalism and Jewish fanaticism that has ruined the chances for peace in the Middle East.

Lots of people are going to die and are already leading miserable lives because of the nonsense preached by this man."