A TRIBUTE To Jerry Falwell, may he Rest In Peace

[berni_mccoy]

In his own words:

He hated America
"I sincerely believe that the collective efforts of many secularists during the past generation, resulting in the expulsion from our schools and from the public square, has left us vulnerable."

"There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and raped the churches by misinterpreting what the Founders had in mind in the First Amendment to the Constitution."

“AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals”

“God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve”

He hated Jews but loved to use them
"The Jews are returning to their land of unbelief. They are spiritually blind and desperately in need of their Messiah and Savior."

“If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being”

“I believe that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God”

“The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews”

He hated Women
“It appears that America's anti-Biblical feminist movement is at last dying, thank God, and is possibly being replaced by a Christ-centered men's movement which may become the foundation for a desperately needed national spiritual awakening”

“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.'” (regarding 9/11)

"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them."

He really hated Homosexuals

“Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.”

“(homosexuals are) brute beasts...part of a vile and satanic system will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven.”

He hated the Truth
“I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws”

“The whole (global warming) thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability”

“Textbooks are Soviet propaganda”

“Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions”

RIP Rev. Falwell.

[Solly Mack]

1. and they need to cement his grave to make sure he does

stay at rest...

[Breeze54]

15. Put a stake through his heart to be sure!

[Solly Mack]

16. You can never be too careful

[Madspirit]

42. Yes!

Or else he might rise again.

No wait, Vampires are much cooler and sexier than Jerry Falwell. ...and much less Evil.

What is worse? Flesh-eating Zombie?

In all of Romano's "Dead" flicks, don't you have to cut off/shoot off their heads? Sounds good.

Lee

[Forkboy]

52. Yep...seal it up the Chernobyl reactor.

:)

[donco6]

2. Great post. k/r

[rpannier]

3. good bye

Hopefully he finds comfort in the afterlife.

I have a feeling he's quite shocked right now.

[montanto]

35. !!

:spray:

[Mabus]

4. He was a radical American cleric

who preached hate when he spoke from his heart. It is little wonder that he has received the same in response to his passing.

I do not mourn him. I mourn the hate he left behind in the hearts and minds of his followers.

[file83]

7. If Falwell lived in Afghanistan, he would have been preaching from a cave with an AK-47

by his side. His sermons would have been distributed on grainy video tapes by "terrorist networks" with the goal of creating hatred towards Americans.

I guess the only difference between that and the American Falwell is the cave and AK-47.

[Mabus]

22. Radical clerics who preach hate are to be feared

no matter what religion they misuse while doing it.

Yes, he would have been preaching from a cave and. I believe, with more than just an AK-47. The scary part about that is: If he were in Afghanistan imagine the glee he would have felt knowing he could do more than just denounce them. In some areas he would have been able to have them round and executed.

[ComerPerro]

31. not likely. Mostly because he is too much of a chickenshit, LOL

[Mabus]

38. That's not to say he'd use the AK-47

Yep, he was a chickenshit but he'd have an AK-47 as a prop to rally his followers. He'd never get his own hands dirty. Rather he would have others do his bidding, but believe me, he'd want to watch.

[WildEyedLiberal]

14. "radical American cleric"

Yes, he was, the exact mirror image of the radical hate-filled mullahs the rightwing loves to demonize. Oh yes the rightwing hates vituperative, intolerant, violent religious fundamentalists - unless they're "Christian" and donate money to the Republican party, then they're men of God.

There is no principle, honor, or honesty in conservatism. The entire worldwide movement, from radical Islam to radical Christianity is a festering pustule of corruption, hypocrisy, lies, hate, and schism. May they reap exactly what they have sown.

[Mabus]

24. Well said

Any time a cleric uses their religion to spew hatred and to blame others you know they are a radical, zealot who has lost touch with reality.

The sad part about reaping what they sow is the effect it has their children. It is one thing when an adult is stupid enough to believe in the hatred, it is another when they indoctrinate their children into the same type of thinking.

[Madspirit]

45. What WildEyedLiberal Said...n/t

[NashVegas]

5. Falwell Was So, So BAD For America

Falwell rose to power in tandem with Ronald Reagan. It was Falwell's Moral Majority that helped Reagan get elected, and in return he rose to power and prominence. Politicians who were elected by American citizens kissed Falwell's pinky ring, although he himself was never elected to anything representing American interests.

He set about helping the Republicans divide our country along partisan lines and he did it for his own, secular, power.

Jerry Falwell was bad for America.

May he rest in peace.

[calteacherguy]

6. The world is a better and less hateful place today. nt

[chaplainM]

8. He hated science

"I will continue to stand against the evolutionary and secularist tides by proclaiming that God spoke the heavens and the earth into existence in six literal days."

[Rick Myers]

9. Don't worry, he's not eligilbe for The Rapture!!!

At the moment he's being sodomized by Satan's minions.

:sarcasm:

[ComerPerro]

32. he must have really pissed God off, because he wasn't allowed to live to see Jesus come back

[KG]

10. but, y''know, let's not speak ill of him.

cause that'll make us 'as bad as he was'. :eyes:

[berni_mccoy]

11. I made sure not to speak ill of him. That would be in bad taste.

[nadinbrzezinski]

50. This is NOT speaking ill of him

nowhere in that post there is hate for him the individual, but a summary of his ideas in his own words

Can you see the difference?

[RC]

12. His last conscience thought was joy that he was going to meet God.

Then the most horrible panic and total blackness as the light faded - forever and ever.

[dorkulon]

13. Wait--genetics cause adultery & dishonesty? (nt)

[berni_mccoy]

19. Obviously, genetics do not *cause* those things

But there is a correlation of homosexuality with genes. He's obviously clouding the issue by bringing up a point that has truth to it with others that plainly do not.

And there is an entire field of behavioral genetics.

Promiscuity is a geneticly influenced behavior and could lead one to cloud the issue by saying scientist claim genes cause adultery (which is not true). But promiscuity is a breeding strategy influenced by genes (and evolution) that is documented in many species of animals.

[Madspirit]

43. The Point

Lesbian here. I think of gayness much like left-handedness, except much deeper and actually and coincidentally perhaps, more gays are left-handed than the average. Aside from that, the point is, it's irrelevant. The purpose Jerry Falwell had in saying there is nothing innate about gayness, was so he could call it a character flaw or evil behavior, rather than just another way of being.
Lee

[chaplainM]

17. He hated Jefferson

...who wrote, "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must approve the homage of reason rather than of blindfolded fear. Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences. If it end in a belief that there is no God, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise and in the love of others it will procure for you."

[Quixote1818]

18. He also hated MLKJr.

He probably hated Black People.

[Moochy]

26. Funny some poster today kept tellling me to read MLKJr

in reference to loving thy enemy etc... and not spreading hate around blah blah.kumbaya.

[Bluerthanblue]

41. yeah, blah blah blah...

kumbaya screw MLKjr- eh???

it's really funny-

He didn't know squat about suffering, prejudice and oppression did he-
And his way of fighting for change didn't work worth crap-

:sarcasm:

what garbage.

:crazy:

[Kurovski]

40. He supported Apartheid.

Born and raised in America's segregated South, Falwell preached that racial segregation was the Lord's will, but dropped such overt racism from his perspective when it became unpopular to say such things aloud. Still, from his pulpit Falwell supported South African apartheid, and opposed Nelson Mandela's release from prison.

http://www.nndb.com/people/558/000022492/

[Madspirit]

44. Of Course He Supported Apartheid

I forgot to bring that to the front of my rants about him. Thanks for reminding me and hey, now maybe people will quit maligning us for not pretending he was a decent fellow just because he's belly up.

Lee

[Raine]

20. He won't get much rest

he'll be kept busy stoking the fires of hell. :grr:

[Raine]

21. For those who loved him I'm sorry for their pain

and that they're hurting but for the rest of us I'm glad he's gone.

[WillyT]

23. "Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them."

No wonder Republicans and Evangelists need all that money.

:evilgrin:

[mzmolly]

25. I feel literally nauseated reading the quotes.

Ugh. Indeed, I'm glad he's "at rest," resting that big hateful mouth of his for eternity.

[LibertyorDeath]

27. Thanx berni well done

In his own words:

One sick twisted individual....

[pnorman]

28. I'm listening to Randi Rhodes right now.

(XM-Air America, rebroadcast). She is sure giving him HELL!! {He's down there right now, and looking up at us").

pnorman

[hunter]

30. So if I'm wearing a skirt, kilt, whatever...

... and he's down there looking up... should I wear my underwear or not?

Which will be the greater torment for him? Imagining what's there, or seeing it uncovered?

[rodeodance]

29. and Repug candidates run to speak at his University!

[Vidar]

33. Well done. His own words condemn him eloquently.

[GeorgeGist]

34. It's too early to celebrate the end of Falwell's ...

legacy on earth; but not too early to celebrate Falwell's onetime soul being free of him.

[iamahaingttta]

36. Reverend, what the hell were you talking about?

"There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and raped the churches by misinterpreting what the Founders had in mind in the First Amendment to the Constitution."

Raped? What are you talking about, raped? What was your obsession rape, Reverend?


“God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve”

Then I guess you DESERVED being raped, Reverend? Is that right?


“If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being”

Reverend, I never have been and never will be a born-again anything, and why does that make me a failure as a human being? What does that mean, anyway, to be a failure as a human being? I treat puppies and old people very nicely, and have a large circle of friends and family who I love and who love me. Is there really any other measure of "success" than that?

"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them."

Is that how you viewed your wife Macel, Reverend? Was she simply a prostitute there for your pleasure? Is that how you taught your two sons, Jerry Jr. and Jonathan to view their wives? Is your daughter, Jeannie, the surgeon, simply a prostitute for her husband? Reverend?

“(homosexuals are) brute beasts...part of a vile and satanic system that will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven.”

So my gay friends Doug and Dave are satanists? The two sweetest, gentlest people on the planet are vile and heaven will celebrate their annihilation? Not Doug and Dave! They love everybody! They are the pure embodiment of what should be Christian "love thy neighbor!" They wouldn't hurt a fly, and they probably wouldn't even say anything bad about you, Reverend... wait a second... let's find out... (calls Doug on the phone)

Sorry to disappoint you, Reverend, but Doug says that you spent your life on a misguided mission, and hopefully your Jesus will forgive you. Oh, he also sends his condolences to your family. He's SUCH an evil man!!!


“I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws”

Why did you always have to "blame" things on things? Why couldn't you simply try to "understand" things? See them as they are? Did "blame" help to increase your revenues?


“The whole (global warming) thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability”

What the hell does that mean, Reverend? I "believe" in global warming, but why would I want to destroy my comfortable lifestyle by bringing down the free enterprise system? I've got nothing against people making money, Reverend, as long as they do it responsibly! Is that really so difficult to understand?


“Textbooks are Soviet propaganda”

Yeah, whatever!


“Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions”

Aaaahhh!!! Now I get it!

[opihimoimoi]

37. He hated Reason, Sanity, Logic, Compassion, Truth, Altruism, and benevolency...

Embraced Bigotry and Wealth...he was a Brainwasher too.

[L. Coyote]

39. PLease help add to this tribute to the legacy of his ilk. "Buffalo Jump to Hell"

No one person can accomplish the task of ammassing all the scandals
of this miserable bunch of neocons and their puppets. Your help is needed.

Yesterday was a GREAT DAY for Falwell TO DIE. Or, the Buffalo Jump to Hell.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x899312

[Swamp Rat]

46. Now that one of America's most baneful and malevolent Mullahs is dead, may we find some peace.

[orleans]

47. may he writhe in agony forever for what he did to the people of this country n/t

[Erika]

48. His Liberty University needs to be known as the joke it is

Founded by a bigot.

[nadinbrzezinski]

49. I like this

exppsing his hateful ideology

I will remind you though, he is gone but his followers ain't

Dominionists will be with us for years to come

[Raine]

51. I need say nothing hateful about Falwell

his own words do the job by proving what kind of human being he truly was. x(

Edit: for clarity