Jerry Falwell is dead

Spence · #1 05-15-2007, 12:44 PM

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The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in "gravely serious" condition after being found unconscious today in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said.

Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but he said Falwell "has a history of heart challenges." AP alert: The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died today shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73. "I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast," Godwin said. "He went to his office, I went to mine, and they found him unresponsive."

Godwin said Falwell was receiving emergency care. A hospital spokeswoman said she had "no information to release at this time."

Falwell, a television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority, became the face of the religious right in the 1980s. He later founded the conservative Liberty University and serves as its president.

Falwell survived two serious health scares in early 2005. He was hospitalized for two weeks with what was described as a viral infection, then was hospitalized again a few weeks later after going into respiratory arrest. Later that year, doctors found a 70 percent blockage in an artery, which they opened with stents.

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CNYSkinFan · #2 05-15-2007, 01:07 PM

I have literally typed and erased 20 posts trying to comment on this wihtout wondering whether he is face to face with God right now explaining his actions on Earth...

There I did it again

CarMike · #3 05-15-2007, 01:08 PM

I'm surprised he didn't try to scam another $10 million dollars out of people before he really died.

[he is the one who once said that if he didn't raise $$$ before a certain date, god would take his life, didn't he?]

CNYSkinFan · #4 05-15-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CarMike

I'm surprised he didn't try to scam another $10 million dollars out of people before he really died.

[he is the one who once said that if he didn't raise $$$ before a certain date, god would take his life, didn't he?]

No that was Oral Roberts.

CarMike · #5 05-15-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CNYSkinFan

No that was Oral Roberts.

Well, damn. Sorry for my previous statement.

With that said, i'm always skeptical of TV evangelists.

Thanks for the clarification Dustin.

CNYSkinFan · #6 05-15-2007, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CarMike

Well, damn. Sorry for my previous statement.

With that said, i'm always skeptical of TV evangelists.

Thanks for the clarification Dustin.

Falwell was the dillhole who after 9-11 blamed the attacks on the gays, lesbians, Aclu, abortionists, feminists and of course the pagans.

they say bad things come in threes. Pat robertson and James Dobson...you are up!

akhhorus · #7 05-15-2007, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CNYSkinFan

Falwell was the dillhole who after 9-11 blamed the attacks on the gays, lesbians, Aclu, abortionists, feminists and of course the pagans.

they say bad things come in threes. Pat robertson and James Dobson...you are up!

Wait, they didn't have anything to do with 9/11?

As for Falwell...well, my father put it best: I feel sorry for God today.

thickskin · #8 05-15-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CNYSkinFan

Falwell was the dillhole who after 9-11 blamed the attacks on the gays, lesbians, Aclu, abortionists, feminists and of course the pagans.

they say bad things come in threes. Pat robertson and James Dobson...you are up!

these are bad things?

oral roberts, bob jones, falwell, robertsobn, dobson: 5 reasons why heaven will suck.

fent · #9 05-15-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CNYSkinFan

No that was Oral Roberts.

sounds like it's time for a return of Eli as my avatar

Ibleedburgundy · #10 05-15-2007, 02:36 PM

Sorry he didn't repent and see the light of atheism before he passed.

redskin_rich · #11 05-15-2007, 03:50 PM

There is a little less hate in the world today.

akhhorus · #12 05-17-2007, 01:18 PM

The Phelps Family plans to protest Falwell's funeral:

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"WBC will preach at the memorial service of the corpulent false prophet Jerry Falwell, who spent his entire life prophesying lies and false doctrines like 'God loves everyone,'" reads a posting on Godhatesamerica.com.

The church cites a break with the Calvinist Baptist church as one reason they will attend the funeral in protest.

"Falwell warmly praised Christ-rejecting Jews, pedophile-condoning Catholics, money-grubbing compromisers, practicing fags like Mel White, and backsliders like Billy Graham and Robert Schuler, etc.," the site reads.

Last month, the group released a music video entitled "God Hates the World." Sung to the tune of "We Are the World," the song changes the chorus to: "God hates the world and all her people, you, every one, face a fiery day for your proud sinning. It’s too late to change His mind, you lived out your vain lives, storing up God’s wrath for all eternity."