Comments on: How Did Everyone React to Jerry Falwell’s Death?

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:53:20 +0000

As a Christian women, I do find that there is pressure to be a certain way in my circle, which often feels like predjudice or oppression. I don’t agree that Mr. Falwell should be praised for being hateful or predjudice. As I agree that this way of thinking is a bit to narrow and I would argue anti-biblical since Jesus was a great Women’s advocate and loved and healed people who were sick and outcasted from society. However, I refuse to carry a victim’s mentality and harbor negative or unforgiving feelings about someone I have never even met. Just as any abuser or Tyrant would have it, I would then be under his control through my feelings. Instead, I would admit he is a great leader and didn’t apologize for himself, which most great leaders never would. I wish I could be that strong and unapologetic. So I would have to admit too that any disdain for Mr. Falwell would impart be from my own feelings of jelousy as I know I will probably never have that much impact, although brutally self-righteous, and contribution as he did. Further, I think I speak for most Christians when I say, that true Christianity is far removed from hatred and I stand with those who feel mislead from angry people who defame Christians by claiming they are Christians. So if that is the only thing holding you back from embracing the peacful love of Christ, I wouldn’t let a sloppy self-righteous person hold ya back!

In Christ,
Tina

By: valmorian

valmorian — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:29:06 +0000

better for US!

By: diana

diana — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:21:43 +0000

He’s in a better place.

By: Chris Bradley

Chris Bradley — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:51:14 +0000

How do you properly criticize the man who caused so much harm to so many people, while at the same time showing some respect for his family who may not have had much of a choice in the matter and are grieving at the loss of a loved one?

I’m sure his family has people to comfort them. But the fact remains Falwell was a terrible person. In my blog post you linked, you might notice I never mentioned religion. I do not judge Falwell a stinking waste of a human being because he was religions but because he was a racist, classist, sexist, religiously bigoted warmongering stinking waste of a human being. Does it matter if he liked little kids and dogs? He provided material support for . . . how many atrocities? For the apartheid in Palestine, for the current bloody and murderous war in Iraq, for every petty brutal colonial war in America ever waged? And the attacks on minorities, women, non-Christians, civil rights for us all?

I’m not going to do something like Phelps and picket his funeral. I’m not going to invade his family’s life with criticism of Falwell’s hideous life. But . . . the man was as evil as any who lived. We no holding back critics of Falwell are not attempting to intrude into anyone’s private life, so on what grounds should we bother showing respect for him?

You “respect” his family by not intruding on private grief, not by limiting your critique of a criminal’s deeds.

By: stogoe

stogoe — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:43:14 +0000

Well, I’m celebrating that this hateful sack of blood money has breathed his last. But only a little. There’s lots more work to be done. They can’t all live to be 70+ and die peacefully. Some will have to have their Jesus-Bubble purposefully dismantled.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:25:39 +0000

And fourth of all, because celebrating people’s deaths is just plain low.

Anti-nonsense, I’m glad I’m not the only one here who feels that way. We may not liked what he did, he may have been the poster man for anti-tolerance, and hurt a lot of people, but if we don’t like this stuff, then we really shouldn’t return it- even if the man is dead. I think it sets a bad example to curse and spit on a misguided miserable person’s grave and reinforces to his family the he was right, even though he was wrong.

It sounds like we both think a like in that respect.

By: Nance Confer

Nance Confer — Wed, 16 May 2007 13:36:37 +0000

Not a tear was shed here.

Nance

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li — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:07:03 +0000

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By: John the Atheist

John the Atheist — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:29:57 +0000

I would be a hypocrite if I said I like the guy. Farwell is a good example of the intollerance produce by too much religious conviction. Big deal! So he's dead, what about it. There are still a lot of intollerant, religious fanatic out there that is a real danger to society. Farwell is just a tip of the iceberg. Oh and by the way, I am very glad to find this site. It is very interesting and I would like to ask the permission of the owner that I place this site as a recomemded list. Mabuhay Pinoy Atheist

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 16 May 2007 06:35:16 +0000

Falwell did an excellent job of showing us — in full SurroundSound — just how ignorant, bigoted and small-minded the majority of Christian fundamentalists are. Virtually every time he opened his mouth, another inane, faith-based bit of garbage came forth — allowing the rest of America to see the true colors of the rabid fundie right.

For that I will thank him.
RIP, Jerry. Bummer about that heaven thing, eh?