Jerry Falwell Dead - The Orange Mane

DomCasual · 05-15-2007, 01:49 PM

He's always been controversial. If a religious guy had to die, I wish it would have been that crazyass that pickets soldiers' funerals.

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

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (AP) -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell has died, a Liberty University executive said Tuesday. He was 73.

Earlier, the executive said Falwell was hospitalized in "gravely serious" condition after being found unconscious in his office.

Ron Godwin, the executive vice president of Falwell's Liberty University, said Falwell 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 has a history of heart challenges."

"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."

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 hospitalized again a few weeks later after going into respiratory arrest.

Atlas · 05-15-2007, 02:33 PM

Adios to another American crook. Props to him he was good at what he did and he became a milionaire. Hell, I'd do it if I could.

Crushaholic · 05-15-2007, 02:34 PM

wow...RIP Jerry Falwell...

sirhcyennek81 · 05-15-2007, 02:38 PM

ok.

scttgrd · 05-15-2007, 02:45 PM

Here is a bit of info just to get an idea of what kind of person he was before we get all misty eyed over his passing. Not to speak ill of the dead but lets remember him for his deeds in life.

per wiki:

"In the 1980s Jerry Falwell was an outspoken supporter of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. When president PW Botha was elected President by the White South African minority, Reverend Falwell went to South Africa and made statements supporting the government there and urging American Christians to buy Krugerrands, a coin issued by the South African Government[4]. He drew the ire of many when he called Nobel Peace Prize winner and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu a phony. He later apologized for that remark and claimed that he had misspoken"

More Jerry gems,

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

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

“The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.”

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

“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'd say he spoke for himself very well.

Smiling Assassin27 · 05-15-2007, 02:45 PM

May God have mercy on his soul.

TailgateNut · 05-15-2007, 03:05 PM

Adios!

DomCasual · 05-15-2007, 03:18 PM

I don't think anyone was getting weepy. I know a few people that went to Liberty University, which is the only way I know much about Falwell. He dislikes Mormons almost as much as he dislikes homosexuals - we're all going to the same hell, in his eyes. He seems to have been an equal-opportunity condemner.

I guess sirhcyennek81 and I can be neighbors.

-Slap- · 05-15-2007, 03:23 PM

I think I'll spend some time out by the pool this weekend.

BroncoInferno · 05-15-2007, 03:30 PM

If there is a hell, hopefully, Satan tossed Falwell into a cell with Dahmer. Don't drop the soap, Jer.

Bronco_Beerslug · 05-15-2007, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by -Slap-

I think I'll spend some time out by the pool this weekend.

Might be staying at Bellagios over the holiday, maybe I'll join you then

RkyMtnThunder · 05-15-2007, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomCasual

I don't think anyone was getting weepy. I know a few people that went to Liberty University, which is the only way I know much about Falwell. He dislikes Mormons almost as much as he dislikes homosexuals - we're all going to the same hell, in his eyes. He seems to have been an equal-opportunity condemner.

I guess sirhcyennek81 and I can be neighbors.

Well his day of judgment has arrived...

epicSocialism4tw · 05-15-2007, 03:33 PM

Wow...how many classless remarks can we fit into one thread? I think we'll find out soon.

Rohirrim · 05-15-2007, 03:35 PM

I think I have a rash.

RkyMtnThunder · 05-15-2007, 03:36 PM

And here come the morality police!

Smiling Assassin27 · 05-15-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RkyMtnThunder

And here come the morality police!

nobody's claiming you can't be classless. but i agree--that people would take their shot at kicking a corpse when he's down is lacking in restraint and in class.

BroncoInferno · 05-15-2007, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smiling Assassin27

nobody's claiming you can't be classless. but i agree--that people would take their shot at kicking a corpse when he's down is lacking in restraint and in class.

Falwell was a bigoted creep. Hopefully, the morgue will accidentally cremate him so he can't be reunited with his body at rapture.

RkyMtnThunder · 05-15-2007, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smiling Assassin27

nobody's claiming you can't be classless. but i agree--that people would take their shot at kicking a corpse when he's down is lacking in restraint and in class.

Hey morality police - judge not lest ye be....

you should know better than I right - at least, thats the angle you take!

PS - I have had thrown my jabs at the man when he was alive. Now that he is gone, I mention that HIS own day of judgment has arrived after spending a life judging others. And somehow I (or anyone else who isnt in tears over this) is lacking class?

BroncoInferno · 05-15-2007, 03:47 PM

We've got the Moral Majority coming in here defending a guy who blamed 9/11 on gays and feminism. You fellas sure know how to pick a worthy cause.

scttgrd · 05-15-2007, 03:49 PM

He had a full lifetime to forge his legacy and chose to be a voice for intolerance and bigotry. How else should he be remembered? Are we supposed to lie or simply forget who he was and what he was all about?

Swedish Extrovert · 05-15-2007, 03:50 PM

BEAUTIFUL what glorious news that this gluttonous waste of life will be wasting life and oxygen no more.

Good riddance, and may he burn in hell (since he so vehemently believed in the concept).

Its a great day this piece of **** is dead.

Swedish Extrovert · 05-15-2007, 03:51 PM

Where's his grave gonna be, so I can take a **** on it?

It's kinda funny actually. Today at work I was in a debate over weather or not Christian education was superior. I used Brigham Young and Liberty University as examples of how they are "elite" schools despite the fact that they will accept almost anybody who professes their fascist dogma.

Then I compaired - science forgive me - Kent Hovind's (THE apex voice on creationism) to Richard Dawkins' (THE apex voice on Darwinism) education as an example.

Funny Christians...

RkyMtnThunder · 05-15-2007, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BroncoInferno

We've got the Moral Majority coming in here defending a guy who blamed 9/11 on gays and feminism. You fellas sure know how to pick a worthy cause.

Bigotry and intolerance are virtues of the holy!

Didnt you get the memo?

Yeah, me neither.

HorseHead · 05-15-2007, 03:53 PM

I think the country will mourn over Barbaro more than this hump....

TailgateNut · 05-15-2007, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomCasual

I know a few people that went to Liberty University,

I guess sirhcyennek81 and I can be neighbors.

Isn't that the same "university" where Bush got many of his "overqualified" cabinet.

05-15-2007, 01:49 PM	#1
DomCasual The Dude abides. Shameless Homer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cocytus Posts: 13,167 Adopt-a-Bronco: Gus Frerotte	Jerry Falwell Dead He's always been controversial. If a religious guy had to die, I wish it would have been that crazyass that pickets soldiers' funerals. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/jer....ap/index.html LYNCHBURG, Virginia (AP) -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell has died, a Liberty University executive said Tuesday. He was 73. Earlier, the executive said Falwell was hospitalized in "gravely serious" condition after being found unconscious in his office. Ron Godwin, the executive vice president of Falwell's Liberty University, said Falwell 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 has a history of heart challenges." "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." 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 hospitalized again a few weeks later after going into respiratory arrest.

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Swedish Extrovert President of the Universe Formerly known as mightysmurf Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Highlands Ranch Posts: 14,945 Adopt-a-Bronco: Joel Dreesen	Where's his grave gonna be, so I can take a **** on it? It's kinda funny actually. Today at work I was in a debate over weather or not Christian education was superior. I used Brigham Young and Liberty University as examples of how they are "elite" schools despite the fact that they will accept almost anybody who professes their fascist dogma. Then I compaired - science forgive me - Kent Hovind's (THE apex voice on creationism) to Richard Dawkins' (THE apex voice on Darwinism) education as an example. Funny Christians... Last edited by Swedish Extrovert; 05-15-2007 at 03:56 PM..

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05-15-2007, 02:33 PM	#2
Atlas Draft Defense Early&Often Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18,526	Adios to another American crook. Props to him he was good at what he did and he became a milionaire. Hell, I'd do it if I could.

05-15-2007, 02:34 PM	#3
Crushaholic Armchair Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 22,043	wow...RIP Jerry Falwell...

05-15-2007, 02:38 PM	#4
sirhcyennek81 Yes...swooping is bad... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florence, Colorado Posts: 20,673 Adopt-a-Bronco: All of them.	ok.

05-15-2007, 02:45 PM	#5
scttgrd Just treading water Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Aurora Posts: 1,288 Adopt-a-Bronco: Brandon Mashall	Here is a bit of info just to get an idea of what kind of person he was before we get all misty eyed over his passing. Not to speak ill of the dead but lets remember him for his deeds in life. per wiki: "In the 1980s Jerry Falwell was an outspoken supporter of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. When president PW Botha was elected President by the White South African minority, Reverend Falwell went to South Africa and made statements supporting the government there and urging American Christians to buy Krugerrands, a coin issued by the South African Government[4]. He drew the ire of many when he called Nobel Peace Prize winner and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu a phony. He later apologized for that remark and claimed that he had misspoken" More Jerry gems, “Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.” “AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.” “The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.” “If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.” “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'd say he spoke for himself very well.

05-15-2007, 02:45 PM	#6
Smiling Assassin27 STOP! KIPER TIME! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 10,970 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	May God have mercy on his soul.

05-15-2007, 03:05 PM	#7
TailgateNut Bleedin' orange! .......as much as tebonites Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mile High Posts: 20,018 Adopt-a-Bronco: Howard Griffith	Adios!

05-15-2007, 03:18 PM	#8
DomCasual The Dude abides. Shameless Homer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cocytus Posts: 13,167 Adopt-a-Bronco: Gus Frerotte	I don't think anyone was getting weepy. I know a few people that went to Liberty University, which is the only way I know much about Falwell. He dislikes Mormons almost as much as he dislikes homosexuals - we're all going to the same hell, in his eyes. He seems to have been an equal-opportunity condemner. I guess sirhcyennek81 and I can be neighbors.

05-15-2007, 03:23 PM	#9
-Slap- Ring of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 31,895	I think I'll spend some time out by the pool this weekend.

05-15-2007, 03:30 PM	#10
BroncoInferno Ring of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Carolina Posts: 12,999	If there is a hell, hopefully, Satan tossed Falwell into a cell with Dahmer. Don't drop the soap, Jer.

05-15-2007, 03:33 PM	#13
epicSocialism4tw Tebowing the long haul all the way to the title Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TX, USA Posts: 37,072 Adopt-a-Bronco: Champ Bailey	Wow...how many classless remarks can we fit into one thread? I think we'll find out soon.

05-15-2007, 03:35 PM	#14
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,833	I think I have a rash.

05-15-2007, 03:36 PM	#15
RkyMtnThunder Perennial Pro-bowler New to the Forum Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 899 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	And here come the morality police!

05-15-2007, 03:47 PM	#19
BroncoInferno Ring of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Carolina Posts: 12,999	We've got the Moral Majority coming in here defending a guy who blamed 9/11 on gays and feminism. You fellas sure know how to pick a worthy cause.

05-15-2007, 03:49 PM	#20
scttgrd Just treading water Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Aurora Posts: 1,288 Adopt-a-Bronco: Brandon Mashall	He had a full lifetime to forge his legacy and chose to be a voice for intolerance and bigotry. How else should he be remembered? Are we supposed to lie or simply forget who he was and what he was all about?

05-15-2007, 03:50 PM	#21
Swedish Extrovert President of the Universe Formerly known as mightysmurf Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Highlands Ranch Posts: 14,945 Adopt-a-Bronco: Joel Dreesen	BEAUTIFUL what glorious news that this gluttonous waste of life will be wasting life and oxygen no more. Good riddance, and may he burn in hell (since he so vehemently believed in the concept). Its a great day this piece of **** is dead.

05-15-2007, 03:53 PM	#24
HorseHead Ring of Famer Stay thirsty my friends.. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,211 Adopt-a-Bronco: Bay Bay	I think the country will mourn over Barbaro more than this hump....