Jerry Falwell Dead at 73
May. 15th, 2007 11:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreThe Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73.
I'm sorry, but I cannot, will not, mourn the passing of a man who dedicated his life to destroying civil liberties, establishing one-religion rule in America, and was a complete, howling hypocrite. Jerry Falwell was not a Christian. He was a bigoted, power-hungry, monster who used religion the way Hitler used German nationalism.
In a way, I almost wish I was a theist. Then my image of Jerry getting a very rude shock right about now would have more meat to it.
I'm sorry, but I cannot, will not, mourn the passing of a man who dedicated his life to destroying civil liberties, establishing one-religion rule in America, and was a complete, howling hypocrite. Jerry Falwell was not a Christian. He was a bigoted, power-hungry, monster who used religion the way Hitler used German nationalism.
In a way, I almost wish I was a theist. Then my image of Jerry getting a very rude shock right about now would have more meat to it.
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Date: 15 May 2007 18:20 (UTC)HTH
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From: (Anonymous) - Date: 15 May 2007 23:43 (UTC) - ExpandThis oughta be interesting
Date: 16 May 2007 00:22 (UTC)I'm not sure whether it's happening right now, or tomorrow. I need to go back & read the article.
BTW: I'm (Fred) the "anonymous" who commented about H&H, above.