Jerry Falwell, Architect of Religious Right, Dies at 73
Liberty University founder mobilized social conservatives in politics.
David Mark and Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | posted 5/15/2007 03:46PM
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Give Me Shelter (Now Workers) | "The devil appears again in the Trade Center smoke, Falwell tries another apology, and bin Laden's Abu Sayaaf connection." (September 17, 2001)
America on the Offensive | The world joins in prayer—and in attacking Jerry Falwell. (September 2001)
I'd Do It All Again | Jerry Falwell is pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church and chancellor of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded the Moral Majority in 1979 and closed it down in 1989. (Jerry Falwell, September 6, 1999)
Is the Religious Right Finished? | Responses to the call of Ed Dobson and Cal Thomas for "some sort of quarantine." (Paul Weyrich, James Dobson, Cal Thomas, Ralph Reed, Jerry Falwell, Don Eberly, and Charles Colson, September 6, 1999)
Making Radio Waves | Christian talk radio's high-wireless act is soaring. But without strong accountability structures, it could lose its balance. (August 15, 1994)
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I had met Dr Falwell several times. Sure periodically he might have done and said things that he regretted, but honestly, how many of us had done that? He was usually quick to apologize. Again, realizing that he spoke more than the majority of leaders and that at every school convocation he spoke at there were members of the press there, how many of us could remain Biblical and not either get misquoted or simply misspeak? His actual Biblical teaching was solid and he strongly urged people to think, to research and then to act. This article was one of the better researched articles and I am grateful that you are quoting sources. Most of the other writers on Falwell's passing are lacking or misquoting a number of facts.
Chris
Posted: May 16, 2007 8:02 AM
This was a pretty fair and balanced eulogy of Falwell, for lack of a better term. The author did their best to remain neutral and just present the facts in the way in which they occured. I never really agreed with Falwell's politics, and feel that him as well as many other evangelicals often speak first and think later about what end up being infamous sound bites that are played over and over again in the media. At least they're attempting to stand up for what's right, and aren't afraid to do it, which is a lot more than most people are doing.
Quite honestly, if Falwell hadn't motivated the Christian Right; someone else would have. We have a separation of Church and State in America up to an extent - I mean this land is founded on Puritanical values. They have some honest points, and then again they tend to motivate voters out of fear of moral apathy and indifference, which isn't right either ...
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jd
Posted: May 16, 2007 7:01 AM
Yes the man said some disturbing things. I met him numerous times in yrs. past. Especially when involved with baily smith conferences. The man was genuine. Bold. Those saying "hateful" comments should examine themselves. One thing to disagree & another to judge. Media did not show/tell everything.
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