Jerry Falwell, RIP.
Breaking news story out on CBN:
"The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built 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."
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/158097.aspx
As founder of the Moral Majority and force behind the "religious right," Falwell has surely pushed back and impeded the forces of Village Atheists everywhere.
I suspect his death will be treated by both the Right and the Left as a landmark for the future of American religion.
May God rest his long-embattled but victorious soul.
"The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built 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."
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/158097.aspx
As founder of the Moral Majority and force behind the "religious right," Falwell has surely pushed back and impeded the forces of Village Atheists everywhere.
I suspect his death will be treated by both the Right and the Left as a landmark for the future of American religion.
May God rest his long-embattled but victorious soul.
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Oh, I thought you might like this "Prayer" I wrote over at RichardDawkins.net:
Dear Lord,
Let me first start off by thanking you for killing Jerry Falwell. I'm sure if you're a just God like Christians say, that glutton is roasting in a lake of fire right now trying to slurp the gravy from his own melting fat. Frankly, I was a little disappointed it took you so long, but I understand your ways are mysterious, blah, blah, blah.
I know from the Bible that you're really good at killing, from torturing little children with cancer to smiting entire cities because you saw some homos kissing. Now you have the opportunity to go on a roll with another killing spree. So I pray to you to kill the following people ASAP followed by hell with knashing of teeth etc. etc. You know the drill Babe.
G. W. Bush: Please don't make a martyr out of him by having him assassinated. I would like him to die on the toilet like Elvis slumped over in his own vomit. Maybe you could make his balls explode or something. No, even better, have Cheney shoot him and then kill himself.
Pat Robertson: Just kill him and get it over with - you're already way too late.
All the other TV preachers.
My next door neighbor with the 6 dogs that bark all night. If you don't do it, I will.
If you can deliver on this prayer within 90 days I will believe in You.
Praise Jesus and Santa, blah, blah, blah - you know the rest.
Amen.
He was full of vitriol for anyone who did not believe in his religion or thought differently. He began his career as a racist and died trying to institute a theocracy. While I would never wish death on anybody, I do think the world is a safer place without him.
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