Warren,

I appreciate your peice.

I am certain that Saddam has people who would say similar things about him. So would Hitler as would Mother Theressa.

We are just people. The tendancy to pegion hole individuals takes away from the truth of how we are capable of making the same choices as they did circumstances allowing.

"yes, that Larry Flint"

you mean, as opposed to Larry Flynt?

I feel, people should really know who he was in life, nothing but a hateful, BASTARD.

"In my country, where I come from...." (trade mark phrase)

We would say:
You Sir are nothing but a "tub of goat crap, loved by the flies"

Jerry Falwell had only one God-the Almighty dollar, and spread controversy as a means of publicity toward that end.

Falwell may not have been a hateful man, but he inspired and encouraged it. He gave simple country folk who felt no place in life, the ability to feel superior to others because they were "saved" by Jerry.

This tradition of sainting cannonizing anyone who dies needs to come to a stop in our culture.

If Jerry is in heaven, it's only because the Devil was afraid Falwell would take over Hell if he were let in.

I'm sure even vipers have good days; so it is with Jerry Falwell. Good riddance.

I met Jerry. Actually found him quite the funny guy. Indeed he did some good in this world, though I believe the evil far outweighs it. Still, I met and talked with him. And his wife and one of his children. I pray for Falwell's soul and for all those he hurt directly and indirectly. Condolences to his family and those who loved him. Whatever happens now is up to his maker.

Ah, what a great man

"The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" --on the 9/11 attacks

Warren, I appreciate your article.

""yes, that Larry Flint"

you mean, as opposed to Larry Flynt?"

I believe Larry Flint was the mascot promoting Roger and Me.

What an interesting article. Thank you for sharing. It's too bad many people will never know who he really was.

It's too bad many people deny what he really was.

Thank you. It's good to see fellow Liberty grads writing out their thoughts & appreciation. Despite what the comment section looks like, there are a LOT of us out here & the numbers are only growing bigger.:) God used Dr. Falwell to do some great things in the world & in my life personally. For both I am eternally grateful. Thanks for sharing your story.

Thank you my Brother. Thank you for your convictions and for standing firm til the end. The WORD OF GOD was your guide and may it continue to be our guide and solid rock in the days to come.

To the family, Our prayers are being lifted for you here in South Carolina.

One thing I noticed that a lot of commentors have missed -- I said that I didn't always agree with Jerry, or like what he had to say. The problem is that people take sound bites and think that they know what the man was actually like, and they are totally wrong. They've never listened to him for more than five minutes. Everything they know about him is limited to soundbites and hearsay. I'd imagine that if people formed their opinions of any of us that way, we'd be pretty heinous people.

Warren, I listened to him enough to have actually set away for a "Jesus First" pin from him. Then I found out what a smiling lovable con man he was.

They're right you know. You can't admit what he was because you're blinded by the con.

I was too.

lol. I admitted (three times now) that I didn't always agree with what he said. I also studied enough on my own to know where I could agree and where I couldn't, philosophically and theologically. I've been pretty upset at him for some of his dealings with the city of Lynchburg for quite a while now, actually. He didn't do a lot of things at Liberty that needed to be done, from a traffic control perspective -- things that he had told the city he'd do. I've seen his warts. So no, I've bought into nothing. The only money he ever got from me was my tuition, and I got something back for that.

Point is that I knew him well enough to see a man that most people couldn't be bothered to see. I've seen the positive things that he's done that people totally ignore. We've all got warts. I know I wouldn't stand up to the scrutiny that Jerry had to endure.

The assumption being that those with a different view of Rev. Falwell are *not* guided by God? That would be a presumptuous and fallacious statement.

Sorry... #17 is in answer to #13.

For the record, thanks to the author of the article. As we look back at Falwell's life, hearing many perspectives is much more helpful than limiting what we read and/or hear to one particular viewpoint if we are truly going to give him a fair assessment.

"The assumption being that those with a different view of Rev. Falwell are *not* guided by God? That would be a presumptuous and fallacious statement."

Huh?? Where did that come from? I don't recall ever saying that God guided my understanding of the man -- my personal experiences have. Even when I disagree (often pretty strongly), I've been able to look at the man, not the public figure or soundbite. Most people can't be bothered to do that.

OK -- ignore my last remark then. I got a little confused.