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Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject:

um, there's no mention of falwell on that site.
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Mavhunter · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject:

Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject:

no no no, they can go off and be little jesuslings all they want, until I get proof that masses of people did whatever Falwell himself told them, I refuse to believe it.
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Mavhunter · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

"[Jesus Camp] "doesn't come with any prepackaged point of view" and tries to be "an honest and impartial depiction of one faction of the evangelical Christian community”. [2]"

"Falwell led services at Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He changed affiliations from Baptist Bible Fellowship International to the mainly conservative Southern Baptist Convention, and ended his self-identification with fundamentalism in favor of evangelicalism."

You're not understanding his influence. He was as powerful a voice as Pat Robertson.
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the bunk · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject:

so who here wants to kill pat robertson
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fruiterian · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject:

Arguably he was more influential on the evangelical and fundamentalist community than Robertson himself: he was one of the people who really began the political side of Christianity as it is known today.

While he was a strong voice, I don't think he did any real-real-harm.

Jesus Camp depicts Pentecostals, which is definitely not Southern Baptist. Falwell, as far as I know, doesn't speak in tongues or believe in spiritual gifts to the degree of Jesus Camp. I know that Pat Robertson is a charismatic (read Pentecostal-lite) and I believe he is no longer affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention as a result of that. I'm pretty sure that all those healings on TV can be construed as a spiritual gift.

He was really hugely influential, but one could argue that it wasn't necessarily on a national level but more about galvanizing the evangelical masses into a cohesive voting bloc.

I do think he and Pat Robertson are complete assholes most of the time, but you gotta say that they really genuinely believe in what they're doing.

I wouldn't have a problem with Robertson dying. Man is old. Maybe Hugo Chavez should call for his assassination.
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Steveo · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 6:01 am Post subject:

Jerry Falwell was evil in his ways, but check this out:

Theyre WORSE
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the snuggler · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:26 am Post subject:

not exactly as influential though.
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Hooooomsar · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:41 am Post subject:

But the fucking irony is great.
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Mavhunter · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:

Is there anyone besides them that's going to heaven in their view?
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fruiterian · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject:

As far as I know, not really.

There's a fantastic documentary about them by this guy Louis Theroux. You can find it on youtube--it's called the most hated family in america.

Hella interesting.

But yeah, no one really listens to the Phelps.
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dynamite spoony · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

the snuggler · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 2:07 am Post subject:

the bunk · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 2:10 am Post subject:

louis theroux was on the sound of young america the other week...should probably "check that shit" out Bang

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