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May 15, 2007
Falwell
I feel much the same way about Jerry Falwell's death as I did about the death of Saddam Hussein.
Celebrating a death feels creepy. But I'd be hard-pushed to say the world has suffered a loss.
If Jerry was even close to being right about anything, he's having the time of his (after) life right now anyway. And either way, we're rid of his two-faced, corrupt, exploitative ways down here on earth. So everybody wins.
HOWEVER: I think it's pretty silly to say, as some are, that he's in hell.
If you believe in that kind of eternal damnation, you don't have a whole lot of room to criticize a man for basing his career around that very concept.
Posted by LYT at May 15, 2007 11:36 PM [Message Board]
Comments
I think its OK to predict that he will be in Hell - his own version of it, after all it makes no difference to him - maybe it will be a bit like the vision of heaven that he and his lot tried to sell the rest of us. and Hell, I'm glad he's gone - pity there's so many still out there preaching complete and dangerous bollocks.
Posted by: offpat at May 16, 2007 7:18 AM
Quote: "Certain people deserve do die."
Can you guess if that was a Anti-Death Penalty Liberal or a Republican who said it?
Posted by: Matthew at May 16, 2007 3:39 PM
Dude.
WORD.
As Hitch said, "He skipped Rapture to be found on the floor of his office..."
Posted by: Crid at May 16, 2007 10:29 PM
we all deserve to die - just some of us deserve to live a little first.
Posted by: offpat at May 17, 2007 6:33 AM