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From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: Falwell and Robertson, ugh (was RE: Attack)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Julia Thompson
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> [snip]
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> > > > Other terrorist groups have made similar statements. The other
> > > > statements they make is that the US culture is evil.
> > >
> > > Wasn't that Jerry Falwell?
> >
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28620-2001Sep14.html
> >
> > I don't think that link's been posted here yet.
>
> Falwell has done a great disservice to Christianity, God and our country.
There is nothing of faith in his words.
> I have always been offended and disturbed by Falwell's presumption, this
> goes over the top. Our pastor denounced this in the strongest possible
> terms at church this morning -- and I am sure that the same thing happened
> in the vast majority of churches in America today.
Our pastor ignored him. He was brought up in Sunday School and dismissed by
even the evangelicals. Someone told me that the Wall Street Journal tore
him apart. I think he and Pat have virtually written themselves out of the
picture. I bet that conservative Christians are a lot more angry and upset
with them than I am. Those two claim to be siding with the conservative
Christians, so I expect then to take it personally.
>
> To those of you who question Christianity, to those who would regard
Falwell
> as a Christian leader, please let me make it as clear as possible that he
> does not speak for the vast majority of Christians, whatever their
political
> beliefs. I do not believe that he speaks for God. And, I have to add,
> shame on Fox for putting him on television during this crisis. As I
flipped
> channels these last few days, I was startled to see him there.
Actually, it might do us a big service. They were so nutty, they probably
will accidently help the rest of us pull together. :-)
>
> I *pray* that the religious right, however one might define it, abandons
him
> as a leader, so that the media doesn't even consider his point of view
worth
> repeating.
Well, don't consider it a miracle when it happens. :-) I think it
happened as soon as their nonsense was heard. Hey, JDG, I know you are
busy, but can you chime in with your opinion of these two?
Dan M.
