# Jerry Falwell in Critical Condition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876 "2005-03-30T02:50:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/1 "2005-03-30T02:50:06Z")
[The man who said 9/11 was God’s punishment on the US has viral pneumonia.](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/falwell.health.ap/index.html) > [@](#): > > Falwell, 71, was admitted to Lynchburg General Hospital shortly before midnight Monday suffering from “respiratory arrest,” the hospital said in a statement, meaning his breathing had slowed or stopped. > > “His cardiac status is stable and there is no evidence of a heart attack,” said hospital spokesman Tom Urtz, reading from a statement. "He is alert and responding to questions. > > “Rev. Falwell is clinically stable, but is still critically ill,” he said. > > Ron Godwin, Falwell’s executive assistant, said Falwell was “on a respirator and he’s resting comfortably.” ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/2 "2005-03-30T02:51:50Z")
I heard he had a big heart attack. I’m sure there are prayers going out for him. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/3 "2005-03-30T02:57:07Z")
Of course there’s no evidence of a heart attack, since he’d have to have a heart to begin with. Seriously, I don’t wish ill on the man, but I honestly do not care if he’s ailing or not. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/4 "2005-03-30T02:59:10Z")
Viral pneumonia is unpleasant, and I don;t wish Jerry Falwell any harm. I hope he gets better and maybe becomes more compassionate. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/5 "2005-03-30T03:00:05Z")
Isn’t this the same guy who a few years ago said that if he didn’t get donations equalling some enormous amount “God was going to call him Home” ? Maybe this is that calling they speak of so much. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/6 "2005-03-30T03:04:53Z")
> [@Nicodemus2004](#): > > Isn’t this the same guy who a few years ago said that if he didn’t get donations equalling some enormous amount “God was going to call him Home” ? Maybe this is that calling they speak of so much. Nah, that was Oral Roberts. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/7 "2005-03-30T03:05:46Z")
I wonder what he did to deserve losing God’s veil of protection from viral pneumonia. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/8 "2005-03-30T03:13:55Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Nah, that was Oral Roberts. Maybe God’s aim is off. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/9 "2005-03-30T03:17:57Z")
I was going to say God isn’t into Oral,but then I thought better of it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/10 "2005-03-30T03:22:16Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I wonder what he did to deserve losing God’s veil of protection from viral pneumonia. I want to know what he did to ever deserve it to begin with. Maybe compromising etchings of God with the Virgin Mary? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/11 "2005-03-30T03:27:45Z")
I think he’s jealous of the attention the Pope’s getting. Death Race 2005? Who gets to Jesus First? God’s gonna kill me fer sure, now. ---
**Author:** ![meanoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@meanoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meanoldman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/12 "2005-03-30T03:28:00Z")
I hope he gets taken care of by a gay man, of color. Actually, kinda sorta not. When my dad was in the hospital, some of the best care he got was from a gay black man. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/13 "2005-03-30T03:31:48Z")
Y’know, I’m not a Falwell fan by any stretch of the imagination. Still, I think that some of the comments being made here are in very bad taste. I wouldn’t say those things about my worst enemy. ---
**Author:** ![meanoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@meanoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meanoldman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/14 "2005-03-30T03:33:23Z")
D’oh! Suppose I should clarify. I mentioned the “person of color” because he strikes me as being sympathetic to the Bob Jones type. The ‘keep the races separate’, nudge-nudge, kind of people. I could be wrong, but he seems intolerant on many levels to me… so some first hand care by someone that he’d normally be intolerant toward could do him some good. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/15 "2005-03-30T03:38:16Z")
> [@The Sonoran Lizard King](#): > > I think he’s jealous of the attention the Pope’s getting. > > Death Race 2005? Who gets to Jesus First? > God’s gonna kill me fer sure, now. I dunno, I have this SNL-style skit in my mind with Falwell in one bed, and the Pope in the bed next to his. As the doctors are discussing each patients condition, Falwell and the Pope keep doing things to themselves to make themself worse in hopes of getting to Heaven first. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/16 "2005-03-30T03:38:45Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Y’know, I’m not a Falwell fan by any stretch of the imagination. Still, I think that some of the comments being made here are in very bad taste. I wouldn’t say those things about my worst enemy. I guess that makes you a better Christian than Falwell. He’s said much the same and worse, without even having the decency to admit it’s from hatred. Falwell deserves every bit of pain he gets and I wish him exactly as much suffering shy of death wish that the Pit rules allow. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/17 "2005-03-30T03:39:46Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Y’know, I’m not a Falwell fan by any stretch of the imagination. Still, I think that some of the comments being made here are in very bad taste. I wouldn’t say those things about my worst enemy. I’ve not seen anything over the top here, nor anything rejoicefull. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/18 "2005-03-30T03:40:27Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I dunno, I have this SNL-style skit in my mind with Falwell in one bed, and the Pope in the bed next to his. As the doctors are discussing each patients condition, Falwell and the Pope keep doing things to themselves to make themself worse in hopes of getting to Heaven first. If only SNL were that clever and/or funny. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/19 "2005-03-30T03:43:48Z")
I can’t help wonder if he has a living will. Tris ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876/20 "2005-03-30T03:56:26Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Falwell, 71 Geez, barely older than my father. I sure hope my father never goes through that. (Although he’s had some heart problems.) Maybe the atheists among us should send a get well card to Falwell. You know, to show that we harbor no ill will. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-in-critical-condition/296876.md?page=2)