# Jerry Falwell is dead. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208 "2007-05-15T17:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208/41 "2007-05-16T12:28:16Z")
**Epitaph!** [QUOTE=Auntbeast] never caught with a hooker [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208/42 "2007-05-16T12:35:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] Meh. At least he appeared in life to have adhered to the same morality he demanded of other people. He was an arrogant, pompous, self-righteous, judgemental ass who contributed absolutely nothing to the betterment of humankind, but he died without (or perhaps before) engaging in the very practices he so loudly condemned. I had a thought: Perhaps one could say that, in spite of everything else, Jerry Falwell could not be called a hypocrite because he did, in fact, adhere to the moral code he espoused. I think he even forgave and prayed for people who publicly attacked him. How ironic that the man who was the worst of the right-wing religious reactionaries was also the most pure in ideology and practice. I could be completely wrong about that, of course. There are no doubt Falwell scholars out there who know more than I do about the man, but I got the idea that he at least adhered to his own rigid, warped moral code. [/QUOTE] You mean he appeared to adhere to _the sexual part_ of the moral code he espoused? Because other parts of that code, such as “religion should be in government,” “religious people are entitled to their beliefs,” and “love thy neighbor,” he very much did NOT practice when it came to people from those heathen religions. But yeah…as far as is publically known…so far…which is admittedly not much…he didn’t have affairs. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208/43 "2007-05-16T16:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] I’m still dancin’ though. Serves him right for having Phelps picket him. The apple never falls far from the tree. [/QUOTE] I’m actually looking forward to seeing what happens when the Phelps gang clashes with Falwell’s groupies. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208/44 "2007-05-16T19:39:50Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] I’m actually looking forward to seeing what happens when the Phelps gang clashes with Falwell’s groupies. [/QUOTE] Quoted from _Grey’s Anatomy_: [QUOTE=Dr. Cristina Yang] It’s like candy, but with blood. Which is so much better! [/QUOTE] (Sorry, that was possibly tasteless. I’ll be over in the corner. _puts paper bag over head_) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208/45 "2007-05-16T19:55:07Z")
[QUOTE=ouryL] Jerry Falwell is dead. :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: [/QUOTE] Nooo, he’s outside looking in with apologies to _the Moody Blues_ On a personal note, I’ll believe he is dead when I see a properly staked body. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208/46 "2007-05-16T20:08:54Z")
You are going to look pretty foolish when he shows up 3 days from now. 😃 Don’t you know he is right now negotiating with GOD in person for another 20 years. :eek: Let’s all hope that GOD says no again. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-dead/404208.md?page=2)