# Jerry Falwell near death! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198 "2007-05-15T16:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/21 "2007-05-15T17:36:17Z")
Sounds like he’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/22 "2007-05-15T17:36:45Z")
This IS The Pit, right? Fuck Him. Die slowly you miserable fuck. ---
**Author:** ![guppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@guppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guppy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/23 "2007-05-15T17:37:36Z")
Why do I have \*Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead \* running through my head all of the sudden? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/24 "2007-05-15T17:38:39Z")
Someone at Liberty U. confirms he’s dead. I don’t feel bad - even if I prayed for this, I don’t think Eris would do it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/25 "2007-05-15T17:39:54Z")
The L.A. Times is reporting him dead. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/26 "2007-05-15T17:40:24Z")
[Link](http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8P4UVFO1&show_article=1) [QUOTE=Manatee] The L.A. Times is reporting him dead. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/27 "2007-05-15T17:41:33Z")
[Ding, dong, the witch is dead](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/15/national/a103545D84.DTL) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/28 "2007-05-15T17:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] You really can’t read inside a man’s heart and know how much of what he stands for is sincere or how much is devoted to enticing donations. Maybe he sincerely loves Jesus and everything he does is what he thinks Jesus would have him do. Maybe he’s a charlatan and discovered a great way to get filthy rich. I’ll never know, though I suspect the latter, so I’m not going to wish him ill. It would be nice if this somehow crippled the Moral Majority or whatever they call themselves now but somehow I think as long as there are sheep there will be those that fleece them and someone else will carry his banner. [/QUOTE] Very well said. Sometimes even when monsters die, decent people can be deeply affected. And just so you know, the Moral Majority died in 1989. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/29 "2007-05-15T17:43:54Z")
[QUOTE=marshmallow] You guys are mean. How can you mock one of God’s servants? Surely a small meteoroid will land on each of your houses. [/QUOTE] And oddly enough, it will be the same meteoroid for each of us. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/30 "2007-05-15T17:43:56Z")
\*Ding Dong! The Witch is dead Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead! Wake up, sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead She’s gone where the goblins go Below, below, below yo-ho …\* ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/31 "2007-05-15T17:46:32Z")
Eagerly awaiting Bush’s expression of grief and loss over the passing of this “great man.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/32 "2007-05-15T17:47:03Z")
[QUOTE=CNN] “I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast,” Godwin said. “He went to his office, I went to mine and they found him unresponsive.” [/QUOTE] Is that _the_ Godwin??? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/33 "2007-05-15T17:49:26Z")
One thing you gotta say about Wikipedia. It’s fast. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/34 "2007-05-15T17:50:12Z")
Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/35 "2007-05-15T17:50:38Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Very well said. Sometimes even when monsters die, decent people can be deeply affected. And just so you know, the Moral Majority died in 1989. 🙂 [/QUOTE] And sometimes when decent people die, monsters blame a lot of others who had nothing to do with it. _Ciao_, Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/36 "2007-05-15T17:51:03Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Is that _the_ Godwin??? [/QUOTE] Well, no wonder! [/Lost geek] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/37 "2007-05-15T17:51:05Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Eagerly awaiting Bush’s expression of grief and loss over the passing of this “great man.” :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] If there’s any politician who doesn’t do that, I’ll eat your cyber-hat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/38 "2007-05-15T17:51:32Z")
Good 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/39 "2007-05-15T17:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] And sometimes when decent people die, monsters blame a lot of others who had nothing to do with it. [/QUOTE] Also well said. I just asked Edlyn what Falwell might have thought God was punishing him for. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198/40 "2007-05-15T17:52:17Z")
Wait a minute, how much money are we supposed to donate to prevent God from calling him home? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-near-death/404198.md?page=3)