EDIT: Jerry Falwell has passed away

[sjbouza]

Thanks for the link to the article akbdc99, It was very informative, It seems that as the elders of the Evangelicals are passing and the younger generation is up and coming their focus is seeming to change. Not being so "one dimensional" as their elders are. But broadening their focus.

Yes they still do have the Quake psych Dobson, but I think he is on his way out too. More and more people are seeing him for what he really is, simply a bigot and a hate monger. I can see, even in my small conservative community, that more and more people are turning their backs on Dobson because of all the crap that spews out of his mouth. I hear it "on the streets" and in the churches that people are just plain tired of hearing the same ole crap all the time and then he asks for more and more money to "help fight the evils". I really think people are beginning to see through the rhetoric and see that he is just money hungry and is using the "hot issues" of the day to fill his pockets.

[BrentRichards]

Craziness surrounding today's funeral included:

1. A protest from our "dear friends" at Westboro Baptist Church, who called Fallwell a "friend of gays" (can anyone say "idée fixe?")

2. A Liberty student arrested after telling family members he had made several bombs and planned to take them to the funeral. Police did indeed confiscate bombs from him, but reports I've read are unclear who, if anyone, he intended to harm. One thought is that he might have been after the Westboro folks.

Sigh. It's such a strange world.

Here's one story ... http://enews.earthlink.net/article/n...05222042469092

[Daniel]

Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22:6 ...

Who taught this kid to do such a thing?