dave o'brien wrote:
>
> A scroll of mail from Rex Probert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 14 Sep
> 2001 12:46:12 -0500
> >Dave, I would not compare Jerry Falwell to the Taliban.
>
> No, of course not, and I didn't mean to do that.
Well I will make that comparison. His mind-set is the same, fanatic and
convinced of his righteousness and possession of truth, and of the
wrongness and evil nature of anyone who disagrees with him and his
particular interpretation of scriptures. Absolutely intolerant of
different views. Fortunately he does not have the power to enforce his
bizarre views as law.
See below for some remarkable comments he and a colleague made on
television, as reported in the Washington Post.
________________ excerpt from news story _____________________
God Gave U.S. 'What We Deserve,' Falwell Says
Television evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, two of the most
prominent voices of the religious right, said liberal civil liberties
groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights supporters bear
partial responsibility for Tuesday's terrorist attacks because their
actions have turned God's anger against America.
"God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to
give us probably what we deserve," said Falwell, appearing yesterday on
the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," hosted by Robertson.
"Jerry, that's my feeling," Robertson responded. "I think we've just
seen the antechamber to terror. We haven't even begun to see what they
can do to the major population."
Falwell said the American Civil Liberties Union has "got to take a lot
of blame for this," again winning Robertson's agreement: "Well, yes."
Then Falwell broadened his blast to include the federal courts and
others who he said were "throwing God out of the public square." He
added: "The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because
God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent
babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the
abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are
actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People
for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America
-- I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.' "
Full story at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28620-2001Sep14.html
_______________________ end excerpts ______________________
I have no doubts about what these two clowns would do if they came into
power. We all would have to live by the rules they espouse, or else.
Bob Harris
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