‘If He Were Here, It Would Be Different’

Let's see....Jerry Falwell's income was only generated by his church, and he took his kid to McDonald's in a limo. His inflammatory comments and intolerance of everything he doesn't agree with is NOT an example of the teachings of Jesus, whom he claims to worship. No, he was just another bigoted, greedy jerk that took advantage of others. He'll have plenty of company where he went.

To Red Dirt Brother and others of the same mindset:

Why attack Falwell who has passed on??? (A man who helped countless poor, alcoholic men, young girls with crisis pregnancies, and genuinely cared for his critics and their families) Why be belligerent about the proven Word of God??? Why resort to arguments about morality, sinful men, and racial divides. (The Bible says that we all come from Adam and Noah, and that "God has made all nations from one blood" Acts 17). God is not concerned with what color of skin you have or whether you are male or female, but whether you have trusted His Word and have a personal relationship with Him through His Son Jesus Christ!!! You cannot argue with God!! You are only trying to squirm your way out of being held accountable and Judged by His standards and attempting to justify living your life, your way. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but through me!" I did not say that, Jesus did!!! I did not make Truth narrow!!! God did! If you have a problem with it, take it up with Him!!! I hope you come to the knowledge of the truth before it is eternally too late!!! Thank you and may God's Holy Spirit speak to you through His Holy Word!

Because He Lives,

Pastor Terrence H. Williams
Greater Things Fellowship, SBC
West Virginia, USA

In response to Red Dirt Brother's comments to my father, Terry Williams: I read the times through the lens of Scripture, just as you read them through the lens of your limited understanding of man's opinion, your cultural heritage, and past hurts. I would rather stand upon the firm foundation of the never-changing Word of an eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, and infallible God; than the constant and contradictory blathering of limited and fallible men.

Concerning the Scriptures, I would never compare the Koran with the Bible and the Torah is part of the Old Testament. The Bible was written by over 40 different authors, from a wide variety of backgrounds, from three different continents, in 3 different languages (Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek), over a period of 1500 years, with absolutely no true contradiction. The Bible is the best-selling book of all time and is the most historically established ancient work, as well. The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew and translated into Greek over 200 years before Christ. The book of Ezekiel contained Aramaic, as well, as Hebrew. The New Testament was originally written in Greek and translated along with the Old Testament into the Latin Vulgate by Jerome. In 1611, the Old and New Testaments were translated fully into English by 46 top scholars of the time. In 1947, the dead sea scrolls were found and and the Biblical Texts were practically identical to our modern translations. We currently have over 25,000 early manuscripts of the New Testament and all serious scholars agree that we can truly know with confidence the text of the original Scriptures. Not to mention, all of the fulfilled prophecy, medical knowledge, scientific and historical statements that the Bible makes that have been confirmed in the last 100 to 150 years.

You mentioned the Gospel of Judas. This document was written well over 200 years after Christ (way after everyone that knew Him had died) by a non-Christian group called the Gnostics. However, the Gospel of Mark was completed and published within less than thirty years after the resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15, which contains the earliest Christian Creed, was written before that. Surely, there were people still living that could have denied Gospel Truth, however, they could not. The enemies of Christ admitted that His tomb was empty and followers of Christ were willing to die because they had seen Him alive after the resurrection!

Because He Lives,

Pastor Terrence H. Williams
Greater Things Fellowship, SBC
West Virginia, USA

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how does the expression go? good riddance to bad rubbish?

I think I'll blame christians for 9/11. I figure I have about as much proof as Flawell did when he made his BS claims. If people were wiling to take him at his word then why not me?

This was a man who convinced a lot of people that when he died his body would physically ascend to heaven in some sort of rapture and he was made into a national authority on politics and religion and even on the cause of the 9/11 tower destruction. He figured that we had brought it on ourselves in pursuit of sinful pleasure. This phenomenon is reflective of the many layers of understanding in our population and there is one great big thick layer named "ignorance" that seems to flourish. His wonders to perform.

The man blamed people like me for 9/11. He can rot for all I care and I hope all of his defenders on here rot with him. The man preached hate and anyone who agrees with him is just as hateful as he was. There is no way any of you are in a position to lecture the rest of us about morality, especially after the last eight years. Why don't you all go find some books to burn or some gay kid to strap to a fence post and flog to death somewhere, it's what your good at.

If Red Dirt Brother would take the time to read the Word of God in chapter 15 of I Corinthians, and open his heart to the Truth of God's Holy Word, then he would know that quoting scripture or preaching is NOT in vain. There is Absolute Truth in Jesus Christ and in His Word. It doesn't matter whether we believe in Hell or Not for it to exist, Jesus spoke of Hell, and He now holds the keys to it and the grave. Also, the Devil does indeed exist and he hates all of God's Creation. Hate never comes from God for any people, and a true Christian only hates the Sin, not the Sinner!. Jerry Falwell did not hate anyone, only the sin committed by them!
Being a Christian is not a religion, but a personal relationship with Christ and each other.

Jerry Falwell was just a man, a sinner, saved by Grace. Yes he was narrow minded about the Holy Word of God! The Bible tells us that there is only one way to God, for all people, by admitting that we are sinners and repenting of those sins, and accepting that Jesus Christ died for those sins and rose from the dead, that He is our personal Savior and is now sitting at the right hand of God! This is what Jerry Falwell knew and believed!

You may call this a fairy tale. However, my Creator is alive and He created all things. I challenge you to read His Word entirely, not just bits and pieces. Also, if you don't believe in God or Christ, read former atheist Lee Strobel's book "The Case for Christ," then make your decision one way or the other. When you leave this world and stand before God Almighty, I pray that you have made the wise decision to accept Him. Again, I dare you to read Psalm 14:1-5, and then the entire Word of God!

As a Christian, the only Good in me or anyone else is Jesus Christ, for there is none Good, not one, but God! The Book of John tells us that the Word was with God, and the Word was made flesh, in Jesus, and that He was God. Jerry Falwell witnessed the deeds of many people, just as you and I have, he knew the sinful nature of people, and as a servant of God, he preached against those personal sins and those of our nation,
such as killing unborn babies through abortion. I met and spoke with Jerry four times since 1975 and I know that he loved all people, and prayed that we would turn from our sin and see the truth and accept Christ!

Yes, truth is narrow, just as 2 + 2 is 4, and not 5; and that the World is basically round and not flat. The Narrow Path of Righteousness and Truth may be unreasonable to those that shout about Tolerance. There is one individual that is broad minded and tolerates lying, cheating, theft, murder, adultery, homosexuality, and child abuse, to name a few, and his name is Satan. This is the Truth that Jerry Falwell preached, if you didn't take him out of context.

Terry Williams, West Virginia

And Macel is going to cast another vote for the Torture Party. So, while she misses Jerry on her luxurious sofas and fondles the cross, an instrument of torture, suspects held without due process are being tortured.

Here's the way it's going to play:

America has been morally (torture, imperialism, gulags) and fiscally (trillions of dollars of addtional debt and a rotting infrastructure) bankrupted by Bush. Bush was elected by fundies organized by Falwell and others. More and more middle class people are becoming poor folks. If you're a fundy and you have a beloved home, can you heat it and cool it when fuel prices double? Triple? The gov't won't save you: it's broke. And it's indifferent. You saw what happened in New Orleans.

And you better pray every night that there is no God, since you voted for the Torture Party, the Republicans. Jesus was tortured. How do you think Jesus would feel about a person who votes for torture?

How can there be a hell when people are being blown to bits over your Christian Republicans goal of hating and destroying anything and anyone that doesn???t know the story of Jesus? If Jesus died for our sins, why don???t Christians pay a penance called taxes instead of building mega-mall-churches and give money to the likes of Falwell, the Bakkers, etc,. These people reaped the wealth of the earth and then go to heaven? What a bunch of blind idiots! Have you not known that Christ did say that even the tax collectors get to heaven before you who pray in public and claim Christ is your savior. We all know the story. His coming to be; his life and ministry; his persecution from RELIGIOUS folks of his day! Jesus was a law-breaker back in the day. All your scripture quoting and preaching is in vain. How you treat your fellow man would show your true heart instead of trying to pimp for an institution. There is little or no difference between Muslim hate and Christianity hate. I do not believe in hell or the devil since man is the greatest evil to his world and hell is a state of mind. Hell is torture on earth idiots, and you Christians put the devil in the Whitehouse and expect anyone to take you seriously? Even Christ himself said it wasn???t about a church, book, or ???best??? religion. You Christian folk are just blinded by your own zeal, so your hell is yet to come while the rest of the world is burning! Think about it!

How can there be a hell when people are being blown to bits over your Christian Republicans goal of hating and destroying anything and anyone that doesn???t know the story of Jesus? If Jesus died for our sins, why don???t Christians pay a penance called taxes instead of building mega-mall-churches and give money to the likes of Falwell, the Bakkers, etc,. These people reaped the wealth of the earth and then go to heaven? What a bunch of blind idiots! Have you not known that Christ did say that even the tax collectors get to heaven before you who pray in public and claim Christ is your savior. We all know the story. His coming to be; his life and ministry; his persecution from RELIGIOUS folks of his day! Jesus was a law-breaker back in the day. All your scripture quoting and preaching is in vain. How you treat your fellow man would show your true heart instead of trying to pimp for an institution. There is little or no difference between Muslim hate and Christianity hate. I do not believe in hell or the devil since man is the greatest evil to his world and hell is a state of mind. Hell is torture on earth idiots, and you Christians put the devil in the Whitehouse and expect anyone to take you seriously? Even Christ himself said it wasn???t about a church, book, or ???best??? religion. You Christian folk are just blinded by your own zeal, so your hell is yet to come while the rest of the world is burning! Think about it!