Jerry Falwell Dies

[twyrch]

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_re_us/jerry_falwell

Well, what can I say? The man who loved to sow seeds of division and intolerance has died.

I express sympathy to his family during this difficult time for them. I also believe his church will quickly fold seeing that its idol has perished.

Let us hope that Jerry Falwell finds that his Eternal Judge is far more gracious, merciful and tolerant than he was in life.

This is not a time to cast stones but a time to reflect soberly.

1) I celebrate the silence of a man who hurt countless people with words that he knew caused division and pain.

2) I welcome the opportunity to replace such noise with the truth of Jesus, words of grace, acceptance, tolerance and community.

3) I stand humbly realizing that everyone will stand before God. Including myself.

4) I will with renewed fire seek to mirror ONLY the person of Jesus to the world and not the corruption of a political/religious organization that has been shown to fail to regulate its leaders nor hold them to accountability.

5) I express the relief that I have shunned opportunities to use the corruption of power to enforce my agenda upon people.

6) I express sympathy to his family because we all cherish our loved ones.

7) I express concern that many will cry tears for their fallen idol instead of contemplating the weight and accuracy of his legacy in the light of the teachings of Jesus.

8.) I encourage all leaders of grace and tolerance to take over the area with the love and light of Jesus now that an Asheroth pole of intolerant religion has fallen in mortality.

9) I urge all such religious leaders to judge within their heart their motives and to rid themselves of political corruption, abusive religion, power-mongering, hypocrisy, homophobia and all the other cancers that came to dominate his ministry and poison the pipeline.

10) I will consider everything a loss but to mirror the character of Jesus and as such will reflect that none of the political postering, name dropping, side drawing rhetoric will be of any use now. Jerry has gone as we will all go. Naked, alone and standing before a God who according to the teachings of Jesus will judge us the same as we judged others. I wouldn't want to be in his place right now.

[Child of Immanuel]

Twrch, thank you for these words. You helped me realize an area of sin in my life--that I was tempted to throw stones at him. I am struggling to tell the truth about him without either being bitter or whitewashing him.

[Dred]

That was very well written buddy. It does put things into a better light when you look at it as you have done. It is far to easy to throw stones at speak ill of the dead but that isn't the way Christ would have us act.

[twyrch]

I know what you both mean... my gut reaction was that of anger and bile... it was not Christ-Like in the slightest.

This post was actually made by a fellow Christian-Druid at OBOD. It was sobering to me as well and caused me to reflect on my own feelings about this man.

Love the sinner and hate the sin, right?

[Dred]

That's exactly right. We want the message of Christ to get out but we don't appreciate sometimes the manner in which it is given.