Scary as Purgatory. Falwell Plans for 'Evangelical Revolution' RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Seeking to take advantage of the momentum from an election where moral values proved important to voters, the Rev. Jerry Falwell announced Tuesday he has formed a new coalition to guide an ``evangelical revolution.'' Falwell, a religious broadcaster based in Lynchburg, Va., said the Faith and Values Coalition will be a ``21st century resurrection of the Moral Majority,'' the organization he founded in 1979. Falwell said he would serve as the coalition's national chairman for four years. He added that the new group's mission would be to lobby for anti-abortion conservatives to fill openings on the Supreme Court and lower courts, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, and the election of another ``George Bush-type'' conservative in 2008. ``We all, for the first time, began to realize the potential of religious conservatives, particularly evangelicals, when something over 30 million of them went to the polls,'' he said, noting most supported the president and anti-abortion candidates, and voted to approve 11 initiatives across the country banning gay marriage. Also, a decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court allowing gay marriages ``helped energize our people,'' Falwell said. And when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began performing gay marriages, it ``really caught the attention of people of faith in this country, and what we have been saying could happen actually happened,'' he said. ``The timing could not have been better. That, along with the abortion issues and the terrorism issue, helped us to get our people awakened.'' While overseeing the coalition, Falwell said he would leave day-to-day operations of Liberty University and Thomas Road Baptist Church - both of which he founded - to his sons Jerry Jr., 42, and Jonathan, 38. Mathew Staver, founder of the conservative law group Liberty Counsel in Orlando, Fla., will be the coalition's vice chairman; Jonathan Falwell will be its executive director. Theologian Tim LaHaye will be the board chairman. And now (drum roll please)..The "Faith and Values Coalition" [...] Falwell said the three-fold platform of the new organization is: (1) the confirmation of pro-life, strict constructionist U.S. Supreme Court justices and other federal judges; (2) the passage of a constitutional Federal Marriage Amendment; and (3) the election of another socially- fiscally- and politically-conservative president in 2008, along with other state and national candidates. [...]
Ignorance causes fear, Thadeus. We don't bite. I'm no Falwell, per se... but I agree with his initiative. 30 million were just those of voting age that USED their voice. There are more and more young people understanding that they were not the victims of abortions... would not have been here had their parents been gay... and like the fair system of competitive businesses and less government hand-outs... they like to feel as though they've earned what they receive. The youth vote will be less and less "rocked" and more and more "redeemed" as time goes by. Purgatory, btw, is a good ski resort I hear.
Anybody remember these lyrics? Turn the tables with our unity They neither moral nor majority Wake up and smell the coffee Or just say no to individuality I heard this song recently on the trailer and tv commercials for a little movie from England.
I like these better Whoever we are Wherever we’re from We shoulda noticed by now Our behavior is dumb And if our chances Expect to improve It’s gonna take a lot more Than tryin’ to remove The other race Or the other whatever From the face Of the planet altogether They call it the earth Which is a dumb kinda name But they named it right ’cause we behave the same... We are dumb all over Dumb all over, Yes we are Dumb all over, Near ’n far Dumb all over, Black ’n white People, we is not wrapped tight Nurds on the left Nurds on the right Religous fanatics On the air every night Sayin’ the bible Tells the story Makes the details Sound real gory ’bout what to do If the geeks over there Don’t believe in the book We got over here You can’t run a race Without no feet ’n pretty soon There won’t be no street For dummies to jog on Or doggies to dog on Religous fanatics Can make it be all gone (I mean it won’t blow up ’n disappear It’ll just look ugly For a thousand years...) You can’t run a country By a book of religion Not by a heap Or a lump or a smidgeon Of foolish rules Of ancient date Designed to make You all feel great While you fold, spindle And mutilate Those unbelievers From a neighboring state To arms! to arms! Hooray! that’s great Two legs ain’t bad Unless there’s a crate They ship the parts To mama in For souvenirs: two ears (get down!) Not his, not hers, (but what the hey? ) The good book says: ("it gotta be that way!") But their book says: "revenge the crusades... With whips ’n chains ’n hand grenades..." Two arms? two arms? Have another and another Our God says: "there ain’t no other!" Our God says "it’s all okay!" Our God says "this is the way!" It says in the book: "burn ’n destroy... ’n repent, ’n redeem ’n revenge, ’n deploy ’n rumble thee forth To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side ’cause they don’t go for what’s in the book ’n that makes ’em bad So verily we must choppeth them up And stompeth them down Or rent a nice french bomb To poof them out of existance While leaving their real estate just where we need it To use again For temples in which to praise our god ("cause he can really take care of business!") And when his humble tv servant With humble white hair And humble glasses And a nice brown suit And maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls Tells us our God says It’s okay to do this stuff Then we gotta do it, ’cause if we don’t do it, We ain’t gwine up to hebbin! (depending on which book you’re using at the Time...can’t use theirs... it don’t work ...it’s all lies...gotta use mine...) Ain’t that right? That’s what they say Every night... Every day... Hey, we can’t really be dumb If we’re just following god’s orders Hey, let’s get serious... God knows what he’s doin’ He wrote this book here An’ the book says: He made us all to be just like him," So... If we’re dumb... Then God is dumb... (an’ maybe even a little ugly on the side) FZ
Well, this does answer the president's original question: "Is our children learning?" Indeed. As to the 'Evangelical Revolution,' can someone who is happy about such a thing help me distinguish between this type of fundamentalism heading for politics and the type of fundamentalism that has headed for politics in, oh, IRAN? I'm as serious as I can get. If we don't want mulahs getting involved in Middle East politics, why do want preachers getting involved over here? "Cause Christians are good and Muslims are bad" won't convince me, by the way.
"Moral Majority" You call yourself the Moral Majority We call ourself the people in the real world Trying to rub us out, but we're going to survive God must be dead if you're alive You say, 'God loves you. Come and buy the Good News' Then you buy the president and swimming pools If Jesus don't save 'til we're lining your pockets God must be dead if you're alive Circus-tent con-men and Southern belle bunnies Milk your emotions then they steal your money It's the new dark ages with the fascists toting bibles Cheap nostalgia for the Salem Witch Trials Stodgy ayatollahs in their dobble-knit ties Burn lots of books so they can feed you their lies Masturbating with a flag and a bible God must be dead if you're alive Blow it out your ass, Jerry Falwell Blow it out your ass, Jesse Helms Blow it out your ass, Ronald Reagan What's wrong with a mind of my own? You don't want abortions, you want battered children You want to ban the pill as if that solves the problem Now you wanna force us to pray in school God must be dead if you're such a fool You're planning for a war with or without Iran Building a police state with the Klu Klux Klan Pissed at your neighbour? Don't bother to nag Pick up the phone and turn in a *** Blow it out your ass, Terry Dolan Blow it out your ass, Phyllis Schlafly Ram it up your ****, Anita Cos God must be dead If you're alive God must be dead If you're alive
Why don't evangelicals have as much right as any group to organize and have their voice heard. You think evangelicals have the only agenda? There are endless voting blocks in this nation, it's called democracy. Stop griping, reciting vulgar poetry or song lyrics and get into the mix. Bitterness never got anyone anywhere. Work, organize, and contribute to the special interest of your choice. Whining accomplishes nothing.
The marriage of evangelicals and traditional conservatives is an interesting one: Evangelicals want to strip rights and make the White House a church, and traditional conservatives want to preserve rights and keep religion out of the White House. Strange bedfellows, indeed.
"sung as a rap" am thinking ya being selective not eclective and am here to be corrective cause ya don't see da picture too much stricture but hear me out tellya wha'it bout ya can't pout but get out lead the way give all ya hay then I can say ya brung a new day! Will there be anything else, sir?
IMPOSSIBLE ... a Religion is nothing more than a belief set. Everyone has a belief set and thus more or less has a religion even if it is not an organized religion. A politician must utilize his/her beliefs to make every day decisions on how to vote and what to do. There is no way around it. Regardless of what religion or beliefs a person has, they ARE going to use those in making decisions.
Religion can also be defined as a basic set of habits, or a habitual set of guidelines that effect everyday decision making. Businessmen are said to read Wall Street Journal "religiously" for example. I hear your sentiment, B-Bob. I just find that RocketManJosh has a firmer grip on just what it is to be "religious." It seems the problem here is more with the religion that "evangelicals" choose and less with the thought of religion. This makes the "Christians are better than Muslims" thing you bring up seem suspect to your own prejudged idea on Christians, and thus it why you predetermine to deny its validity. I find that fascinating. If it were a stateside cleric or monk would it alarm you so? I further believe that this call for "ER" is issued to those already claiming to be evangelicals, and not to other groups. This is not alarming rhetoric in a country founded originally in basic Christian practices anymore than the mullah's speeches in Iran.
So the resounding answer is: we should not criticize mullahs in Iran or Iraq anymore. This is consistent, and I am okay with that. Thank you. Onward to theocracy.
Another fiscally and politically conservative president? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last president we had like that was Reagan, not our current president. In my opinion, the president has alot more in common with pre-1968 Democrats, than he does with fiscally and politically conservative Republicans. He is morally conservative, but so were those democrats.
