Comments on: A Tribute To Jerry Falwell http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/05/18/a-tribute-to-jerry-falwell/ Men's Rights Activism, MRA Politics, Analysis, Commentary and Global News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:51 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sstratford http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/05/18/a-tribute-to-jerry-falwell/comment-page-1/#comment-41158 sstratford Fri, 18 May 2007 18:57:15 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/05/18/a-tribute-to-jerry-falwell/#comment-41158 Chuck, you brought back so many wonderful memories with your kind words. My husband and I also attended Lynchburg Baptist College, starting in 1974. Actually, we met there and ended up getting married before we graduated, and so we never completed our education there. But I have so many fond memories of the college and Thomas Road Baptist Church. Those times were chaotic, weren't they? And so much fun! I think we learned more than we would have at a "normal" college, that's for sure! And Jerry Falwell will always have a place in my heart as one of the best pastors and mentors a Christian could have. It seriously grieves me to hear or read all the bad things people say about him, but I know that's just because they didn't know him as well as they should have. At least he's with Jesus now and no longer has to deal with all the poison his enemies sent his way. Although he wasn't perfect, he was God's man, and that's the best anyone can ask for. Chuck, you brought back so many wonderful memories with your kind words. My husband and I also attended Lynchburg Baptist College, starting in 1974. Actually, we met there and ended up getting married before we graduated, and so we never completed our education there. But I have so many fond memories of the college and Thomas Road Baptist Church. Those times were chaotic, weren’t they? And so much fun! I think we learned more than we would have at a “normal” college, that’s for sure! And Jerry Falwell will always have a place in my heart as one of the best pastors and mentors a Christian could have. It seriously grieves me to hear or read all the bad things people say about him, but I know that’s just because they didn’t know him as well as they should have. At least he’s with Jesus now and no longer has to deal with all the poison his enemies sent his way. Although he wasn’t perfect, he was God’s man, and that’s the best anyone can ask for.

]]> By: Menck http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/05/18/a-tribute-to-jerry-falwell/comment-page-1/#comment-41145 Menck Fri, 18 May 2007 17:52:46 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/05/18/a-tribute-to-jerry-falwell/#comment-41145 Jerry Falwell, in my very humble estimation, was was a decent man motivated by the desire to do right. Many of his misunderstandings and foibles probably relate to the fact that, although an intelligent man, he was not an intellectual nor intellectually inclined. This, I believe, caused him to often miss some of the more complex dimensions of national issues that he publicly addressed. And also the fact he often did not frame them in terms that were even comprehensible to the intelligensia. I frequently wished he would keep his proclamations out the public square, but I always knew that his intentions were good and never nefarious as such a large number of his risible detractors suggested. Not my type of guy, but I always recognized him as a decent, upstanding and honorable fellow even when I disagreed with him. Jerry Falwell, in my very humble estimation, was was a decent man motivated by the desire to do right.

Many of his misunderstandings and foibles probably relate to the fact that, although an intelligent man, he was not an intellectual nor intellectually inclined. This, I believe, caused him to often miss some of the more complex dimensions of national issues that he publicly addressed. And also the fact he often did not frame them in terms that were even comprehensible to the intelligensia.

I frequently wished he would keep his proclamations out the public square, but I always knew that his intentions were good and never nefarious as such a large number of his risible detractors suggested. Not my type of guy, but I always recognized him as a decent, upstanding and honorable fellow even when I disagreed with him.

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