Don't think for a nanosecond that the religious right has been 'damaged'
by
the death of Rev. Falwell. He raised an 'army' well indoctrinated as what
to
do insofar as turning this country into a theocracy is concerned. The
'machine' remains intact even though its 'head' has been 'disabled'. A
Jerry
Falwell 'clone' will take over soon enough and things will rapidly return
to
'normal' for the religious right. They goal of 'theocracizing' America is
coming ever closer to being realized. After all, who or what is going to
stop these rabid, religiously diseased, fanatics? Your local congressman?
Your state governor? Hah!!

We atheists can't do a damn thing about these zealots. As I've stated
before, they've successfully infiltrated every important nook and cranny
of
the American 'system'. In due time, they'll run things in this country --
legally!! Look how many future 'leaders' the religious right has managed
to
'brainwash'. Where are all these 'Praise Precious Jesus' future leaders
going to go? To a religious 'de-programmer'? I hardly think so.

At some point the Jesus people are going to *demand* to have their way and
resort to violence if need be. It seems to be only a matter of time.

The reluctance of many a PBS station to air 'A Short History of Disbelief'
is just one of many signs one can detect that the religious right has a
tenacious grip on our society. And they don't plan to let go anytime soon.

Do I feel 'glad' that Falwell is dead? Not really. He's already done
enough damage. His 'goals' will continue to be met as faithfully to his
'vision' as possible by younger, possibly more 'aggressive' successors.
Time will tell. In life, I despised the guy. But he's dead and there's no
point in reveling over that fact. There are those who viewed him as a
'noble-minded' if not totally misguided individual. No point in
infuriating acquaintances who recognized his failings by being unduly
'mean-spirited'. Hell, wasn't he who said he'd prefer an atheist to who
knew what he was doing when it came to operating on him as opposed to a
Christian less skilled; or something to that effect?

I feel no joy in hearing the news of his passing. But I feel no sadness
either. He did what he did. We free-thinkers now have to learn to deal
with it in a positive way. We have to win the struggle against the
religious right or our beloved country will slip into a
religiously-induced 'coma' for many a year to come. We must not allow for
that to happen. *I'm* done for. I'm dog-meat. I am in no position to do
anything anymore other than to post to the 'choir'. Hardly a war-winning'
solution to a very grim problem, is it?

It's time for you all to gear-up and prepare for Falwell's 'successor' and
the legions of Jesus 'soldiers' committed to doing anything and
*everything* for the 'Greater Glory of God' -- including the use of
truckloads of deceit, dishonesty, and practically any morally
reprehensible act you can think of to accomplish the 'job'. If it is being
done in the name of 'God', it's perfectly 'okay', don't you know. It's not
a 'sin' if you 'sin' by going against the precepts and directives laid
down by 'God' himself in his bible if the 'sinning' is in the cause of
establishing 'His' rule over America through the use of his own personal
human interpreters and spokespersons here on earth!

You see 'God' can't 'talk'. He needs humans to 'read' his Aramaic, Hebrew,
and Koine Greek thoughts and then translate them into English in order
that mankind can be sure what 'God' is telling his earthly 'mouthpieces'
is as accurate as possible. And as we all know, religious spokespeople for
'God' are utterly incapable of making mistakes or using their 'position'
to benefit themselves in some unseemly fashion. That is completely out of
the question. That's why there's no need for 'God' to materialize in front
of us in some undeniable way. His human mouthpieces are *that* trustworthy
to reveal his demands with the utmost of precision.

And *stop*! Why we aren't endowed with the ability to read the mind of
'God' without the need for 'translators' is a 'mystery' only 'God' needs
to know the answer to.

Uhhhhhhh! Do you believe we live on a planet where so many people are so
patently 'cuckoo'?!

Greywolf

Don't think for a nanosecond that the religious right has been 'damaged' by
the death of Rev. Falwell. He raised an 'army' well indoctrinated as what to
do insofar as turning this country into a theocracy is concerned. The
'machine' remains intact even though its 'head' has been 'disabled'. A Jerry
Falwell 'clone' will take over soon enough and things will rapidly return to
'normal' for the religious right. They goal of 'theocracizing' America is
coming ever closer to being realized. After all, who or what is going to
stop these rabid, religiously diseased, fanatics? Your local congressman?
Your state governor? Hah!!

We atheists can't do a damn thing about these zealots. As I've stated
before, they've successfully infiltrated every important nook and cranny of
the American 'system'. In due time, they'll run things in this country --
legally!! Look how many future 'leaders' the religious right has managed to
'brainwash'. Where are all these 'Praise Precious Jesus' future leaders
going to go? To a religious 'de-programmer'? I hardly think so.

At some point the Jesus people are going to *demand* to have their way and
resort to violence if need be. It seems to be only a matter of time.

The reluctance of many a PBS station to air 'A Short History of Disbelief'
is just one of many signs one can detect that the religious right has a
tenacious grip on our society. And they don't plan to let go anytime soon.

Do I feel 'glad' that Falwell is dead? Not really. He's already done enough
damage. His 'goals' will continue to be met as faithfully to his 'vision' as
possible by younger, possibly more 'aggressive' successors. Time will tell.
In life, I despised the guy. But he's dead and there's no point in reveling
over that fact. There are those who viewed him as a 'noble-minded' if not
totally misguided individual. No point in infuriating acquaintances who
recognized his failings by being unduly 'mean-spirited'. Hell, wasn't he who
said he'd prefer an atheist to who knew what he was doing when it came to
operating on him as opposed to a Christian less skilled; or something to
that effect?

I feel no joy in hearing the news of his passing. But I feel no sadness
either. He did what he did. We free-thinkers now have to learn to deal with
it in a positive way. We have to win the struggle against the religious
right or our beloved country will slip into a religiously-induced 'coma' for
many a year to come. We must not allow for that to happen. *I'm* done for.
I'm dog-meat. I am in no position to do anything anymore other than to post
to the 'choir'. Hardly a war-winning' solution to a very grim problem, is
it?

It's time for you all to gear-up and prepare for Falwell's 'successor' and
the legions of Jesus 'soldiers' committed to doing anything and *everything*
for the 'Greater Glory of God' -- including the use of truckloads of deceit,
dishonesty, and practically any morally reprehensible act you can think of
to accomplish the 'job'. If it is being done in the name of 'God', it's
perfectly 'okay', don't you know. It's not a 'sin' if you 'sin' by going
against the precepts and directives laid down by 'God' himself in his bible
if the 'sinning' is in the cause of establishing 'His' rule over America
through the use of his own personal human interpreters and spokespersons
here on earth!

You see 'God' can't 'talk'. He needs humans to 'read' his Aramaic, Hebrew,
and Koine Greek thoughts and then translate them into English in order that
mankind can be sure what 'God' is telling his earthly 'mouthpieces' is as
accurate as possible. And as we all know, religious spokespeople for 'God'
are utterly incapable of making mistakes or using their 'position' to
benefit themselves in some unseemly fashion. That is completely out of the
question. That's why there's no need for 'God' to materialize in front of us
in some undeniable way. His human mouthpieces are *that* trustworthy to
reveal his demands with the utmost of precision.

And *stop*! Why we aren't endowed with the ability to read the mind of 'God'
without the need for 'translators' is a 'mystery' only 'God' needs to know
the answer to.

Uhhhhhhh! Do you believe we live on a planet where so many people are so
patently 'cuckoo'?!

Greywolf