The Wit and Wisdom of Jerry Falwell
Since it is in bad taste for the living to speak ill of the dead, I am going to allow the dead to speak ill of himself instead:
"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."
"The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews."
"AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharaoh's charioteers ... AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."
"I know a few of you here today don’t like Jews. And I know why. He can make more money accidentally than you can on purpose."
"Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America." (I can only chalk this one up to jealousy.)
"The Jews are returning to their land of unbelief. They are spiritually blind and desperately in need of their Messiah and Savior."
"There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas." Of course there has; they air the cartoon version of it, narrated by Boris Karloff, every year.
"I had a student ask me, 'Could the savior you believe in save Osama bin Laden?' Of course, we know the blood of Jesus Christ can save him, and then he must be executed."
"The Antichrist must be alive somewhere today....If he's going to be the counterfeit of Christ, he has to be Jewish. The only thing we know is he must be male and Jewish."
"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being."
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped [9/11] happen.'"
And one that should offend pretty much everyone:
"Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions."
"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."
"The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews."
"AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharaoh's charioteers ... AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."
"I know a few of you here today don’t like Jews. And I know why. He can make more money accidentally than you can on purpose."
"Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America." (I can only chalk this one up to jealousy.)
"The Jews are returning to their land of unbelief. They are spiritually blind and desperately in need of their Messiah and Savior."
"There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas." Of course there has; they air the cartoon version of it, narrated by Boris Karloff, every year.
"I had a student ask me, 'Could the savior you believe in save Osama bin Laden?' Of course, we know the blood of Jesus Christ can save him, and then he must be executed."
"The Antichrist must be alive somewhere today....If he's going to be the counterfeit of Christ, he has to be Jewish. The only thing we know is he must be male and Jewish."
"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being."
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped [9/11] happen.'"
And one that should offend pretty much everyone:
"Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions."