Our favorite religion reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Suzanne Sataline, writes about how teaching the Bible in public school is (*big gasp*) causing a debate in Texas. The text used in Odessa high schools, developed by the nonprofit National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, represents as fact that the Bible was a “foundational text” in the framing of the U.S., that the King James Bible “remains one of the…most-loved books in the history of the world,” and… Read more
Fred Phelps will be picketing Falwell’s funeral (via Daylight Atheism). This is ironic. Phelps writes that Falwell espoused “false doctrines like ‘God loves everyone.'”… which is completely untrue. Falwell’s God hated everyone who wasn’t his brand of fundamental Christianity. The Onion asked “people” what they thought of his death… Televangelist Jerry Falwell DeadMoral Majority founder Jerry Falwell died yesterday after being found unconscious in his office. What do you think? Christopher Hitchens had some eloquent words to say about Falwell… Read more
A collection of responses regarding Jerry Falwell’s death from various groups and people is below: American Atheists: While we recognize and respect the grief of friends and relatives, it must be acknowledged in the wake of Rev. Falwell’s death that he and the organizations he founded, especially the so-called Moral Majority, were serious threats to our Constitution and, specifically, the separation of church and state. … We cannot and must not lionize Rev. Jerry Falwell because he is now dead…. Read more
