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Which Christians believe that you have to obey all the forms in the OT to get to heaven? You seem to be implying that "fundies" believe this. Name such a group that has more than.. I dunno.. 1000 members.

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Forcing someone to do something against their will was not what Jesus was about.

There a large number of people who call themselves "christians" who have repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to use the might of the Government to force everyone else to live according to the dictates of their religion.

Part of the problem is that practically no one can agree on a definition of what a "christian" really is.

From my observations, a typical member of the religious right would define a Christian as being "someone who belives that the Bible is the literal, inerrant Word of God, and has accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior." There are millions of people who would be "Christians" under this definition -- but there are many, many "Christians" who don't meet this definition.

From my (admittedly dim) recollections of Sunday School, the Roman Catholic church teaches a more inclusive definition: everyone who has been baptized is a Christian. This definition covers a lot of people who don't meet the more stringent fundimentalist protestant definiton above.

Personally, I believe the rational definition of Christian is "someone who lives their life in accordance with the actual moral philosophy taught by Jesus of Nasareth himself" (as opposed to those, for example, who follow the contridictory teachings of Paul of Tarsus). There are very, very few people on the planet who qualify as Christians under this more stringent definition. You don't see this kind of Christian very often, because they are usually out meekly serving others, instead of making themselves rich and famous by preaching hatred and intolerance on the television while scamming money from their congregations.

Jerry Falwell's page is falwell.com, the page in question here is fallwell.com, it seems quite clear this is a deliberate attempt to bring in visitors who intended to visit falwell.com but made a fairly common misspelling, one which has been made numerous times in the comments though this is likely due in large part to people thinking that Fallwell was the correct spelling from the domain name in question.

I, however, don't know if this will be successful. Parent who don't wish to monitor their children, like those that complain about South Park and the like, will complain that the system is not perfect when a nude painting inadvertently makes it into a discussion about classic art. Christian fundamentalist will try subvert the intention of the domain by using it to promote their religious beliefs. The fast food chains will dominate the advertising in a continuing attempt to brand our children.

But, all in all, a good attempt and a gold star for congress. I am really not trying to be ironic. It is just we need to first teach our children to think. Sometimes I think we are so concerned with nipples and penises that allow equally dangerous, but more socially accepted material. Of course I agree that stuff like goatsx should be banned, but perhaps also this Jerry Falwell propaganda against muslims.

I looked up Falwell's web site. This story is apparently a hoax, at least according to Falwell. See Fallwell's site. I see nothing about Robertson's possible statements.

I don't like these guys. These people are not christian. They are not religious. These people are only businessmen, and worse they are almost a type of terrorist themselves. They would love to see every person that doesn't fit with their "righteous" beliefs to die. They don't want the "evil non-christian" to hold citizenship in this country. They would love the nuke the middle-east. These people are the American counterparts to religious Islam fanatics.

If you want to tell them your opinion of these possible statements, you can go to this CBN Feedback page. Falwell has a feedback address at jerry@falwell.com.

I looked up Falwell's web site. This story is apparently a hoax, at least according to Falwell. See Fallwell's site. I see nothing about Robertson's possible statements.

I don't like these guys. These people are not christian. They are not religious. These people are only businessmen, and worse they are almost a type of terrorist themselves. They would love to see every person that doesn't fit with their "righteous" beliefs to die. They don't want the "evil non-christian" to hold citizenship in this country. They would love the nuke the middle-east. These people are the American counterparts to religious Islam fanatics.

If you want to tell them your opinion of these possible statements, you can go to this CBN Feedback page. Falwell has a feedback address at jerry@falwell.com.

And of course, some people have found controversy even in the kids' programming.