Falwell: Rev Barry Lynn 'as reverand as an oak tree'

[edbermac]

Falwell attacked Lynn as "about as reverend as an oak tree"; guest host Asman asked permission to "repeat it at some point"

On the December 1 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson, Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder and chairman of the Moral Majority Coalition, commented that Americans United for the Separation of Church and State executive director Rev. Barry W. Lynn "is about as reverend as an oak tree" and "that reverend name gives him respectability." Guest host David Asman repeated the phrase "about as reverend as an oak tree" and said, "I'd never heard that one, Reverend Jerry Falwell, but I'm going to repeat it at some point."

In fact, as Media Matters for America has noted, Lynn is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.

From the December 1 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson:

ASMAN: By the way, the interesting thing about the Indiana ruling is that Quakers and a group of religious leaders signed the petition. What do you think of that?

FALWELL: Oh, listen, some of the greatest opponents we have to honoring Christ in this country are guys like Reverend Barry Lynn and others who -- he is about as reverend as an oak tree. He's never pastored a church in his life. I've asked him, where is the church you've ever preached in? Well, he likes -- that reverend name gives him respectability.

But the fact is that there are liberals in the pulpits as well as in the politics. And the fact is, free speech is right. Little children should be able to sing "Silent Night" and "Rudolph " in the same setting, and say their prayers over their meals without some bigot thinking that they're breaking the law.

ASMAN: About as reverend as an oak tree. I'd never heard that one, Reverend Jerry Falwell, but I'm going to repeat it at some point. If you don't mind, I'll steal that from you at some point and use it.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200512020015

Jerry, you are about as reverand as a mound of horse shit...

[kevinmc]

1. Falwell, Future Fuel for Satan's BBQ n/t

[terrya]

2. Well, Jer, Reverend Lynn acts more like a Christian than you ever will.

So just shut the fuck up, ok?

[DemGirl7]

3. Falwell is the damn phony

To me, only in the deepest depths of Hell, Falwell should be considered a "reverend", because on earth the only shit I see, and hear coming out of that asshole's mouth is nothing more than nasty poisonous bile, that makes me want to :puke:

[Critters2]

4. If he says he's a "Rev"

and holds standing in the UCC (and I know he does), Barry Lynn's a "Rev". I'm also a minister in the UCC and our standards are fairly tight. You can't go around saying you're ordained in the UCC, if you're not.

I've been told where Lynn holds standing. I keep thinking it's New Hampshire, but living in Washington, his standing would be in the Central Atlantic Conference. Either way, I know he holds an M.Div from BU and did clinical work at Mass General--which is probably more credentials right there than Falwell has.

His Association has decided that the work he does is Christian ministry, and that's who decides--not Falwell! I know when I was doing non-parish ministry, I was held to pretty tight guidelines, had to regularly assure my Church and Ministry Committee that I was doing "ministry". So must Lynn, and he must be doing it to his committee's satisfaction.

Who does Falwell think he is?!

[greiner3]

5. I loathe organized religion;

And those that follow it. My latest peeve is when I, or anyone, sneezes, there is usually the remark 'god bless you.' I've stopped saying it as a knee jerk remark and I no longer say 'thank you' as if words have power over anything or anybody. Next on my list is when someone says the saying, I'm going to say 'why'? I want to get into verbal deuling with these nuts.:evilgrin:

[Critters2]

7. I'm one of those nuts

I say "Bless you" when someone sneezes. It means I hope they're not getting sick, that they feel better, etc. I'm hardly a religious nut. I ama progressive Christian and I take my faith seriously. I don't like it when people hit me over the head with their faith.

Nor do I like it when Atheists and Agnostics get all bent out of shape over something as innocuous as someone wishing them well. There's a lot of real suffering in the world...and you're hacked off at people who say "God bless you". Geez. Get some perspective.

If we were really persecuting you, you'd know it.

[fearnobush]

6. I suspect Falwell will falwell straight to hell! He is no Christian!

Any one who spends millions to launch a fake smear campaign against Christmas is indeed a minion of the devil.

[SaveElmer]

8. Barry Lynn is a great men...Falwell is a bloated hack

Pseudo-Christian without an ounce of God's grace in his soul.

I actually pity the guy...turning into such a hateful man, exactly the opposite of what the God he professes to love would have wanted him to be!

[ktowntennesseedem]

9. Don't you dare compare Falwell to a mound of horse shit!!!

That's offensive to horse shit mounds everywhere!!!

:evilgrin:

[0007]

12. Poor horsey

[Swamp Rat]

10. "Irreverent Falwell"

Jeebus hates you and wants to kill you.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Falwell has a track history for invalidating non-fundamentalist ministers.

He called Bishop Desmond Tutu a "phony". More Freudian projection from "Dr." Falwell, our own Elmer Ph.D.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. I can't stand these jerks like Falwell

I can't tell you how many times I've been told I'm not a real Christian because I'm a liberal. :mad: