Jerry Falwell in Critical Condition

By BOB LOWRY, Associated Press Writer

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday, battling his second case of viral pneumonia in just five weeks, hospital and church officials said.

Falwell, 71, was admitted to Lynchburg General Hospital shortly before midnight Monday suffering from "respiratory arrest," the hospital said in a statement.

He was put on a ventilator and stabilized but remained in critical condition, the hospital said.

"He's resting comfortably and in stable condition," said Ron Godwin, Falwell's executive assistant. "It's a recurrence of the viral pneumonia."

Falwell, the founder of the Moral Majority and Liberty University, had left the hospital March 4 after 13 days, spending part of the time on a ventilator.

In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Falwell said he was feeling much better, but still recovering from his hospital stay.

Falwell had been in the pulpit Easter Sunday at Thomas Road Baptist Church and appeared in good health, said the Rev. Dave Randlett, a senior associate pastor.

"He always looks `up' so you wouldn't know if he wasn't" feeling well, Randlett said. "He was very optimistic."

An avid sports fan, Falwell had made the trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., on Saturday to see Liberty University's team play in the third round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament. The team lost. He also had been in the crowd March 22 when it won in the second round in College Park, Md.

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before everyone cheers and says good for the fucker, you should know how bad this actually is. a lady i work with, her daughter caught this. she was a "little" sick and went to the hospital. her doctor sent her home with what was called a mild case of pneumonia. the next day when she was coughing up blood, she went back, again her doctor sent her home. the next day they had to call an ambulace, her pulse was near non existant and her vital organs shut down, she was life flighted to pittsburgh immediately from the hospital and theres a good chance shes going to die

Falwell probably is near opposite from me on the scale, but I would never ever wish any ill on him or anyone else.

If this was happening to an AIDS patient. Falwell would be giddy.

But Green Habit has convinced me to be the better man, but I'm not going to say anything nice about this fucker when he dies.

Did you just read what Peeps posted?

thats whats funny, so many people bitch about his (falwells) lack of compassion or whatever you want to call it, and yet they are quick to say just as many negative things about him that they bitch that he does.

you people couldnt see hipocracy if it slapped you in the face 5 times over

Lack of compassion? I think most people don't like the guy because he tells people that he speaks for God and that God says if you're gay you're going to burn in hell.

I really feel bad for him. I mean, why is Falwell sick? 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 this happen."

Fuck this guy. He's an awful human being.

"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being."

"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."

"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."

"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."

"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them."

"I do not believe the homosexual community deserves minority status. One's misbehavior does not qualify him or her for minority status. Blacks, Hispanics, women, etc., are God-ordained minorities who do indeed deserve minority status."

"The Bible is the inerrant ... word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible,without error in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc."

yea, sorry, im not going to compare anyone to a fucking monkey

Yeah, that would insult ....


.... too easy.

I have compassion for people who have compassion for others.

I hope all of you saying nasty things realize you're no better than he is. He believes people are bad because of the way they live their life and what they think, and you people think he is bad because of the way he lives his life and what he thinks.

I always laugh at the intolerance of the intolerant. What a joke.

He revels in the suffering of others b/c they don't live they way he thinks they should live. I am admantly apathetic about his suffering b/c he's a hypocrite.

What makes you think he revels in the suffering of others?

youre wasting your time, the high and mighty of the board dont see anything unless it is their way

This is all wrong. The question is "What makes you think he doesn't revel in the suffering of others?"

His remarks and behaivor would suggest that he does.

I'll agree with this. But it is naturally difficult to be that humble. But I'll agree that is the higher road.