What's the diff betweenJerry Fallwell & Pat Robertson?

Question

I find myself wondering today, and I'm not trying to be funny...what was the difference between Jerry Fallwell and Pat Robertson. They both had their universities and their followers. But was there any real difference in their beliefs?

Answer 1

Pat Robertson holds more political power and seems to think he can make prediction based on talks with God.

Answer 2

Jerry was a Baptist, and Pat, I think is a Penetcostal (if I remember right), so there should be quite a big difference in their beliefs. Jerry would not have believed in "speaking in tongues" like Pat, for one example. There are probably a lot of other differences, but that is the main one that comes to mind right now.

Answer 3

Big difference.Fallwell is orthodox in his beliefs and Robertson is "out there".Jerry was a premillinialist(believes in the Rapture) Pat does not.
Pat is way wrong.
Pat is "charismatic" (believes that the gifts of the Spirit are still used[tounges,healings,word of knowledge etc]) Jerry believes those all ended more or less with the close of scripture.God can heal but he doesn't need man to lay hands.
Jerry was right.

Answer 4

The American religious leader and morals crusader, Jerry Falwell, well known for making outrageous statements, passed away this week at the age of 73. People in religious circles held the famous televangelist and founder of the Moral Majority, in great honour and will mourn his passing. Outside the church however, people saw Falwell at the least a joke and at worst a dangerous bigot.
The top of the list of his now infamous and bizarre comments would possibly be his suggestion that Teletubbie, Tinky Winky, was a gay role model because "He is purple — the gay-pride colour, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle — the gay pride symbol and he carried a handbag." Next on the list would be his warning to America after 9/11. " 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’.” Running a close third would be one of his relentless attacks on the gay community. "AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals... AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."
What can we learn from the life of a man who was sincerely religious and intelligent but whom at times seemed so out of touch with reality? It demonstrates how living in a closed environment with limited information causes you to have a narrow and warped view of the world. Often people heavily involved in Christian churches live in a protected unreal environment. Maintaining a defensive position to uphold the beliefs foundational to their lives, anything that challenges or threatens that security is therefore not entertained. Those involved in leadership like Falwell often live an even more isolated life.
Falwell’s life also demonstrates that change is possible. Originally, Falwell was a segregationist Baptist preacher, who opposed interracial marriage and used the Bible to justify his position. In 1958, Falwell gave a sermon on segregation, stating that. "The true ***** does not want integration...He realizes his potential is far better among his own race... It will destroy our race eventually......It boils down to whether we are going to take God's Word as final." That all changed a few years later when a black shoeshine man asked him, “When will someone like me be allowed to become a member of your congregation?” Something happened and through those simple words, the Rev. Falwell , ended segregation at the Thomas Road Baptist Church he’d founded and he saw the injustice of the churches opposition to civil rights for Afro-Americans.
Unfortunately, it seems that power, influence and a self-righteous belief that he was especially chosen to put America back on the straight and narrow, blocked Falwell from gaining greater understanding in the areas of same-sex-orientation and other issues.
There are sobering lessons for us all in the life of the Rev Jerry Falwell . Saying you have the truth and are right makes everyone else in the world wrong. And that is arrogance.

Answer 5

Jerry Fallwell was Baptist

Pat Robertson is full gospel full of the Holy Ghost

Answer 6

Right now, there is a difference between them with Falwell dead. Both started of being "baptist". In the last few years, Pat Robertson had a more "pentecostal" tone to his work and Falwell did not.

Answer 7

Both of these men thought it was their job to be the moral guidepost for the rest of us. Jerry Falwell founded the "moral majority". Neither of these men are moral. They believed they were leaders in the "Christian" world, but they were far from being Christ-like. They judge others by their own personal beliefs which were based on their fears of people who were different. They feared people of color, people of other faiths, people of other sexual orientation, and declared everyone that did not believe as they did would be doomed. Wonder what Jerry is saying now as he answers for all the hatred he preached. There is very little difference in either of these two men's dogma.

Answer 8

I just watched a google video that was very good, and had a lot of Pat Robertson in it, search for it by typing " Brian Springer - Spin "

Then you can tell who he really is at least.

Ron Paul 08'

Answer 9

i don't understand. yet I study this text by applying Pat titled 'yet another god that failed us' (i think of) and it reported that if we export democracy (by applying we I mean 'united states of america' for those of you who are not American) and the human beings then vote in leaders who hate us, why can we worry exporting it in any respect? This questioning seems to pass hand in hand with the human beings who say we at the instant are not the international's police. In otherwords, Pat is agreeing with , to an quantity, the Liberals who're consequently, in contract with Pat.

Answer 10

Not much. Jerry didn't believe in the Pentecostal experience of speaking in tongues (or spiritual gifts such as healing), whereas Pat does. Apart from that, they both used the same intolerance to judge people and to condemn anybody that didn't meet their so-called standards. Both would welcome convert$ to finance their mini$tries.