Jerry Falwell felt God supported SEGREGATION. ML King felt God supported INTEGRATION. Was one Christian? Why?

Question

(Both positions were arrived at by prayer, scripture, and reflection.)

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070528/blumenthal

For those unwilling to click the link:

...For Falwell, the "questions of the day" did not always relate to abortion and homosexuality--nor did they begin there. Decades before the forces that now make up the Christian right declared their culture war, Falwell was a rabid segregationist who railed against the civil rights movement from the pulpit of the abandoned backwater bottling plant he converted into Thomas Road Baptist Church. This opening episode of Falwell's life, studiously overlooked by his friends, naïvely unacknowledged by many of his chroniclers, and puzzlingly and glaringly omitted in the obituaries of the Washington Post and New York Times, is essential to understanding his historical significance in galvanizing the Christian right. Indeed, it was race--not abortion or the attendant suite of so-called "values" issues--that propelled Falwell and his evangelical allies into political activism.

Answer 1

Both were Christian. Even Hitler was a Christian.

Religion is a poor predictor of morality.

Answer 2

This is an easy question. Which one is based on love and which one would Jesus have preached. Martin Luther King is right.

Falwell did not get his answers by prayer, scripture or reflection. He got everything through the emotion of hate and that is what he taught. MLK taught love, peace and understanding. Which did Jesus teach.

Answer 3

segregation is illegal and immoral
segregation & Integration are political in nature. There are many people on both sides of the issue. It's a moral issue that generally goes by area of country you live in. I believe in total intergration--some preachers I differ with totally. Being a preacher does not bring infalability.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

falwell and king are both products of their upbringing and the times in which they lived.... which carried over to their christian beliefs.
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they probably both sang "amazing grace" without thinking about the author having been a ships captain who used to convey slaves across the oceans.

then realized his mistake and from which came the song.
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i'm colorblind.
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Answer 6

I'm not a fan of Falwell,
your link did not give any references supporting their alegation.

Answer 7

Basically, anyone can come along and say they were inspired by "God". Who is any one to deny anyone's experience? Many people come to decisions by prayer, scripture, and reflection. That's great... for them!!

Answer 8

I met Jerry and I know he was a Christian and you are a liar.

I never met MLK.

Pastor Art

Answer 9

im not going to links when i did that i was thrown back to email last time...couldnt use arrow
both were converted

Answer 10

Both were Christian and both were wrong.