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46. He's an idiot, of course they do - they spend all their income

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 08:28 PM

Jan 2019

He should read the end of The Grapes of Wrath. It's fiction, but even so. Didn't he widow give her late mite? So that's more charitable than millions from the rich. I would have thought J. Falwell Jr was familiar with the Bible.

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Jerry Falwell, Jr.: "A poor person never gave anyone a job. A poor person never gave anybody charity [View all] tenderfoot Jan 2019 OP

Scandalous! applegrove Jan 2019 #1

Franklin reads his version of the Bible, where Jesus is a wealthy philanthropist. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #30

Falwell and Graham started getting big when the civil rights movement Kingofalldems Jan 2019 #2

Yep, it's about Racism and control. bitterross Jan 2019 #40

Yup. Abortion is what they claim is their end-all be-all issue, but that's BS. John Fante Jan 2019 #50

What did he give the pool boy? RandySF Jan 2019 #3

lol and why? grantcart Jan 2019 #13

Yes, do tell, Jr!! - How poor was your pool boy, and how much of that 1.3 million went into your Leghorn21 Jan 2019 #28

Some Vitamin D TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #31

He needs to re-read the bit in the Gospels Retrograde Jan 2019 #4

+1 eShirl Jan 2019 #70

Beat me to it ! :) nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #85

Falwell Jr on a camel heading towards a needle. Widows Mite Bubba -Boy, remember that? irisblue Jan 2019 #5

It's in the Bible. Jesus constantly spoke out against the poor. Aristus Jan 2019 #6

and a con man such as yourself, never gave anyone anything. spanone Jan 2019 #7

Lucky for Franklin that his father was born before him, else he'd be a small-time grifter minister. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #35

Instead of a big-time one? (n/t) Retrograde Jan 2019 #71

Republican Jesus. onecaliberal Jan 2019 #8

I guess he never heard about the widow's mite MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #9

The poor have been giving him money his whole life. rusty quoin Jan 2019 #10

If memory serves me correctly, Jesus would be considered a poor man. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #11

I guess the idiot missed the section on the widow's mite. What an ass ... marble falls Jan 2019 #12

Apparently Mr. Falwell missed the lesson in Luke 10:30-37... RHMerriman Jan 2019 #14

He should try reading his holy book and what his Jesus had to say about that. Autumn Jan 2019 #15

He uses a different version. LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #19

The Republican version where their American born Jesus is a dick? Autumn Jan 2019 #37

Shameless Capitalist. lpbk2713 Jan 2019 #16

My great grandmother was as poor as a church mouse Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #17

I'm sure that Jesus would just love Falwell and Graham. Initech Jan 2019 #18

He should read his bible- Luke 21:1-4 TexasProgresive Jan 2019 #20

Just a wild guess on my part KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #33

"A poor person never gave anyone charity"? Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #21

Watch a poor man share his bread and you've seen real charity. Help him Totally Tunsie Jan 2019 #22

The poorest people I ever met, in Ciudad Juarez Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #73

I guess he has never read about this character named Jesus. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #23

Falwell...ur definitely going to hell with that shit in your brain. roamer65 Jan 2019 #24

So he is saying it is bad to be poor. LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #25

He's a peuk. Irishxs Jan 2019 #26

Neither have worked a day in their lives, having everything handed to them Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #27

Sigh..... Oh Jerry Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #29

Starring in another remake of Elmer Gantry Donkees Jan 2019 #32

He must not have read that part of the bible about "the widow's mite" dawg day Jan 2019 #34

He is garbage. JDC Jan 2019 #36

He ought to visit a local food panty Freethinker65 Jan 2019 #38

Luke 6:20 - the Beatitudes DBoon Jan 2019 #39

He's repulsive. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #41

Wait. Jesus was awash in financial riches then? Roland99 Jan 2019 #42

Jesus H Christ was fucking poor (if you believe the bible, which his family made millions claiming) NightWatcher Jan 2019 #43

Jesus was poor and he gave you a job, asshole rusty fender Jan 2019 #44

If you believe the bible. Blue_true Jan 2019 #45

He's an idiot, of course they do - they spend all their income treestar Jan 2019 #46

Bite this Jerry...... Hotler Jan 2019 #47

Jesus did samplegirl Jan 2019 #48

That's one of the most unChristian things I have ever read from a so-called preacher of the Gospel Hekate Jan 2019 #49

Jesus weeps. DemoTex Jan 2019 #51

wow talk about showing one's true colors KayF Jan 2019 #52

I've worked with a few homeless feeding shelters PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #53

Ok, so his Jesus never gave charity of any real volume. defacto7 Jan 2019 #54

This right here is a prime example of why RWNJ fundies are NOT Christians. MrScorpio Jan 2019 #55

Hey, Jerry Jr.: area51 Jan 2019 #56

Transactional Xtianity Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #57

Heard about a guy who was laid off and on unemployment benefits Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #58

That's a damn lie shanti Jan 2019 #59

"The best thing you can do for the poor is not be one of them." - Rev. Ike Marcuse Jan 2019 #60

At least he was honest about that nt doc03 Jan 2019 #62

A poor person never took my pension or health insurance away or forced me doc03 Jan 2019 #61

Great post! Nt raccoon Jan 2019 #80

This from a scammer who gets his money from the poor Raine Jan 2019 #63

Saw a documentary on Tammy Faye Bakker not long ago... Xolodno Jan 2019 #64

Falwell Jr. is more of a Mammonist than even his father. Paladin Jan 2019 #65

Nope. Jesus was poor, and he always helped those less fortunate, as do a lot of others. procon Jan 2019 #66

Add Crefalo Dollar and Joel Osteen sarcasmo Jan 2019 #67

Falwell is exactly the kind of person biblical Jesus would Golden Raisin Jan 2019 #68

Jerry Fallwell Jr only has a job because he inherited it from daddy. Demovictory9 Jan 2019 #69

"Blessed are the poor." Who said that, you fool? CTyankee Jan 2019 #72

Mr. Falwell never worked for Trevor Kracker, I see jmowreader Jan 2019 #74

Wow... ck4829 Jan 2019 #75

this is such crap..the $ put in the little offering basket by a poor person samnsara Jan 2019 #76

I had no idea Jesus was among the 1%. Vinca Jan 2019 #77

Wow! peggysue2 Jan 2019 #78

Falwell is a Christian flotsam Jan 2019 #79

Matthew 42:12 Taketh from the poor & then give unto thee rich. KWR65 Jan 2019 #81

Poor people give more of their income to charity than haele Jan 2019 #82

Jesus was a poor, itinerant Rabbi who traveled with 12 poor and itinerant followers... Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #83

it is crack pots like this that make me scarytomcat Jan 2019 #84

No poor person ever gave ME an orchestrated economic catastrophe. HughBeaumont Jan 2019 #86

+ a few (at least) nt PETRUS Jan 2019 #89

You know who never gives anything without expecting a payday from it? Bettie Jan 2019 #87

My family would be considered poor twenty years ago. We always gave to those we thought less allgood33 Jan 2019 #88