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God's Right Hand How Jerry Falwell Made God a Republican and Baptized the American Right

Michael Sean Winters

An acclaimed reporter presents the first major biography of the legendary, and divisive, conservative pastor who reshaped the landscape of American politics—Jerry Falwell. At a time when the Tea Party movement is dominating much of America's social and political discourse, the story of Falwell's Mor...

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It was described as a very fantastic book, and was referenced multiple times throughout the podcast for details of Jerry Falwell's upbringing and his father's life, including the violent and abusive pranks that took place.

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Kerry Falwell would later recall that his father was a prankster. Kerry once brought a friend home who admitted he was scared of Kerry. Kerry told his father of his friend's fear, half-cautioning, hal...

— Episode: Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the...

Episode: Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious...

It was described as a very fantastic book, and was referenced multiple times throughout the podcast for details of Jerry Falwell's upbringing and his father's life, including the violent and abusive pranks that took place.

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Kerry Falwell would later recall that his father was a prankster. Kerry once brought a friend home who admitted he was scared of Kerry. Kerry told his father of his friend's fear, half-cautioning, half-goat-ing Kerry as he brought the young man into the house. When the young friend walked in, Kerry shouted, Stopped, aimed a pistol at the boy's feet and shot a hole in the floor a few inches in front of his shoes.

Some of the pranks were cruel, however, as when Kerry decided he had enough complaints from one of his workers. When the man called in sick, Kerry offered to have lunch brought to his house, then killed and skinned the man's cat, putting it into a squirrel stew, and sent it to the man's home for lunch.

Falwell had been profoundly disturbed by the actions of the federal government legalizing abortion, removing prayer from the public schools, sending the IRS after Christian academies to him this amounted to a political assault on his turf, the moral fiber of the nation and he could begin to envision politics as the means to beating back the assault.

God's right hand is like a really good biography by Winters. It has a lot of really good info in it but Winters also kind of comes across as well he's critical of a lot that Falwell did fundamentally sympathetic to the man as a human being and I think he misses like the fact that he phrases it as sending the IRS after Christian academies and I'm sure that's how Falwell would like to report it like what Falwell was pissed about was them stopping Christians from segregating schools.

Episode: Part Two: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious...

It was mentioned in relation to Jerry Falwell's eating habits, specifically that he was 'constitutionally incapable' of consuming healthy meals.

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In God's right hand, Michael Winters notes that Falwell was constitutionally incapable of eating healthy food.

Falwell's Liberty Journal discerned a sinister agenda regarding Tinky Winky.

He is purple, the gay pride color and his antenna is shaped like a triangle, the gay pride symbol noted the February issue.

Episode: Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious...

It was referenced multiple times as a source on Jerry Falwell's life, detailing his upbringing, and detailing how his early life experiences may have influenced his later actions and beliefs.

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Kerry Falwell would later recall that his father was a prankster. Kerry once brought a friend home who admitted he was scared of Kerry. Kerry told his father of his friend's fear, half-cautioning, half-goat-ing Kerry as he brought the young man into the house.

When the young friend walked in, Kerry shouted, 'Stopped', aimed a pistol at the boy's feet and shot a hole in the floor a few inches in front of his shoes. 'I've been trying to get that fly all day,' Kerry's father announced returning to his newspaper while the boy fled the house. Kerry admitted that he and his father held with laughter.

Some of the pranks were cruel, however, as when Kerry decided he had enough complaints from one of his workers. When the man called in sick, Kerry offered to have lunch brought to his house, then killed and skinned the man's cat, putting it into a squirrel stew, and sent it to the man's home for lunch.

The next day the man complained that the squirrel meeting the stew had been tough, and Kerry told him he had eaten his own cat.

Falwell had been profoundly disturbed by the actions of the federal government legalizing abortion, removing prayer from the public schools, sending the IRS after Christian academies to him this amounted to a political assault on his turf, the moral fiber of the nation and he could begin to envision politics as the means to beating back the assault.

Episode: Part Two: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious...

The book was referenced multiple times, specifically regarding Jerry Falwell's eating habits, and his tendency to make controversial statements about various groups.

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In God's right hand, Michael Winters notes that Falwell was constitutionally incapable of eating healthy food.

Falwell's Liberty Journal discerned a sinister agenda regarding Tinky Winky.

Episode: Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious...

It was described as Jerry Falwell's best biography, and was referenced several times throughout the episode to give context to Jerry's upbringing and worldview.

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Kerry Falwell would later recall that his father was a prankster. Kerry once brought a friend home who admitted he was scared of Kerry. Kerry told his father of his friend's fear, half-cautioning, half-goading Kerry as he brought the young man into the house. When the young friend walked in, Kerry shouted, 'Stopped, aimed a pistol at the boy's feet and shot a hole in the floor a few inches in front of his shoes.'

'I've been trying to get that fly all day.' Kerry's father announced, returning to his newspaper while the boy fled the house. Kerry admitted that he and his father held with laughter.

Some of the pranks were cruel, however, as when Kerry decided he had enough complaints from one of his workers.

When the man called in sick, Kerry offered to have lunch brought to his house, then killed and skinned the man's cat, putting it into a squirrel stew, and sent it to the man's home for lunch.

The next day the man complained that the squirrel meeting the stew had been tough, and Kerry told him he had eaten his own cat.

Episode: Part Two: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious...

It was mentioned multiple times as a source for information about Jerry Falwell and his beliefs, particularly regarding his stance on homosexuality and the AIDS crisis.

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In God's right hand, Michael Winters notes that Falwell was constitutionally incapable of eating healthy food.

I'm going to quote from God's right hand again.

Falwell's Liberty Journal discerned a sinister agenda regarding Tinky Winky.

He is purple, the gay pride color and his antenna is shaped like a triangle, the gay pride symbol noted the February issue.

Episode: Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious...

It was used as a source for information about Jerry Falwell's life, including his upbringing and actions. The podcast hosts also questioned the author's apparent sympathy for Falwell.

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Kerry Falwell would later recall that his father was a prankster.

Kerry once brought a friend home who admitted he was scared of Kerry. Kerry told his father of his friend's fear, half-cautioning, half-goat-ing Kerry as he brought the young man into the house. When the young friend walked in, Kerry shouted, 'Stopped,' aimed a pistol at the boy's feet and shot a hole in the floor a few inches in front of his shoes. 'I've been trying to get that fly all day,' Kerry's father announced returning to his newspaper while the boy fled the house. Kerry admitted that he and his father held with laughter.

Some of the pranks were cruel, however, as when Kerry decided he had enough complaints from one of his workers. When the man called in sick, Kerry offered to have lunch brought to his house, then killed and skinned the man's cat, putting it into a squirrel stew, and sent it to the man's home for lunch. The next day the man complained that the squirrel meeting the stew had been tough, and Kerry told him he had eaten his own cat.

The decision by the Supreme Court legalizing abortion on demand did more to destroy our nation than any other decision it has made.

The family is the fundamental building block and basic unit of our society and it's continued health as a prerequisite for a healthy and prosperous nation. No nation has ever been stronger than the families within her.

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