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Originally Posted by ah123
The following (below) had me wondering how much of what Falwell said was "his belief" vs "a way to raise funds"...still he seems to have caused much grief to many...
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I really do not think in his case that there was a clear line of distinction. For Falwell and for others who are likeminded, everything tends to be a means to the all important end. I believe that he was sincere in his conviction that eternal punishment was the greatest danger to all of humanity, and that the only way to save mankind was to adopt his wholescale, "all or nothing" approach to biblical inerrency. In Falwell's estimation, there is always the greater good, which happened to be something intangible, immeasurable and beyond the pale of any sort of objective ontological discovery. Because of this, he was able to promote his solution through his brand of the Gospel through any means necessary without guilt, and without fear of crossing any sort of ethically defined boundary. "Fundraising" was just another word for "evangelizating".