Rev. Falwell is dead

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

Saying X comes from God is hardly ADVOCATING any action...let alone any overt action on the part on any human.

What about those who hear messages from God telling them to blow up abortion clinics? Dubious as it may be, that "comes from God" and advocates action. (And yes, I know this is a ridiculous example, you needn't point it out. Intentionally so, since for whatever reason, talking about Falwell makes me somehow completely extreme and entirely irrational. His spirit rubbing off, I guess.)

Falwell's case is semantically different, because he could just sit back and revel in others' diseased misery without having to "do" anything, but the implicit approval of it is no less sickening.