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Billy Graham and politics: Woe to us (Alas, this is not the Billy Graham my Grandma Knew)
Associated Baptist Press ^ | 10/20/2012 | Mark Wingfield

Posted on 10/20/2012 8:05:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

“What concerns me is this — why did he have to go so far as declare Mormonism no longer a cult?”

He didn’t. The article is trying to intentionally mislead people to think he did. Removing a webpage is not the same as declaring Mormonism to not be a cult.


21 posted on 10/20/2012 8:30:36 PM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: SeekAndFind

VOTE Myth Romney OR there WILL NOT BE an America..
ONLY Myth can UNSEAT Obama.. did I say ONLY?..

More important than MYTH as President is a VETO proof Congress.. to get it you must elect Myth..


22 posted on 10/20/2012 8:30:46 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: ynotjjr
I still kept the list of those troll bastards

This thread is posted on the Religion Forum. The main guideline here is to "discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal."

Making the thread "about" individual Freepers is a form of "making it personal."

So, if you wish to "call out" certain Freepers or make the thread "about" them, then do it on some other Free Republic forum, not here.

23 posted on 10/20/2012 8:32:20 PM PDT by Religion Moderator
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To: SeekAndFind

He also went too far when he said that Hillary would make a good president.


24 posted on 10/20/2012 8:32:35 PM PDT by Revel
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To: SeekAndFind

He took the statement about Mormonism down because he knows some of his flock won’t vote for Romney based on their beliefs about Mormonism. This election transcends the differences between religions. I wouldn’t care if Romney worshiped a pancake with a smiley face... as long as his belief system meant that he valued religious freedom and the right to life, he’d have my vote against Obama.


25 posted on 10/20/2012 8:32:45 PM PDT by HawkHogan
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To: eyedigress

As a Jew all I can say is God bless Billy Graham


26 posted on 10/20/2012 8:33:15 PM PDT by ncfool (OMG 2012)
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To: SeekAndFind
I read about that right after Graham did that after his visit with Romney. I recall shaking my head that another person dumped his beliefs to endorse Romney.

So many have denied their beliefs to vote for someone who isn't Hussein. The same will happen in the Republican Party from now on - the candidate will always be a liberal because they know the conservatives will always abandon their beliefs and vote for whomever the GOPe wants.

The downfall of this country is coming and soon.

27 posted on 10/20/2012 8:33:42 PM PDT by Marcella (Republican Conservatism is dead. PREPARE.)
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To: BipolarBob

And at their convention, we learned whose side they’ve taken. Anybody who thinks God would would be removed entirely from the Republican platform, then only restored on a phony voice vote with catcalls and boos isn’t paying attention.


28 posted on 10/20/2012 8:35:09 PM PDT by FredZarguna (A bump in the road. Not optimal.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Franklin, is single-handedly undoing his father’s legacy: The gospel of Jesus Christ transcends political parties and labels. Jesus is neither Republican nor Democrat.”

I smell RINO.

Anyone know anything about the author of this article? Something doesn’t smell right.

Franklin is known for passionately standing for freedom, and using His God-given right to freedom of speech. If that bothers this author, he’s a RINO for sure.


29 posted on 10/20/2012 8:35:09 PM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: SeekAndFind

A cult demands 100% of it’s adherents, a religion only wants 10%.


30 posted on 10/20/2012 8:35:57 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: SeekAndFind
Thx for posting this "SnF"

This is an issue to be discussed!

I appreciated Mitt's Mormonism (and the fact that our country is being directed currently by a Muslim).

That said, I would rather our country be led by Mitt than the communist, muslim Obama!

31 posted on 10/20/2012 8:36:07 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.")
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To: SeekAndFind
"Seen through the lens of history, entering the mainstream poses major risks.
If Mormons think of themselves as another Christian denomination, the risk of
defection rises. The distinctive Mormon beliefs in a new scripture and in the
possibility of joining the supernal realm for eternal life will come into jeopardy
precisely because they mark differences with the Protestant mainstream. If you
believe you are not that different from others, there will be a tendency to
downplay those practices and beliefs that suggest otherwise."

Noah Feldman
32 posted on 10/20/2012 8:37:34 PM PDT by Fpimentel
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To: Sherman Logan
>>Jesus is neither Republican nor Democrat.
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>No, but it is entirely possible for one or the other party to become anti-Christian.

What makes you think they aren't? I mean the democratic position about people being free from religion obviously makes them against Christianity; but the Republican Party is quite remarkable in its ability to garner the support of Christians w/o fighting for Christians on any particular policy.

33 posted on 10/20/2012 8:37:55 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: HawkHogan

RE: He took the statement about Mormonism down because he knows some of his flock won’t vote for Romney based on their beliefs about Mormonism.

Hmmm... makes me wonder if he’ll put the page back up again if Romney wins the presidency.

The purpose of that page was to give guidance to Christians regarding the difference between what cults believe in and orthodox Christianity ( especially when it comes to the Person of Jesus Christ ).

It would be an act of negligence IMHO if the page is not returned after the current pressing objective has been achieved.


34 posted on 10/20/2012 8:39:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: ncfool

The Man knows quite a bit about power on this earth. He tries his best to convey it to the Presidents. They listen or they don’t. I’ll leave it there.


35 posted on 10/20/2012 8:40:14 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: ynotjjr

“It was only a few months ago when you couldn’t open a thread on this forum without having to deal with trolls like this dude telling us why we should just stand down and let Obami do us.”

I know. I dealt with a couple of them just today. Absolutely shameful.


36 posted on 10/20/2012 8:43:25 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (John Roberts did more to endanger the lives of Americans than all 9/11 hijackers combined.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s pretty simple.

Mitt Romney is not a threat to religious liberty.

Barack Hussein Obama, Mmm Mmm Mmm, on the other hand...is.

Game. Set. Match.


37 posted on 10/20/2012 8:45:24 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (John Roberts did more to endanger the lives of Americans than all 9/11 hijackers combined.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

...closeted muslim?

It’s more important to take what people actually do rather than what they purport to be.

I see soetoro as an islamist, and see Romney as at least a capitalist.


38 posted on 10/20/2012 8:45:31 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: SeekAndFind

Billy Graham has enough sense to know we’re not electing a preacher...we’re electing leader for the country. And he’s just as concerned for our country as the pastor in Leakey, Texas that has a sign “Vote for the Mormon, not the Muslim. Vote for the capitalist, not the communist.”

They both know that our freedom to practice our religious beliefs is under attack by the Owebama regime!


39 posted on 10/20/2012 8:46:18 PM PDT by Ms. Blunt
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To: SeekAndFind
Mark Wingfield seems to be lost in the world.

Mark needs to seek YHvH in His WORD.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

40 posted on 10/20/2012 8:46:23 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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