Posted on 03/03/2018 10:32:41 AM PST by heterosupremacist
More slander aimed at Reverend Graham, that shows lefties for what they are.
" In life and in death, Billy Graham has been depicted as a benign counselor to presidents. On Wednesday, he became the first religious leader to lie in state at the US Capitol."
Now, we owe ourselves a reckoning with Graham, who spread his brand of evangelical Christianity around the world while having unfettered access to the Oval Office for decades.
Graham first rose to prominence after World War II, pitching tent revivals and crusades all over the country. He was propped up by William Randolph Hearst, and by 1951 Graham was well in the pocket of Texas billionaire Sid Richardson. It was Richardson who dispatched Graham to Paris to convince Dwight Eisenhower to run for president.
As recounted in “The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House,” by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, Graham had more of an issue with Eisenhower’s “salty language” than his lack of religious belief. In fact, once Eisenhower agreed to run, he openly sought Graham’s help in selling himself as a man of faith; he told Graham that the country would never elect a non-churchgoing candidate.
Eisenhower, a lapsed Presbyterian, asked for Bible quotes to cite in stump speeches and for churches Graham could recommend. A 1953 photo-op shows Graham and Eisenhower reading the Bible together — a photo Graham later reproduced in his own literature.
Just before the election, Graham issued a press release. “Mr. Graham is not taking sides in the political campaign,” it read. “He is remaining neutral.”
Kennedy, Nixon, LBJ, blah, blah, blah...
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Not even close (to pernicious).
Well, at least your honest.
Billy Graham was in his late 90’s at the time.
I would not be surprised if his reasoning faculties had dropped significantly before that time...
It’s Gods word that is eternal
Not a political view...
I would guess with humans dying and being murdered so often, the poor judgement of a 90+ nonagenerian might be overlooked.
When I hear these personal attacks on Dr. Graham, it tells me far more about the attacker than it does Dr. Graham. And what I infer about the speaker is not good. Dr. Graham is not the only person who I hold in that type of regard but there are not many.
Like killing babies in their mothers womb?
Waverunner wrote:
Like killing babies in their mothers womb?
That is not simply pernicious, it is utterly Satanic!
Never doubt it. All they need is an excuse, and ‘someone’ will tell them it is necessary to restore peace during riotous times. It is already prophesied in Revelations, so you can count on it happening ‘sometime’ ... during the Tribulation.
Good grief!
Another pervert heard from.
I never ever listened to Graham; but he never forced me to listen either, so have no reason to wish him ill.
Casca doing the deed. - Karl von Piloty -
Matthew 16:18 applies.
Obama consulted with the racist Jeremiah Wright (former muslim) for 20 years.
Pernicious much???
Dear NY Post. There are lies, damn lies, statistics, and then there’s the mainstream media.
Reverent Grahm did NOT Lie in State. He Lie in Honor.
But I wouldn’t expect reporters to get any facts right anymore.
Mark
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