Posted on 06/29/2005 10:15:47 PM PDT by CHARLITE
I am so disappointed in Billy Graham.
Personally, I think Dr. Graham was making a polite joke. I don't think there's any way on God's green Earth that he'd be serious about either possibilty. I believe that he knows what kind of people they are, and I believe his MOST sincere wish for them would be for their salvation through Jesus Christ.
Hey...if it could happen to Saul of Tarsus, it can happen to ANYONE...
Exactly. This wasn't support for either Clinton. It was a cheap, throwaway comment. Give Graham a break, folks.
Do you think it's on about the same level as Trent Lott's "cheap throwaway comment" to Strom Thurmond about how "if we'd followed your lead in 1948, we would all be better off today." ??
Char
Thanks for the post.
Billy is getting on a bit. Obviously not as with it as he once was. Sad, but it comes to us all.
The above statement seems to be the meat of the issue. Graham was an anti segregationist long before it was popular for White Southern Evangelical Ministers be speak out against segregation.
Did Billy Graham make the same "cheap throw away comment" twenty years ago?
Trent Lott did when he praised the same racist hypocrite (possibly reconstructed) with the exact same smarmy line in '84 and '02. ---
Which allows a polite inference that the Rev. was being polite, but Trent was saying what he believed
Billy Graham's job is to seperate you from your hard earned cash while pretending to be a Christian...He's PT Barnum (no slight to pt)with the big tent and all... making you feel guilty for so called sins so you'll send a buck. Jesus did not ask for fish from the poor he plucked them from the sea and gave the to the poor and asked for nothing in return. Jesus Did not heal the sick for money or power he healed them because it was the right thing to do. You billy graham fools send your money now to buy your place on earth... heavens in no hurry to accept you.
Folks, that's not what he's about. He gets the ear of those in power because he doesn't try to be their John the Baptist. He doesn't need to do that. Trust me, God can make the Clintons' own shoes leap up and urge them to repent if He wanted to.
Uncharitable talk, accusations of false teaching, and presuming to speak for heaven, all in the span of a few short sentences. Not an impressive showing for you, friend.
Uncharitable talk, accusations of false teaching, and presuming to speak for heaven, all in the span of a few short sentences. Not an impressive showing for you, friend.
Dude, what is with all the hatred of Graham?? Did he piss on your head at some point? Geez. This comment is worth the paper it is printed on (ie, none). Graham was nice to Nixon as well. He is non-partisan. But I don't think you can say that there is another living person who has done more to bring people into christianity. I don't personally follow the guy but I don't have anything negative to say about him.
Wrong! This will be blown up by Hitlery as an "endorsement", gaining 5 to 10 percent additional votes (from "religious" people) and I am sure that billybob will use it in his pursuit of the UN head. IT WAS AN ENDORSEMENT even if Rev G was only kidding.
mark
Big deal - the US Roman Catholic organization (on balance) has been quietly pro-democratic for decades, and has even been arrogant and obnoxious about it.
Go figure...
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