Billy Graham's group removes Mormon cult reference from website after Romney meeting

CNN ^ | 10/16/12 | Eric Marrapodi

[Clint N. Suhks]

Shortly after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney enjoyed cookies and soft drinks with the Rev. Billy Graham and his son Franklin Graham on Thursday at the elder Graham's mountaintop retreat, a reference to Mormonism as a cult was scrubbed from the website of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

In a section of the website called Billy Graham's My Answer there had been the question "What is a cult?"

Answer: "A cult is any group which teaches doctrines or beliefs that deviate from the biblical message of the Christian faith."

"Some of these groups are Jehovah's Witnesess, Mormons, the Unification Church, Unitarians, Spritualists, Scientologists, and others," the site continued.

No longer. On Tuesday, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association confirmed that page has recently been removed from the site.

“Our primary focus at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has always been promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ," Ken Barun, chief of staff for the association, told CNN in a statement. "We removed the information from the website because we do not wish to participate in a theological debate about something that has become politicized during this campaign."

[Elsie]

John is speaking obviously of spiritual collaboration, not upon cooperation in earthly endeavors.

It sure ain't OBVIOUS to ME!

[Elsie]

Ahem, they did not “remove Mormonism from their cult list.” They quit talking about cult lists altogether.

Now HERE is a distinction that is worth WAY more than a dime!

[Elsie]

Because I oppose mormonism does not in any reality translate to the approval of obama.

Sigh...

You are supposed to waste a LOT more time than this DEFENDING yourself!

Don't you KNOW that when we cannot defend MORMONism, we descend to attacking the messanger?

--MormonDude(When would be a good time for a couple of our highly trained young folks to visit you and your loving family and correctly explain to you the Restored Gospel®?)

[Elsie]

Myth Romney secretly hates and despises Jesus Christ, the Great I AM ...

Oh; I doubt that HE feels this way.

He probably doesn't even realize that he is taking the Lord's NAME in vain.

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I once had a sweet little 64 Dodge Dart with a 273 V8 in it.

Do you know that these emblems would fit perfectly on the fender?

It fooled the teeny boppers because I COULD squall the tires a bit; but to the real world - no one was fooled.

[Elsie]

You don’t find it equally sad that you misrepresented them?

MORMONism care not one whit that it 'misrepresents' Christianity.

[Elsie]

Sets and subsets: Logic 101

[Elsie]

You are pretending that your inaccuracy of expression was accurate and that all problem is on my side for calling the inaccuracy inaccurate.

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Where can we find an 'OFFICIAL MORMON' teaching website??

Official sites are sites supported by LDS officials unless said official sites are considered unofficial by said officials.

 

At that point such sites are unofficial unless officially referenced for official purposes by officials who can do so officially.

 

This should not be misconstrued as an indication that official sites can be unofficially recognized as official nor should it be implied that unofficial sites cannot contain official information, but are not officially allowed to be offical despite their official contents due the their unofficialness.

 

Official sites will be official and recognized as official by officials of the LDS unless there is an official reason to mark them as unofficial either temporally or permanently, which would make the official content officially unofficial.

 

This is also not to imply that recognized sites, often used on FR by haters and bigots cannot contain official information, it just means that content, despite its official status, is no longer official and should be consider unofficial despite the same information being official on an official site elsewhere.

 

Even then the officialness my be amended due to the use of the unofficial information which may determine the officialness of anything be it official or unofficial depending on how and where it is used officially or unofficially.

I hope this clear things up for the lurkers out there.

The haters tend to make things complicated and confusing when it is all really quite crystal clear.

--Ejonesie22

[Elsie]

...like Paul, treat in shades of grey.

Got an example?

[Elsie]

Billy Graham recognizes that despite Romney being a Mormon that he will be less damaging to the country than Obama.

I am amazed that you have access to this inside information about Billy's thought process.

[Elsie]

Billy Graham recognizes that despite Romney being a Mormon that he will be less damaging to the country than Obama.

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/4118/billy_graham_regrets_political_involvement,_again

[Elsie]

...someone who advocates letting Obama lead our country...

Hitech may want to speak with you...

[Elsie]

yet you feel free to call Billy Graham a false teacher and a liar.

I do??

Where?

[Elsie]

don’t post much scripture. On these threads its like throwing seed onto bare rock. The heart is too hard.

And yet you've just posted Matthew 28:20...

[Elsie]

Its polite to copy the person you are making insults about.

I just KNEW you'd find it!

[svcw]

I thought the Gibsons where Catholic

[svcw]

Good morning E.
What an interesting line of replies since last night, it appears several on this thread have started a new line of work - mind reading and knowing the condition of ones heart.
When did they become little gods?

[Tennessee Nana]

Maybe they’ll be happy with “false gods”

That term is nice and old...

Maybe they’ll be happy with “Thou shalt not commit adultery”

Is that old enough ???

[Springfield Reformer]

So I’m told. :)

[Tennessee Nana]

So thats the real reason Willard went to visit Rev Billy Graham...

[Tennessee Nana]

at least Romney doesn’t have any allegiance to a religion that is entirely foreign and hostile to Christian values
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Well the wholesale adultery required in Mormonism is not a Christian value...

Maybe the lovely Elsie will explain polygamy to you...