Posted on 03/12/2015 8:39:35 AM PDT by xzins
President Barack Obama and his outgoing attorney general, Eric Holder, are, along with "progressives" in government, forcing "a new morality" on the American people, a "morality that does not include God" and which is "an Anti-Christ movement," said Reverend Franklin Graham.
"There is an anti-Christian bias that is now in our government, has permeated our government, that’s also permeated Washington but [also] at the state and local level," said Rev. Graham during a Mar. 11 interview on Washington Watch With Tony Perkins.
"It’s the progressives, whatever you want to call them, that are trying -- and the president is into this and the attorney general is into this 100% -- and that is, forcing on the American people a new morality," said Rev. Graham. "And it’s a morality that does not include God or His standards. That’s what we’re facing today."
"It is an Anti-Christ movement that we’re seeing taking place," he said.
However, the reverend, who runs the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the international relief group Samaritan's Purse, said Americans still "have a voice" and "can speak up, like we're doing right now."
"They cannot silence our voice yet," he said. "I think as long as we speak we've got an opportunity to turn the tide."
Leading into the program, host Tony Perkins asked Rev. Graham about religious persecution in the Middle East by the Islamic State and whether the United States was doing enough to help the people fleeing the persecution.
Rev. Graham said that what was happening constituted, in his view, genocide. "I'm just frightened that the Christian community in Iraq is going to be completely wiped out," he said.
As for the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Shia Muslim government there has placed tough restrictions on the Farsi-speaking Christian churches to the point, said Rev. Graham, where they "will soon be gone" and just "die off."
The Sunni Muslims in Iraq and Syria, in contrast, are just "killing the Christians, beheading them, cutting their throats, telling them to convert to Islam or we're going to shoot you," he said.
Concerning the Obama administration, they were warned by our military leaders not to pull completely out of Iraq but they did not do that "and now we have an imploding in that part of the world," said the reverend.
We pulled out of Iraq and "that vacuum was filled by ISIS," the Islamic State, said Tony Perkins, adding that the administration doesn't want to acknowledge that the Islamists are motivated "by their radical beliefs."
Commenting on that point, Rev. Graham said, "One of the problems we have, the president, his father was a Muslim and his stepfather was a Muslim -- [he] lived in Indonesia and went to Muslim schools. His mother must have been a Muslim. We don’t know that but she married two Muslim men, so there must have been something there."
"The framework that our president has growing up, his influences in his life were that of Islam," said the reverend. "My influences, growing up in this country as many in this country, were under the Christian influence and the biblical influence. But our president did not have that; it was Islam. Many feel that he’s protecting Islam. I don’t know that but it certainly seems that way."
Perkins said, "Well, it doesn’t look like he’s going out of his way to help Christianity." He also raised the point that an apparent "growing religious intolerance here at home" is perhaps "fueling this persecution abroad."
Rev. Graham responded, "I would agree with you but I would humbly focus a little bit more on that it’s not so much religious freedom, because other religions have lots of freedom. It is really focusing against Christians." The reverend then went on to explain his observation of the anti-Christian movement in the government.
Franklin Graham, 62, is the son of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham who is 96 and doing fairly well, according to reports, residing at his home in Montreat, N.C.
Craig Millward contributed to this report
Rev. Graham responded...I would humbly focus a little bit more on that it’s not so much religious freedom, because other religions have lots of freedom. It is really focusing against Christians." The reverend then went on to explain his observation of the anti-Christian movement in the government.
As much as I respect his dad, I really like Franklin’s outspoken courage.
God protect this man for speaking the truth.
Today, Obama and Holder are enjoying the fruits of their labors as two more law enforcement officers are gunned down.
We are being warned.
Is a junta possible in the USA?
And that’s what’s behind all these “Coexist” progressives. Everyone tacitly understands that the coexist bumper sticker is really thinly camouflaged anti-Christian slogan.
Agreed. It’s very sad the voters did this. We need to keep speaking up and if at all possible get him to destroy the iranian nuclear missile arsenal he’s been protecting and financing
Frankly, I lost all respect for him in his doings with Bill Clinton and company. He can be how he wants to be and say what he wants to but it is nothing to me, really.
One thing I observe — The son, unlike his father, does not mince words.
His dad usually tries to avoid direct confrontations and openly offending anyone.
Its clear the progressives have it in them, without a doubt.
Are you talking about Franklin Graham or Billy Graham.
Wow! It would take a Graham to call a spade a spade. Yeah, that’s right. He associated obama with the anti-Christ, or he came this close.
We all need to pray for Reverend Franklin Graham now because we know how angry obama gets when he is called out with the truth!
I agree. He came this close to associating Obama and anti-Christ. He’s clear about anti-Christian, but is there anything between the lines that we’re missing?
Ping to a courageous man
I was assuming the old dude....if it was the son, then they should have said so instead of trying to make hay on the elder’s namesake. Rev. Graham is a little deceptive in my opinion. Even the media makes the distinction between Rand and Ron (Paul) for example.
If it is the younger, then my only question would be is if he has pandered to the likes of the Clintons? If so, then same comment.
A prophet for our time.
I agree that there was a time when Billy Graham was trying to have a larger tent idea. Franklin has never done that to my knowledge. And I think Billy was growing old and his reasoning powers were weakening.
Regardless, my comments were for the elder, and since you say the younger hasn't succumbed, I'll take that on face value and retract my comment.
Yes, he is saying that he believes that obama at minimum sympathizes with ISIS and is likely aiding and abetting them. He said we can still speak up about it because we still have some freedom but that our freedom is waning and soon we might not have any. Possibly that sharia law or some muslim law will be here in America if we don’t get things under control. Just as is happening to Christians in other parts of the world.
What do you think he is saying between the lines?
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