[Jaded]

I ended up leaving a forum over the nastiness displayed when John Paul II died by a bunch of people who claimed to be fine upstanding Bible-believing Christians.

When Billy Graham passes to his reward, there will be the same media frenzy recounting his life decade by decade and a televised funeral. He did serve the Lord faithfully as a Protestant. Do you think that the Catholics will spew venom over him? I don't.

[SoothingDave]

When Billy Graham passes to his reward, there will be the same media frenzy recounting his life decade by decade and a televised funeral. He did serve the Lord faithfully as a Protestant. Do you think that the Catholics will spew venom over him? I don't.

Of course not. Then again Catholics are not protesting Billy Graham. The Protestants you speak of are quite obviously still protesting against the Papacy.

SD

[Flavius Josephus]

Probably not. We Catholics aren't supposed to be spewing venom. But Billy Graham wasn't the end-all be-all of Protestant ministers, if you ask me. Sure, people flocked to see him and many were converted, and he certainly isn't as theologically unsound as your basic Oral Robertses of the world. But he was pretty liberal.

[Flavius Josephus]

I ended up becoming a Catholic over the grace displayed when John Paul II died. And the grace displayed by the current occupant of the see.

[Full Court]

When Billy Graham passes to his reward, there will be the same media frenzy recounting his life decade by decade and a televised funeral.
He did serve the Lord faithfully as a Protestant. Do you think that the Catholics will spew venom over him? I don't.

here is something to consider, Graham is not the Protestant version of a Pope. He may be respected by some people, but he is not followed.

He was a baptist, but even his own wife didn't leave her denomination to join his.

Also, Graham has many enemies (of sorts) in fundamentalist circles because of his compromises with Rome and his little known but dearly held belief in infant Baptism.

So when Graham dies, there might be some spewing, but I doubt it would be from Catholics. Graham was and is very cozy with Rome and her teachings.

[muawiyah]

When Billy Graham passes on, he will have as much difficulty finding a Catholic priest to officiate at his funeral as any other Protestant.

The "spewing" of venem is sometimes rather quiet you know.

[bahblahbah]

"Do you think that the Catholics will spew venom over him? I don't."

Hah, you're kidding right? They'll be Catholics spewing venom on him here.

[Casloy]

I ended up leaving a forum over the nastiness displayed when John Paul II died by a bunch of people who claimed to be fine upstanding Bible-believing Christians.

Sadly, that attitude tends to show it's ugly head all too often on FR.