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...
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“Pernicious”?
What?
He wasn’t at the WH unless he was asked and allowed attheWH.
The “left” is clinically insane and arrogant POSs.
They need to do the entire world a favor and just off themselves.
Obongo did not show for any of it, he was probably worried he would burst into flames.
This whole culture is awash in nastiness and evil. The press coverage of this great man’s death has been vile.
His comment about how Hillary would make a great president says a lot about him if you consider the extreme criminality of her and her endorsement of abortion at any time. Rev. Graham also said he was in favor of abortion in rape, incest, and if dangerous to the health of the mother . . . in so many words, abortion on demand. Not sure how a “deeply” religious man would even contemplate patronizing Hillary and then endorsing abortion on demand.
I wonder how many, if any, abortions the author had?
The author of the article, Maureen Callahan, is pernicious.
I wonder if these people would execute Christians if it was legal.
You mean like this?
Graham called Jews “Satanic.” He agreed with Nixon that they controlled the national media. “They’re the ones putting out all the pornographic stuff,” Graham said, and their “stranglehold has got to be broken or the country’s going down the drain.”
But not to worry, Graham told Nixon — Jews had no idea what he truly believed. “I go and keep friends with Mr. Rosenthal at The New York Times and people of that sort, you know,” Graham said. “And all — I mean not all the Jews, but a lot of the Jews are great friends of mine. They swarm around me and are friendly to me because they know I’m friendly with Israel. But they don’t know how I really feel about what they are doing to this country.”
Liberals and Democrats have a pernicious and evil influence on America and Americans. That is why the nation is in such a turmoil.
I expected the haters to come out against this great man.
Satan hates Billy Graham and has his servants on the attack.
And as far as Hillary . . . The evangelist endorsed her for President and how he personally talked with her. Billy Graham considers her a warm and spiritual person whom he continues to admire. Disgusting that he’d even be in the same room with this vile woman.
Now, I didn't make any of this up. These are HIS words which I find impossible to excuse.
Not even close.
And indeed, the views most Americans alive a half century ago had.
Pretty much the views Maureen's parents probably had.
If you came from NYC, though, you were probably always a little puzzled about why Billy Graham kept getting picked as one of the most admired Americans.
Odds are he wasn't part of your world, but sniping at him when he's barely in the grave isn't cool.
Wow, are they accusing Pastor Graham of trying to minister Ike and lead him to the Lord? What kind of evangelist would do that?
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