The original Evangelical scam artist dead a 99 years old? Proof that only the good die young.
He abandoned the narrow idea of bringing people to religion in favor of the broader goal of making the US a theocracy
FIFY, AP.
Graham senior may have been somewhat OK; Graham Jr is frankly (ahem) evil.
The Rev. Billy Graham, counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died at age 99.
In his day, he worked hard to overcome racial segregation in the church.
Daiyenu: That alone would have been enough.
There will now be one Hell of a funeral.
Wait, you left five words off the end of the headline.
“…and goes straight to hell.”
Yes, Graham senior was mainly OK in his views and pronunciations. His historical problem which will be overlooked, is that he mainstreamed nonsense religious fundamentalism into the Republican Party. His son is a charlatan.
I’m sorry, but it—evangelicalism, and Billy Graham—still seems like show business to me.
Can I get an “amen”?
Too bad he didn’t take that disgusting P.O.S son of his Franklin with him.
And, no - I am NOT apologizing for saying I’m glad the homophobic, misogynist, anti-Semitic phony bit the dust. I only wish Pat Robertson has gone first, since I have a really nice party planned for that one. With placecards! And EVERYBODY gets two scoops!!!
Well, may he rest in peace. He was perhaps the most straight-shooting and well-intentioned of all the so-called evangelical Christian preachers of his generation. I’m traditional enough to not want to speak ill of the dead who did relatively little wrong while alive.
“Billy Graham, counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died…”
Of shame?
“Franklin Graham Praises Trump As Staunch Defender Of Christianity”
I agree. He was simple-minded, but truly strived to be righteous.
His son is shamefully evil. Actually, Franklin is shamelessly evil, come to think of it.
Not only that, but he helped solidify a demand of religious fealty within our political society. Even Democrats would not go against him and reject the implicit notion of an America built upon a religious foundation.
His standing really abrogated our First Amendment of division of religion from our government. It is why we are fighting the battle that we are TODAY.
I’m sure the faultless and righteous and not-bigoted-at-all-just-like-Donald-Trump Billy Graham is enjoying his angelic splendor in the afterlife, dining on an endless shrimp cocktail while conversing merrily with his tablemates Pol Pot and Idi Amin.
I’m shocked! I thought he died last century.
And as David the Android said in the film “Prometheus”: “Mortal, after all.”
Oh, Bill! You and your wishful thinking! I’ve been saying the same thing about Donald Trump since the mid-'80s.
In 1995 his Evangelistic Association designated his son William Franklin Graham III as the ministry’s leader.
Thus William Franklin joined Jon Podhoretz, William Kristol, and Jerry Falwell, Jr. in the aristocratic, non-meritocratic succession to United States Conservative Contribution Churning Fiefdoms. Part owner Christopher Buckley avoided the fate of being a lightweight heir to a heavyweight fund raiser when he was ousted from his Father’s Op Ed Column on the National Review by Terminal Mediocrity Rich Lowry, for having had the audacity to endorse then Democratic Candidate Barack Obama over John McCain during the 2008 Presidential Election.
Remember how he actually converted big-shot people like Richard Nixon & LBJ into kind, Jesus-like Christians who loved everybody and led lives of virtue and selflessness?
Yeah, I don’t either.
Graham was merely a celebrity religio-prop and willingly went along with it for the temporal benefits it gave him. His son Franklin has slid further toward infamy by being a promoter and beneficiary of rightwing downward deviancy.
I’m waiting for Bill O’Reilly, Gateway Pundit, Alex Jones, Jack Kingston, and Donald Trump Jr. to blame Graham’s death on the Parkland students.