Billy Graham
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- driftlab0
He's one of the few evangelists in the spotlight, who seems to have kept his integrity in tact all these years. Seems to have respect around the globe.
What's interesting to me is, if you watch him on TV, his message is always very concise and simple and he doesn't rely on humor or theatrics like alot of the televangelist freaks, but the people respond in droves. Makes you wonder if there really is a power behind his ministry.
- mrdobolina0
in the 70's Billy Graham used to blame a lot of the world's problems on the jews. look it up if you don't believe me. he has since apologized, but wtf.
- slinky0
Awards and honors
Billy Graham has received the Congressional Gold Medal; the Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in Religion; and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Freedom Award for contributions to the cause of faith and freedom.
He has received the Big Brother of the Year Award for his work on behalf of the welfare of children. He has been cited by the George Washington Carver Memorial Institute for his contributions to race relations. He has also been recognized by the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith and the National Conference of Christians and Jews for his efforts to foster a better understanding among all faiths.
For providing a platform during his events for many Christian musical artists - many new to singing and songwriting and others not so new - Billy Graham was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999 by the Gospel Music Association.
On September 14, 2001 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, Dr. Graham led a prayer and remembrance service at Washington National Cathedral attended by President George W. Bush and past and present leaders.
In December 2001 he was presented with an honorary knighthood, Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), for his international contribution to civic and religious life over 60 years.
Even though Graham has been the minister for presidents, he has spoken at only two presidential funerals. Graham presided over the graveside services for former president Lyndon Johnson in 1973 and took part in eulogizing the former president with former Texas Democratic governor John Connally, an LBJ protege and fellow Texan who was wounded in the assassination that made LBJ president. He also spoke at the funeral of former president Richard Nixon in 1994. Graham was unable to officiate the state funeral of Ronald Reagan on June 11, 2004 due to recent double hip replacement surgery, something former President George H.W. Bush mentioned in his eulogy. Graham had been Reagan's first choice. Because he was in the hospital, Rev. John Danforth, Missouri Republican senator in Reagan's day, officiated the funeral.
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i have done...?? um crapppppp
- driftlab0
that's a tough one to swallow, mrdobolina. Any reliable links on that?
- Mimio0
Come on people.
He's a koot. He refers to homosexuals as "sodomites", he's a backroom anti-semite, and over the last 45 years he's been a tool of the Republican party.
- Anarchitect0
"Seems to have respect around the globe."
define "globe".
- mrdobolina0
it's on the nixon tapes, no bullshit.
- Mimio0
Driftlab look into the "The Haldeman Diaries", it's fairly well known he was/is an anti-semite.
- ********0
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- slinky0
just goes to show that he is human and prone to make mistakes and say the wrong things. he did appologize
- driftlab0
I don't want to start a debate and I don't endorse the guy, but I would be hard pressed to shrug him off as a 'koot' in light of all his accomplishments and his being the catalyst for a heluva lot of life change around the world. He was a good friend to Clinton and I don't think he claims to be tied to any party.
That article seemed like they couldn't make up their minds about him, mrdobolina. Because they say this after all the criticism -
'Little in Billy Graham's background would have led him to embracing Jews. He was born on a dairy farm near Charlotte, North Carolina. His whole culture during his boyhood was rooted in a rural Protestant Christianity. He probably never knew a Jew in those early years.
Yet, over the decades, he has shown a strong affinity to Judaism and the Jewish people. For example, in the 1970's and 1980's, he managed to conduct crusades in the former Soviet Union, while the Communists were still in control. At the same time, he worked behind the scenes with Jewish leaders to advance the cause of Soviet Jewry. His goal was not to convert Jews but to rescue them from their cruel oppression and to bring them to lands of freedom.
Billy Graham has also been an avid champion of the State of Israel. In fact, his daughter, for a while, lived on a kibbutz. His Evangelic Association several years ago produced a documentary about Israel called, "His Land.” In it, Graham shows respect for Judaism.
Furthermore, Graham was a friend of Golda Meir, the late Prime Minister of Israel. She hailed him as a "great human being, and outstanding spokesman for peace and rich brotherhood...” She commented that she would always remember him for his deep understanding of Israel's problems and for his support of Israel's struggle for peace for all the nations in that area.
Many prestigious national Jewish organizations have recognized his solidarity with the Jewish people. In 1977, Graham won the first interreligious award from the American Jewish Committee. The late Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, the Interreligious Director of the AJC at that time, declared that most of the progress of Protestant-Jewish relations over the past quarter century was due to Billy Graham.
In a recent Letter to the Editor of the New York Times, Georgette Bennett, Tanenbaum's widow, recalled a marvelous story her husband told her about Graham's intervention in the 1973 war in Israel. Many others had also intervened. Yet it was only after Graham's phone call to Nixon, that the president send a military airlift to Israel. It was that dramatic action that helped to insure Israel's survival.
How then shall we evaluate Billy Graham in the light of these anti-Jewish disclosures? We regretfully have to look upon Billy Graham with strong ambivalence and even suspicion. We strongly deplore Graham's covert bigotry voiced 30 years ago and, as a result, now see him as the Jewish people's fallen hero. Yet we must acknowledge that, on balance, he has made significant contributions to improving Christian-Jewish relations. He has also assured the viability and security of the State of Israel and the Jewish people everywhere. Amen.'
- mrdobolina0
I'm sorry for being an anti-semite.
sorry dude, if you were jewish, you'd get it.
- slinky0
"Seems to have respect around the globe."
define "globe".
Anarchitect
(Jun 24 05, 07:53)
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"Ten Most Admired Men in the World" from the Gallup Poll since 1955 a total of 47 times, including 40 consecutive -- more than any other individual in the world, placing him at the head of the overall list of those most admired by Americans for the past four decades
- ********0
I'm sorry for being an anti-semite.
sorry dude, if you were jewish, you'd get it.
mrdobolina
(Jun 24 05, 08:03)sounds like Kuz hahah
- mrdobolina0
the ten most admired jew-haters in the world.
nixon tapes don't lie.
- Anarchitect0
"Ten Most Admired Men in the World" from the Gallup Poll....
... placing him at the head of the overall list of those most admired by Americans for the past four decades".
oh.... that "globe".
- Mimio0
Whatever kids... not only is this guy a proven racist, but he's one of those fire & brimstone style preachers that says ignorant shit like "AIDS is a punishment from God".
- donal0
AIDS is a punishment from god.
- JennyMarie0
You should see this Rev Billy.
He exorcizes Starbucks demons
- ********0
AIDS is a punishment from god.
donal
(Jun 24 05, 08:11)you wouldn't say that if you saw it in action. :(