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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2005Billy Graham
I'm more pagan than I am Christian these days but it was still bittersweet to read that Billy Graham may have preached his final revival sermon tonight. He wasn't spotless clean, but he was cleaner than most and kept a better message than some. Grace > I'm more pagan than I am Christian these days but it was still bittersweet > to read that Billy Graham may have preached his final revival sermon [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Grace Billy Graham, from all accounts, is just a good man. He managed to remain above reproach even when the Jim Bakker, and all those other televangelists got caught doing who knows what and then some. And he's an icon for our generation. It will be sad to see him retire. But man, he's old and I'm sure doesn't have the stamina for a traveling evangelist anymore. How old is he, anyway? Sherry > > I'm more pagan than I am Christian these days but it was still bittersweet > > to read that Billy Graham may have preached his final revival sermon [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry 86. And what a great face he has, still! >> I'm more pagan than I am Christian these days but it was still >> bittersweet [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sherry True enough Sherry. I remember that he got roped into some of the Nixon tapes voicing a protest over the Jewish community for something or other. Though I never did hear what came of it. But beyond that whisper of reproach, he stayed on top. And his son appears to be leading a new Graham saga. I think their family is immensely good for TV Evangelism. I'm going to hate to see him go. Grace >>> I'm more pagan than I am Christian these days but it was still >>> bittersweet [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Grace I think I missed something. Did Billy Graham die? Or are we just preparing for him to die like we did the last Pope? (Not trying to offend anyone, just curious... I've never paid much attention to either televangelists nor to the Pope's) Jill > I think I missed something. Did Billy Graham die? Or are we just preparing > for him to die like we did the last Pope? (Not trying to offend anyone, > just curious... I've never paid much attention to either televangelists nor > to the Pope's) He just held his last revival in a career that spanned 6 decades. Wow! Apparently he has cancer and Parkinson's, so from a certain view point, we are preparing for him to die like the former Pope. I find it an interesting coincidence that both have/had Parkinson's. Diane >> I'm more pagan than I am Christian these days but it was still bittersweet >> to read that Billy Graham may have preached his final revival sermon [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Sherry Some of us cannot forget his comments about Jews in a notorious conversation with Richard Nixon. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Some of us cannot forget his comments about Jews in a notorious > conversation with Richard Nixon. > > Theresa That certainly sounds like a black spot on his career, I agree. Somehow I don't remember that. I'll have to google. Sherry >> Some of us cannot forget his comments about Jews in a notorious >> conversation with Richard Nixon. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sherry It didn't get alot of publicity I think Sherry. I only heard it mentioned once or twice during the 15 minute fame that media gives things. Roughly, from what I remember he was plotting with Nixon on how to remove or prevent the Jewish community from getting a stronger foothold in the economy... maybe... Business leaders, politicians etc such as that. But it's been a while and I'm foggy on the details. Grace >> Some of us cannot forget his comments about Jews in a notorious >> conversation with Richard Nixon. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Sherry It was among the many embarassing moments for Nixon caught on tape. And damningly for Graham, he himself brought up the subject of the "stranglehold" " the Jews" had over the media. He and Haldeman and Nixon went down a kind of "checklist" of media figures, and noting which were (accurately or inaccurately) Jewish. "Dan Rather?" :P Graham referred to some Jewish media figures he was on "friendly" terms, like A. M. Rosenthal, of the New York Times, but sdded that they "have no idea how I really feel." He said the "good thing" about Nixon's reelection, was that maybe they could now "do something" about them. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > It was among the many embarassing moments for Nixon caught on tape. > And damningly for Graham, he himself brought up the subject of the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Theresa That *was* pretty awful things to say, esp. for a spiritual leader. Hopefully Graham's attitude, along with everyone else's on many matters re: Jews, minorities, et al. changed in the last 40 years. I still cringe at some of the things I remember hearing my parents say. Sherry > Billy Graham, from all accounts, is just a good man. He managed to > remain above reproach even when the Jim Bakker, and all those other > televangelists got caught doing who knows what and then some. For many many years, Graham's operation was headquartered here in Minnesota, where I live. Although I disagree with him on several theological details, he truly has been a man of integrity. Once I read that he had a rule, never to be in a room alone with a woman (other than hiw wife) with the door closed. Not that he was "tempted," but so as not to risk perceptions of anything going on. |
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