LL....Religion is the opiate of the masses.
Good riddance,
The world would be a much better place if all religions didn't exist. and everyone was just neutral, or simply acted good w/o being all weird and strange and unnecessarily complex with their lives and values and ideals.,
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Graham was a spiritual adviser to American presidents and provided spiritual counsel for every president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.[5]He was particularly close to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson (one of Graham's closest friends),[6] and Richard Nixon.[7] He insisted on racial integration for his revivals and crusades in 1953 and invited Martin Luther King Jr. to preach jointly at a revival in New York City in 1957. Graham bailed King out of jail in the 1960s when King was arrested in demonstrations. He was also lifelong friends with another televangelist, the founding pastor of the Crystal Cathedral, Robert H. Schuller, whom Graham talked into doing his own television ministry.[8]
Graham operated a variety of media and publishing outlets.[9] According to his staff, more than 3.2 million people have responded to the invitation at Billy Graham Crusades to "accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior". As of 2008, Graham's estimated lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped 2.2 billion. Because of his crusades, Graham preached the gospel to more people in person than anyone in the history of Christianity.[9]
Graham was repeatedly on Gallup's list of most admired men and women. He appeared on the list 60 times since 1955, more than any other individual in the world.[10] Grant Wacker reports that by the mid-1960s, he had become the "Great Legitimator".[11]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham
Regardless of ones beliefs, I've never heard anyone say a negative thought about the man until today, until his passing.
Class act guys.
Not that I give a flyin F.... but I specifically remember he also said.... "AIDS was a judgement from God".
Sooooo...... I think there might be a few more out there that would perhaps disagree with your statement regarding the only ones that have anything negative to say are here on ET.
Just keepin it real.
Lyndon B. Johnson (one of Graham's closest friends)
, I've never heard anyone say a negative thought about the man until today, until his passing.
1. Bird of a feather...
2. "Graham rewarded Johnson by lambasting the Vietnam war protesters demonstrating outside the stadium,"
3. " When the Watergate scandal broke, Graham at first refused to accept that Nixon’s “moral and ethical principles would allow him to do anything illegal”."
4. " In Moscow, he went far beyond the requirements of diplomatic etiquette by quoting the 13th chapter of Romans, in which Christians are urged to obey the authorities."
5. "On a visit to Ceausescu’s Romania he stunned observers by congratulating the authorities for giving “full and generous freedom to all religious denominations”."
6. "A private conversation, secretly taped by President Nixon which came to light in 2004, revealed a virulent streak of antisemitism that contrasted starkly with the bland, ecumenical approach of his public statements. The Jews, Graham told the President, were responsible for “all the pornography” washing over America through the “stranglehold” they held over the mass media."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/o...her-queen-friendship-death-dies-a8221441.html
Hey, the schmuck lived an extraordinary long and successful life, what else can a man want???
LL....
Billy Graham's Net Worth is (was)... $25 Million
https://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/televangelists/billy-graham-net-worth/