--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@>
[snip] > > > > Even Hillary! Gosh, don't forget the high-five that Bill and Hill > > gave each other as they sat on Billy Graham's stage a few years > > back when he suggested that Bill become a preacher and Hillary > > become president. You don't get an endorsement like that without > > being a full-blooded "Jesus is the Way" nutjob Christian > > fundamentalist. > > Well, yes, you can. Neither Bill nor Hillary is > a fundamentalist, let alone a nutjob one. > > Graham himself isn't a nutjob fundamentalist and > has been the target of criticism for his tolerance > of other religions and unwillingness to hew to > fundamentalist dogma. He's been an adviser to many > presidents, including Nixon (whom he also endorsed > politically). > Oh, yes, Judy, Billy Graham was VERY tolerant of other religions. Indeed, the tolerant Most Reverand Mr. Graham just loved the Jews, for example: "The National Archives made public thousands of tape recordings of conversations of the late President Richard Nixon, who was notorious for his slurs against Jews. On some of these tapes, were exchanges between him and the famed evangelist, Rev. Billy Graham. "In 1972, Graham agreed with Nixon that our nation's problems lie with the satanic Jews. Both accused Jews of dominating the media, one of the oldest anti-Jewish canards. Graham went on to blame Jews for putting out pornographic stuff. He told Nixon that the Jewish stranglehold has to be broken or the country will go down the drain. He admitted to Nixon that Jews do not really know his true feelings about them." (from http://www.beth-elsa.org/be_s0419a.htm ) As for his wonderful tolerance for Blacks and civil rights, here's what Billy Graham said about Martin Luther King: " 'I am convinced that some Negroes are going too far and too fast.' With King in jail he preached civic rectitude. 'I do believe we have the responsibility to obey the law. No matter what the law may be -- it may be an unjust law -- I believe we have the responsibility to obey it.' In response to King's 'I have a dream' speech, Graham critiqued it with, 'Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.' "After King's death he put King down with: 'Yes, he had his demonstrations in the streets, while I had mine in lawful religious services in stadiums.' " (from http://tinyurl.com/ypebsk ) Thank you, Judy, for your endorsement of Billy Graham's "tolerance" and your insistance that he is not a fundamentalist nutjob. It's Saturday morning, Judy. Will you be doing your usual Garage Sale shopping whereby you go looking to expand your collection of black-faced lawn ornaments?
