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OT: RIP Billy Graham

LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,170
edited February 2018 in The Commons

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/billy-graham-america-s-pastor-dead-age-99-n701276

I may not have agreed with everything he had to say but he was always worthy of respect.

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  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    It would be tough to talk about this subject because it would be both religious and political to do so. It is unfortunate when anyone dies though an Parkinson’s is  tough illness to combat.

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165

    It will be fair to say that he will always been know as a major religious Icon for many people, and as LeatherGryphon said  I may not have agreed with everything he had to say. But he was always worthy of respect if nothing else just for his humanitarian efforts that help the over whelmed & impoverished peoples around the world .

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,790

    Well he was a good guy from what I know - that is, next to nothing. As far as the preaching aspect of it goes, he was easy to listen to and my mom & dad did whenever he was on TV. I respect Billy Graham for being upfront about what he was doing. He was preaching and he make it clear he was preaching.

  • takezo_3001takezo_3001 Posts: 2,030

    Not too much of a tragedy if you've lived a long and fulfilled life as he did! Most would be lucky to live to 99 with great-grand children!

  • mrposermrposer Posts: 1,134

    Life is tough so whatever helps you get thru it is okay by me. He seemed to help alot of people so RIP Rev. Graham. 

     

  • CypherFOXCypherFOX Posts: 3,401

    Greetings,

    He was one of the better (decency-wise) of the revivalist/televangelist preachers, and while I disagree on many subjects, he was a strong ally to the civil rights cause from early on.  Unlike many in his position, he lived his faith, with all the good and bad that generally entails.

    His death leaves that segment of the population without (as far as I know) a powerful moderate voice, which is also sad.

    --  Morgan

     

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,925

    He lived what he preached, as cypherfox said, and in this world full of hypocrites, a breath of fresh air. My mom is 90 and adored him, her bookcases were full of his books when she moved out of assisted living this summer. I thumbed through a few, and loved the direct, down to earth approach of the books. I'm glad his family got to be with him for so many years, and a very kind man has left them a big void. 

  • HorusRaHorusRa Posts: 1,665
    edited March 2019

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  • ecoleenaecoleena Posts: 85

    When i was a child, i saw Billy Graham in a big screen tv conference, i was very impressed.

     

    Here something I have read in the news:

    Billy Graham : “someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead—don't you believe a word of it.

    I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address.”

     

    Former President Barack Obama tweeted that Graham was a "humble servant who prayed for so many —

    and who, with wisdom and grace, gave hope and guidance to generations of Americans."

     

    Donald Trump, who in a tweet after Graham's death called him the "GREAT Billy Graham" and wrote:

    "There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man."

     

    
 
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