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Thread #163659   Message #3907060
Posted By: Steve Shaw
21-Feb-18 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Obit: RIP Billy Graham (1918-2018)
Subject: RE: BS: RIP Billy Graham
Agreed wholeheartedly. True, he apparently kept his nose clean. But he chimed in with the US penchant for appealing to God and Jesus to solve all their problems and eschewing reality and rationality. He did the world no favours and his baleful influence went beyond US borders. True, he opposed racism in the South. But don't let that kid you into thinking that he was somehow inclusive. Far from it. In one of his most infamous speeches he claimed that the problems of the world couldn't be solved without Jesus. Exclusive, and exclusive bollocks. I suppose his estate is rather large.