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Thread #106061   Message #2187788
Posted By: Little Hawk
06-Nov-07 - 04:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Woody Allen & Billy Graham...funny!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Woody Allen & Billy Graham...funny!!!
They do, gnu. I've seen evidence of it.

Yes, Graham made some good points...the only problem is his unshakable assumption that the Bible is the literal and only Word of God, therefore the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth.

That works if you believe it. It doesn't if you don't. I've never considered the Bible to be an infallible reference to Truth, though I do think it has some excellent passages in it here and there. I see no reason to give it precedence over a great many other sacred books from different religious traditions around the world.

Woody Allen, as usual, gets some good laughs out of his typical self-deprecating style of humour. As for the sexual freedom theme, John, that show was recorded in the late 60's. I see no reason to link it with some ethical troubles that Woody Allen got into 3 or more decades later. He was talking to a young 60's audience for whom sexual freedom was pretty much taken for granted as part of their youthful credo. That's why it's interesting to see how forthrightly Billy Graham responds with his traditional Christian morality, and in a rather good-humoured way as well. Their sparring is quite agreeable, I think. It suggests mutual respect and a friendly willingness to agree to disagree. That's good to see.