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Thread #163659   Message #3907273
Posted By: Joe Offer
22-Feb-18 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: Obit: RIP Billy Graham (1918-2018)
Subject: RE: Obit: RIP Billy Graham (1918-2018)
Good start, Greg. This is so unlike you, posting something that has actual substance.

So, what's your source, Greg?

I'll help out there, although it is information you should have been able to furnish.

It's an opinion piece by guest writer Lyz Lenz in Huffington Post (click).

It's well-written, and I generally agree with it. It's one-sided - but for the most part, it's my side of the argument.

Billy Graham lived 99 years. I think that the high point of his mixing faith with political conservatism was during the Nixon Administration. But Nixon left office a long time ago, in 1974. I think that Billy Graham learned a lot in the years since then, and moderated his stance greatly. No, he still wasn't my cup of tea at the end of his life, but I do think he did a lot to lead conservative Christians away from the worst of the televangelists.

-Joe-