Franklin Graham says

[pappy]

that under Muslim law they consider him (Obama) a Muslim.

I say that under the teaching of Christ I consider Franklin Graham a hieratic and a hypocrite.

[Born_A_Truman]

What a wingnut!!

[jaxx]

The Graham name used to be respected, not any more.
It's too bad that the religious fringe gets tv time.

[Brewman_Jax]

The rabid racist RW on parade. These questions and accusations would never be leveled against a white candidate.

[jaxx]

T.D. Jakes to Franklin Graham: Apologize to Obama

Bishop T.D. Jakes, a Dallas megachurch pastor who will be preaching at Lakewood Church during Memorial Day weekend, is calling out Franklin Graham on his his hesitancy to accept Obama as a Christian and asking he apologize for casting speculation onto the president’s faith.

<..> “We didn’t question the Christianity of President Bush when he said he accepted Christ, and I’m disappointed in Rev. Franklin Graham in that regard,” Jakes told Martin. ”…And I would hope that he would see the rationale in apologizing for such statements — because if the president’s faith is suspect, then all of our faiths are suspect, because the Bible is quite clear about what it takes to be saved and the president has been quite open about his accepting Christ and him openly confessing it before men. And if it’s good enough for the Bible it ought to be good enough for the rest of us.”

<..> Franklin Graham was the subject of a an essay posted Tuesday by religion scholar Stephen Prothero that argued that he’s embarrassing his father by bashing Islam more than preaching Christianity and focusing too much on politics.

Jakes seems to agree on this point, saying “I wish he had the diplomacy of his father, who brought the gospel to people without being nuanced by politics because when you do those things you offend people that you are actually called to save and to serve.”

http://blog.chron.com/believeitornot/201...-to-obama/

The zealots are pissing off the christians. Good.

[Hekate]

I didn't agree with old Billy Graham, or his sanctioned (as it were) closeness to power, but he never talked trash like that in public.

Franklin is a smarmy bastard.

[Born_A_Truman]

(02-22-2012 12:44 AM)Hekate Wrote:  I didn't agree with old Billy Graham, or his sanctioned (as it were) closeness to power, but he never talked trash like that in public.

Franklin is a smarmy bastard.

Franklin only says what his father probably said in private.

[Ikonoklast]

(02-22-2012 11:35 AM)Born_A_Truman Wrote:  

(02-22-2012 12:44 AM)Hekate Wrote:  I didn't agree with old Billy Graham, or his sanctioned (as it were) closeness to power, but he never talked trash like that in public.

Franklin is a smarmy bastard.

Franklin only says what his father probably said in private.

Billy Graham is an anti-Semite, so I tend to agree with you, Pat.

[KonaKane]

The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.