RIP Billy Graham
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING NEWS: Billy Graham has died at age 99. <a href="https://t.co/oZbmCUwOU5">pic.twitter.com/oZbmCUwOU5</a></p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/966301800969195520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

In b4 Dave Lane or Ash ruin the thread

Wow. That's too bad but he lived a long, rich life.

I didn't realize he was that old
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I didn't realize he hadn't already died.

RIP, preacher man.

Yes....very very rich.

Has cosmo been released from Romper Room yet?

Net worth of 25mill

He was a great man with a great message. He brought hope to millions, including me. Life very well lived.

“Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.'”
**Matthew‬ *25:19-21‬ *ESV‬‬

I didn't mean money.

RIP Billy Graham, wow.

I was surprised to see he was still alive as he was old to me when I was a kid. My Grandma used to follow him closely.

I realize that is a lot of money, but given what he did and how he did it, that's not near what I thought he would be worth.

RIP, Billy. You walked the talk.

Yeah to both. 99? Was still alive?

I'll forever identify him with the powerful voice coming out of the speakers in my dad's old Chevrolet during his radio program, "The Hour Of Decision". He was a great man.

I remember as a young teenager - my parents always watched Billy Graham's televised "Crusades" when they would be on CBS? I think...It was always pretty cool when he invited anyone to come to the front and thousands would come down to the stage from the stadium.

He truly was a great man. RIP

Yeah, when I visited and stayed overnight with grandma, I was forced to listen to that radio program. She never missed it.

Later it was the TV show. I listened or watched more of him than my Cardinals games.

Gone to Heaven for sure

RIP - good life, overall though.

I went to a couple of his services as a child in Kansas City. He was a good man, and he helped a lot of people.

“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. I will have gone into the presence of God.”

A true believer, RIP.

Amen and encouraging words for us when we leave this live

I always pictured God as more of a pitcher than a catcher.

He always seemed like one of the good guys. RIP

Sorry, but you can't dodge the IRS, pal.

Rip

Preacher drove by in his Cadillac
I waved at him, but he didn't wave back.

I'd say rest in peace, but thats a given... easily one of the greatest men of my lifetime

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Nothing like making God a profit driven business.

Bingo!!!

Rep for either one of you, if you can find a proven scandal (financial or otherwise) in Grahams past

He helped millions all over the world with the money he raised

That's actually a translation issue; many cities had walls built around them and the door by which people would enter and exit at night was a small door...and getting a camel through those doors was possible but difficult because of the height of the camel...somehow this became the "eye of a needle" reference. From what I understand it's not supposed to be believed that it's impossible for a wealthy man to enter Heaven. Many of God's followers, King David for example, lived in great wealth.

Interesting. I never took it to mean “impossible”. I thought it would just mean you’d have to put the camel through a giant blender and then slowly smush the gelatinous mixture through the needle eye. Seemed like an odd way to make a point.

The guy was an anti-Semite, so technically he hated Jesus.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.ajc.c...LawWL/amp.html

Indeed, as did King Solomon, and a host of others.

He also expressed love for Israel, then later apologized for the things that were off color... if the left can forgive Robert Byrd for being a Grand Dragon, I can forgive him for remarks made in 1972

But since you're interested in tearing down a great man, go ahead and find something that talks about him living lavishly on the money he raised

His son is a huge piece of shit also

RIP tho i guess

Does the private jet not count? What was he using money on to help people? All I remember him doing was spreading the word of God and buying more ministries to spread that word. Can you please show me all the wonderful things he did other than converting people to Christianity?

Scandal?

He was a misogynist and a homophobe…

Doesn't need a scandal to make him a primitive minded ****ing piece of shit

And I'm reminded once again of the Mandela effect.

Yeah, that’s why Jesus asked everybody at the sermon on the mount to hurry up and donate today. Because St. Thomas Aquinas confused “eye of the needle” with “a small door in the city walls.”

Or maybe people make BANK off of “ministering.”

What’s the misinterpretation of “man cannot serve both God and money?”

Or

“Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.”

The translation is actually “go on TV and ask poor people to give donations so you can build big ass churches and fly private and live super comfortably, cuz you’re a minister.”

Jesus was very very clear on money, and it wasn’t for net worth. It was for helping the sick, the pooor, the disenfranchised, the imprisoned. It wasn’t for crystal palaces.

Was he the one who said that God would strike him dead if people didn't give to his ministry?

Nope, that was Oral Roberts.

Why we giving money to people in prison?

Because everybody in prison is guilty or there for totally valid reasons right

This thread should probably be in DC tbh

I wonder why he felt the need to lie about what he said/thought about Jews. He only owned up to it when the tapes came out. That's sort of the opposite of what I'd expect a person like Graham to do.

To be fair, that actually worked really well.

I'm not surprised when evangelists lie

Thanks, I get the televagels mixed up sometimes.

Enjoy burning in hell Billy!

Every 16-year-old-burger-flipper earning an honest paycheck from working hard today provides a greater service to society than you did in your lifetime.

You're both a couple of cock suckers

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/us/bi...bit/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham

Says the supposed Christian

?

There is officially no one that CP won't dump on.

Not Randolph Scott

Its a televangelist death posted on a football forum, what did you expect?

"Rep for anyone that can find something bad about this guy."

"He didn't like Jews"

"That one doesn't count and hey this other guy was in the KKK so it must be a little OK. Now find me one bad thing in this narrow example I provided."

I think you may have posted the wrong links. All of that just says he was a televangelist that converted millions to Christianity. Which is what I said I knew him to be. You’re making him out to be a saint that helped millions. Can you post any evidence of your claim?

Billy Grahams 'Samaritans Purse' charity rated 4 of 4

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ind...ary&orgid=4423

**** you

That's a lot of collection plate tithe money.

Looks like a missionary which is like the time share version of a charity. “Free stuff, if you listen to our bullshit!!!”

You laid it out in your post above.

Looks like you're a lying, hateful sack of shit

That's an awfully non-christian thing to say. I'm guessing if he's not a crime-lord or another Graham-like religious charlatan, that he pays his fair share of taxes; something Billy gleefully chose not to do in his lifetime.

I wont bother holding myself to Christian standards when stooping to the level of the likes of you and others

Billy Grahams charity has an impeccable record, meanwhile... people like you are sacks of shit :hmmm:

Imagine what he blew in hookers and blow in 99 years

I disagree with your assessment; I've made an honest living providing strangers with useful services for the better part of my life.

I haven't conned poor people into agreeing with my fantasy beliefs so I make 25 million dollars off them, and not pay a dime towards the tax system that a Hy Vee cashier contributes to on her first day of minimum wage.

I think Billy Graham was basically a good man, and was a sinner as we all are. But his kids basically took over his ministry and are the ones who made the mega-bucks.

Joel Osteen, on the other hand, is a worthless huckster. The Houston Flood proved that to me.

Servicing strangers is not an honest living my friend, its called prostitution... here is some help, call the number

https://prostitutionrecovery.org/

Lol didn't he used to talk to snakes and remove evil spirits from people on stage by talking in Slytherin?

Billy Graham wasn't a snake waver.

Good riddance. Now if Joel and Pat can leave.....

Graham's more like the Joe Paterno of large scale religious swindling, whereas Olsteen is the full on Sandusky.

Billy wasn't about to speak up and prevent his flock from raking in every last penny their tax free status afforded them; but, he wasn't directly doing the dirty deeds himself.

Heaven welcomed home a great man of God today. Thank you Mr. Graham, for your service to the Lord.

I'm guessing you don't know how the American tax system works? If somebody works that first day of minimum wage, they are getting 100% of what they pay in back. Unless they work a crap load of hours.

Seems to me your hatred is misguided. You should be angered at the American tax system, not somebody who played the game according to the rules IMO

You never heard about them boys?

What do you call two gay guys named Bob?

When do you hold yourself (and others) to Christian standards? You seem to feel like it's your place to decide.