Pastors and Politics

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

And neither did I. PantherTeke said the pastors guilty of espousing politics from the pulpit were mainly liberals and Democrats. You asked if he'd never heard of Billy Graham. I pointed out that BG is a Democrat, thus he would fit PantherTeke's description. What part of that was hard for you to understand?

Since I hate to see "true liberals" unnecessarily defamed, I fixed it for you.

BTW, I'm still waiting for you to cite just one example where Billy Graham "strongly encouraged" anyone to "vote for the candidates that supported his personal issues." Just one. Don't worry, though; I'm not holding my breath or anything.

Billy Graham is a conservative. PERIOD. I named both conservatives and Republicans to cover the spectrum that PANTHERTEKE implied refrained from being political. What part of that is hard for you to understand?

The reality is that conservative leaders, including the Religious Right (which I know Graham was not allied with) are the ones discounting reality. They think that the world can abide by some ancient moral code that has absolutely no basis on the current reality. I'm pretty well versed in reality, are you?

As I said, Billy Graham never outright endorsed a candidate or party, however, his actions and the devotion of his TV audience (and he did still have an audience, even without a current show he was still sermonizing) were enough. If you were a loyal Graham fan, which you seem to be, you would be influenced and strongly prefer Nixon over JFK, considering he was counseling the Republican throughout the campaign. You would consider that he spend the night at the White House the night before Desert Storm was launched as an approval of the War and Daddy Bush along with it. His actions spoke to those fans. There are two for you, before you turn blue.