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| Preacher Franklin Graham Condemned for Telling Fox News Viewers to Pray for Putin: ‘You Pervert the Word of God' |
| 2022-04-17 |
| [The Wrap] Evangelical Preacher Franklin Graham is getting roasted on social media for telling Fox News Viewers to "Pray for Putin." In an interview with Fox News Digital, Graham told Maureen Mackey that he admires the Ukranian people and suggested that prayer might change Putin’s heart. "I admire them, and we want to do all that we can to help them. It’s a mess. It’s going to get worse, I’m afraid. And what President Putin’s end game is, I don’t know. But I think we just need to pray that God can change his heart," Graham, who is president and CEO of the Billy Graham, Evangelistic Association said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #23 That's what the bible teaches Christians to do, pray for leaders. The folks who are anti Christian don't understand the why, but, Franklin is right in this regard. |
| Posted by: Omaing Stalag1261 2022-04-17 19:40 |
| #22 I nightly 'aum' president biden. He may be stupid, he may be criminal, but he is the president and i 'aum' him that he may find 'peace. there are no pre-conditions to the 'aum' but if he finds peace he may act on it. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2022-04-17 16:39 |
| #21 I just meant to say the polished runt that seems to be Gawd's spokesman might never have known Him. 'Get away from me you But Gawd. Gawd is a different ballpark. To him our ranks and files and armor and oh the mighty bomb bom bom bomb and our shrewd edifices of control, our institutions of nobility mean jack and shit. And not only that, He probably wants to smash our faces into it and have us admit it. I'm not some luddite kool aid connoisseur. I just... think for myself. In this age you can't let seemingly noble, soap scrubbed faces lead you anywhere. Not even to prayer. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-17 15:54 |
| #20 /\ Please babblon. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-04-17 15:28 |
| #19 ^ Of course that may not be the case with Russia but a thinking man would consider. Gawd was always using Nebuchadnezzars and Cyruses to do what needed to be done. And He would command the Jews to stay out of stuff that needed to be done. Today, even in christian societies, to stop and consider anything is anathema. Every action must have an equally fcuked reaction, and quick! Before anybody realises we're doin' absolutely nothing! When doing absolutely nothing maybe exactly what Gawd wants, and anything coming in the way... well it gets Nebuchadnezzared. Aahhh... I'm just babbling, it's one of those nights. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-17 15:00 |
| #18 Self-righteous pulpit pounders with multi million dollar 'ministries' and hobnobbing with kings are to me like Zedekiah who thought he was the real McCoy. It never occurs to such people that Gawd creates good and Gawd creates evil. Shall there be trouble in a land and (He) has not done it? Why, I'm willing to even believe it is by His fiat Russia has attacked Ukraine! And I say this with total impartiality that I don't expect a professional godman to know what's what anymore. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-17 14:53 |
| #17 Link didn't open. Never mind I found it. Some conversations with Nixon. Hmmm... |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-17 14:38 |
| #16 Someone will debunk it, but here ya go.. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-17 14:35 |
| #15 If God can convert Saul of Tarsus, no one is beyond His reach. |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-04-17 14:35 |
| #14 ^ What?! He was? I mean... I never thought him a saint or something but anti-semite? Do tell. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-17 14:31 |
| #13 Billy Graham was an old time bigot and anti Semite. His son is just a grifter. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-17 14:28 |
| #12 Sounds like Franklin decided to not base his theology on Caiaphas. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-04-17 14:17 |
| #11 Ima thinkin' the world needs more of Dron's first part. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-04-17 14:14 |
| #10 I think reticent, recalcitrant and stubborn are distinct points on a spectrum. Acting classy is on a different spectrum altogether. Kudos to both of you! |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-04-17 11:34 |
| #9 Somewhere in this time of Easter, Love and Renewal I still can't shake the hope that among other things the Almighty might do a bit more "Smite the Wicked" stuff. Just admitting a bit of the "Ole Time Religion" memory from my Southern Baptist Grandmother, one hard lady! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-04-17 11:06 |
| #8 The problem occurred when "social media" became involved. That's where any good intentions got left behind. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-04-17 10:12 |
| #7 Pray that he sees the error of his way. |
| Posted by: Croque Fliting8030 2022-04-17 09:19 |
| #6 Typical conversation Dron: I pray Lord you give every king the strength to fight the New World Order of these rich globalist satanists. Smite thou the proud and grind them into powder. That the godless and the idolaters and the wild dogs of the deserts that howl for innocent blood are scattered and slain! That thou wouldst keep my soul from the snare, and deliver my enemies into my hands. Then shall I show them thy wrath. And ... Gawd: Enough! What do you take me for, you idjit? A lot has happened since Malachi! Dron: Okay, sorty sorry. Uhh... give me your... err... Spirit so I can think as you and be... a child of light? Forgive me the other... things. Thank you, Sir for everything. Oh have mercy on me a sinner... |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-17 06:54 |
| #5 My personal maxim: Always be suspect of the person who is sure they have it all figured out. I try to be like Chief O'Doul in Miller's Crossing: "I know I don't know nothing. I was just speculatin' about a hypothesis..." But I totally Do Believe. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-17 05:23 |
| #4 I appreciated the man's insistence to stick to his principles, but felt I had the power. He couldn't stop me, and he admitted as much. I think reticent, recalcitrant and stubborn are distinct points on a spectrum. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-17 05:20 |
| #3 There was a time when I felt that way, M, but as I spent more time out in the world I realized that good wishes ought to be appreciated in the spirit in which they are intended, even if not phrased precisely as I would prefer — doing as I would be done by. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-04-17 05:12 |
| #2 I once told Steven den Beste (somewhat famous atheist) that I could pray for him and there was nothing he could do to stop me. He conceded the point but said I would understand if he didn't thank me all the same. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-17 04:58 |
| #1 I believe the 'real' perversion has been identified. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-04-17 04:49 |