He doesn't preach hate, period!
Franklin Graham leaving GOP
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He doesn't preach hate, period!
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Rev. Franklin Graham: Apostle of Hatred
If America is to protect itself by “countering violent extremism,” as President Obama’s recent summit intends, it must first hold accountable its own violent patriotic and Christocentric extremists. A violence-arouser to start with is Rev. Franklin Graham, son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, who is called the “pastor to presidents” and who led former president George W. Bush to “commit my heart to Jesus Christ.”
Rev. Franklin Graham, now leader of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and international aid group Samaritan’s Purse, has left a trail of Islamophobic rants since the horrible 9/11 attacks against America. His response then was not to call America to engage in national soul-searching—as prophets of The Bible might have done. Rather, he blamed 9/11 on Islam, calling it a “very wicked and evil religion.”
Never mind the documentation that shows Muslims do not “hate our freedom,” as former president George W. Bush charged to explain 9/11. They hate our so-called Christian nation’s support of tyrannies in their countries, and favoring Israel at the expense of Palestinian rights.
Rev. Graham’s glorification of his brand of Christianity depends on him condemning Islam as a “violent form of faith,” which led him to do violence to Islam with this glaring lie: “‘Nowhere in its history gives proof of peace (italics added).’” He continued, “‘Islam itself has not changed at all in 1500 years . . . It is the same. It is a religion of war.’” He cited the Islamic State, the Taliban and Boko Haram, and concluded, “This is Islam. It has not been hijacked by radicals. This is the faith, this is the religion. It is what it is. It speaks for itself.”
If Rev. Graham had studied the history of Islam, he might have read Dr. Najib Saliba documented essay on “Christians and Jews Under Islam,” which concludes, “I would like to emphasize that the treatment of Christians and Jews in Muslim states, Arab or Ottoman, was far superior to the treatment Muslims and Jews received at the hands of Christian states, or Palestinians at the hands of the Jewish state of Israel.”
“Nowhere in its history gives proof of peace.” Evidently Rev. Graham is not aware of the revered Muslim leader, “Saladin: A Benevolent Man Respected By Christians.” Faysal Burhan wrote about him this way: “In 1099 Jerusalem had fallen to the First Crusaders slaughtering its Christian, Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, after promising them safety, but did not spare the lives of children, women or elderly.” Burhan continued, when Saladin retook Jerusalem 88 years later, “Adhering to the teachings of Islam” (italics added), he “did not slaughter the city’s Christian inhabitants. Saladin’s noble act won the respect of his opponents and many more people throughout the world.”
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http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/02/rev-franklin-graham-apostle-of-hatred/
If America is to protect itself by “countering violent extremism,” as President Obama’s recent summit intends, it must first hold accountable its own violent patriotic and Christocentric extremists. A violence-arouser to start with is Rev. Franklin Graham, son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, who is called the “pastor to presidents” and who led former president George W. Bush to “commit my heart to Jesus Christ.”
Rev. Franklin Graham, now leader of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and international aid group Samaritan’s Purse, has left a trail of Islamophobic rants since the horrible 9/11 attacks against America. His response then was not to call America to engage in national soul-searching—as prophets of The Bible might have done. Rather, he blamed 9/11 on Islam, calling it a “very wicked and evil religion.”
Never mind the documentation that shows Muslims do not “hate our freedom,” as former president George W. Bush charged to explain 9/11. They hate our so-called Christian nation’s support of tyrannies in their countries, and favoring Israel at the expense of Palestinian rights.
Rev. Graham’s glorification of his brand of Christianity depends on him condemning Islam as a “violent form of faith,” which led him to do violence to Islam with this glaring lie: “‘Nowhere in its history gives proof of peace (italics added).’” He continued, “‘Islam itself has not changed at all in 1500 years . . . It is the same. It is a religion of war.’” He cited the Islamic State, the Taliban and Boko Haram, and concluded, “This is Islam. It has not been hijacked by radicals. This is the faith, this is the religion. It is what it is. It speaks for itself.”
If Rev. Graham had studied the history of Islam, he might have read Dr. Najib Saliba documented essay on “Christians and Jews Under Islam,” which concludes, “I would like to emphasize that the treatment of Christians and Jews in Muslim states, Arab or Ottoman, was far superior to the treatment Muslims and Jews received at the hands of Christian states, or Palestinians at the hands of the Jewish state of Israel.”
“Nowhere in its history gives proof of peace.” Evidently Rev. Graham is not aware of the revered Muslim leader, “Saladin: A Benevolent Man Respected By Christians.” Faysal Burhan wrote about him this way: “In 1099 Jerusalem had fallen to the First Crusaders slaughtering its Christian, Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, after promising them safety, but did not spare the lives of children, women or elderly.” Burhan continued, when Saladin retook Jerusalem 88 years later, “Adhering to the teachings of Islam” (italics added), he “did not slaughter the city’s Christian inhabitants. Saladin’s noble act won the respect of his opponents and many more people throughout the world.”
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http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/02/rev-franklin-graham-apostle-of-hatred/
Mott the Hoople
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Look....Franklin Graham's ministry should have lost their tax exempt status a long time ago but the pussies in Government were to afraid to enforce the law. If Franklin Graham wants to be a player in politics he can do what the rest of us do. PAY TAXES!!
That's the price of admission and the KKKhristo-Capitalist want to play at the dance they need to pay taxes.
That's the price of admission and the KKKhristo-Capitalist want to play at the dance they need to pay taxes.
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Are you saying his daddy wasn't a muslime?
I guess it depends on who you think his real daddy is.
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I think he's a horrible person who doesn't practice his father's teachings. But as long as he doesn't join the Dems, I'm good.
I agree.. and he's dumb as a post.
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