Billy Graham, dead today at 99. Estimated net worth: $25 million
His son, Franklin Graham: average salary of close to $900,000 a year.
And the Bible says,”Those who have been blessed with wealth must give generously with the poor” Matthew 25:31 “and avoid greed” Luke 12:13
So, you think the Graham family cherry picks what they preach? Makes me sick.
I think every christian I met cherry-picks, this is both bad and good. The moderates tend to stick with the better stuff, although their reasons are still equally ridiculous as the overzealous type. At least theres not that many people stoning people to death or killing their children for being disobedient, just like the 'good book' tells them to.
Avarice, in one way or another, is almost a universal disease. We humans are not as cognitively developed as many of us want to believe.
All religions pick and choose what they will follow as it fits with their life. Even Mother Theresa wasn't as angelic as she appeared. Everyone could have their needs met and we could all live in peace without the likes of greedy religious hypocrites like this man and his family.
Depends on how much people have benefited from their donations.
I never liked him even when I was an evangelical. Never liked "sawdust trail" type evangelists / preachers. Although I must admit Billy was relatively benign compared to the most red-faced, bloviating examples of same. Or he was by the time he became famous anyway.
Also, ironically, he founded the magazine Christianity Today which for years was representative of the relatively liberal wing of evangelicalism. How times hath changed.
Billy is a paragon of virtue compared to his son Franklin, who is one of the more craven right-wing nutters and a very prominent liar for Jesus. So mostly I regard Billy making it to age 99 as a bad sign for how long we'll have to put up with Franklin.
Some of the christian hypocrisy. It is all about the power and the money. Am sure he willed his fortune to the less fortunate.
sarcasm here? If so, I like your statement!
@PrairieMoon Yes, sarcasm. My way to deal with a lot of what is going on in the US.
The vast gulf between the way that religious leaders lead their lives and the way that Jesus Christ is supposed to have lived his life is sickening. You have charlatans like Billy Graham sitting on vast wealth and the Pope and his bishops living in palaces ... only the brain washing of their followers prevents them being hounded out of office.
My first thought was, THANK GOD!! LOL
You mean thank dog. I saw the notice and felt like for once he actually brought me joy. Terrible, the ways some of these people move others.
@JackPedigo yes dog.