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Fox "News" Advances Faith Theme By Promoting Billy Graham Emergency Chaplains

Posted by Priscilla 0.20pc on December 16, 2012 · Flag

Is Roger Ailes engaging in evangelizing on his "news" network? While reality based networks are having discussions on American gun violence and the ready availablity of high powered weaponry, Fox News is turning to God by preaching the necessity of faith in times of crisis. And while 70% of Newtown's population is Catholic there are other groups - 6%, Jewish and 10% of the 24% of "other" groups are liberal mainline Protestants as well as 2% Muslims. But on Fox, the religious perspective, so far, has been from the Catholic Fr. Jonathan Morris and the evangelical Mike Huckabee. And in further promoting Fox preferred Christianity, fundamentalist Christian Shannon Bream interviewed the head of a group of Billy Graham's crisis counselors who have swept into Newtown to comfort the afflicted by giving them hope in the lord.

Bream, a graduate of Liberty University and another Fox News former beauty queen (In 1991 she was Miss Virginia and in the top ten of the Miss America contest) reported that the Billy Graham chaplains were in Newtown CT. She asked Jack Munday, of the Billy Graham Evanglistic Association and Graham's "Rapid Response Team," about his mission. He said that "We recognize that the only real hope that people can have is through the lord and much of what we're hearing on TV centers around faith and we recognize that this is a critical time for everybody to tap in to what God's comfort and hope is all about."

Bream asked "why do you think in times of crisis we're so quick to turn to that place." Munday said that "a relationship experiencing god's comfort and his hope is what people seek" and that even if a person hasn't attended church, "they realize there's a hole there and turn to God." He added that "They ask us a lot of God questions but we don't pretend to have all the answers but we do know that there is a God who loves and cares for them and decides to come along side in times that could be the darkest hour of their life.

Bream thanked him and his team for "listening" and "being a presence for those in need. She then gave the audience Billy Graham's website address.

Right, Graham's team has no religious agenda because it's just about helping folks. Yet, according to one of the team leaders, "We are seeing where they are in their struggles, we are letting them know that we care about them, and that Jesus loves them. We want to help them get through the struggle..."

As the SNL "Church Lady" would say, "Isn't that special."


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Robert Urban commented 2012-12-17 18:28:41 -0500 · Flag
I’m sure an influx of ‘Apologists for Gods Behavior’ is JUST the thing the people of Newton need right now, giving them comfort by explaining how this was all in ‘Gods Master Plan’.

How could ANYBODY, especially the grieving families of these innocent victims, still believe in an all knowing and seeing, omnipotent deity, that/who (I’m not sure how one would address him/her/it) would turn a blind eye, and let something like this happen under their/its watch without raising a finger to stop it.
If anything, it would make these people turn their backs on the whole premise of “A fair and just God” since “God’s character is the benchmark by which all human behavior is measured.” it seems to me that they would surmise that God is a f@#kin @sshole.

I don’t say this as snark, or to be outlandish. But as a matter of fact, that believing in outside forces to prevent tragedy, simply because you spend some bended knee time and contribute to the dish every Sunday, is NEVER going to assure your safety and standing on this earth, and wake up to that fact. We are all at the mercy of the society WE created.
truman commented 2012-12-17 12:23:40 -0500 · Flag
Answer: Gomer the Huckster, Billy Graham and Father Spanky.
Question: Name two bigots and one virgin who pretend to be men of faith.
Joseph West commented 2012-12-17 01:05:29 -0500 · Flag
@the Mike: And just imagine, he’s being outdone by his own son.
the Mike commented 2012-12-16 19:45:12 -0500 · Flag
billy graham, one of the greatest snake oil salesmen in recent times
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