Barbara, You’re right- Any God who would tell his messengers that trampling human rights over faith, race or wealth, while claiming his divine love and omnipotence is little more than just giving omniscience to the leader of a hate group. I would rather cease to exist than bow to a God like that.

Barbara, I think you’re being sincere, so I’m going to be respectful. I will not ‘name call’ you, although you felt it necessary to call us names. As a former altar boy, I can confidently state that ‘name calling’, even in defense of your religion or god would be frowned upon by any self-respecting supreme being. I would suggest that you owe us an apology, but I also realize that the main benefit of being pious is never having to say you’re sorry.

I always thought Big G would be an EWTN kind of a creator.

Barbara, I’m so sorry that you’ve been so bamboozled with this whole “this country was founded on religious roots” malarkey, because it’s simple NOT TRUE.

The FIRST English settlement in this country was founded on a COMMERCIAL basis—the Jamestown colony in Virginia? Does that ring a bell with you? While the colonists may have been religious people, they didn’t exactly care about religious principles when they set up the colony. (For what it’s worth, the previous attempt—the “Lost Colony” of Croatoan—was made for purely geopolitical reasons; it was founded as an English balance to the Spanish settlement in San Agustin, the modern-day Florida city of St Augustine. And its failure has some ties to the Spanish Armada’s attempted invasion of England—the relief ship intended to resupply the colony was delayed because of the Armada. Even then, the settling of Jamestown was largely based on the same geopolitical reasoning.)

As to Plymouth and the Pilgrims, they weren’t the least bit interested in “religious” freedom. All they wanted was THEIR religious freedom. Non-Puritans were NOT welcome. Even Puritans who dared to challenge the church’s authority were driven out to prevent the spread of “heresy.” Check the history books for mentions of what the Puritans did to Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson—two prominent Puritan dissidents. Roman Catholics were widely discriminated against in the American colonies—with the lone exception of Maryland (which began as a haven for Catholics in the English colonies). The ONLY colony established under the principles of TRUE religious liberty for ALL people, regardless of their faith (or even their lack of same) was Pennsylvania; the Quakers faced levels of persecution in England but with the establishment of the colony, they not only had a land in which to practice their faith in their fashion but they were gracious enough to allow the same attitude to other people coming to the colony. By the time of the American Revolution, virtually all the colonies had official churches. Sure, people who belonged to other churches weren’t rounded up and tarred and feathered and exiled any longer, but they were required to pay taxes to support the established state church if they wanted to actually have a say in the running of the government (this was at the heart of the Danbury Baptists’ letter to Jefferson). If you couldn’t prove you’d paid this tax, you couldn’t vote (even if you met all the other requirements) nor could you serve on a jury (and you might not even be able to press a lawsuit depending on the whims and religious temperment of the court officials—so if you felt you’d been cheated but you couldn’t prove you’d paid your “tax,” you might not have any recourse). Your children might not be allowed in the local schools if you weren’t part of the State Church (even if you HAD paid your taxes) and even if they were, most of their lessons would be taught through the State Church’s lens (imagine being a Roman Catholic and your children were forced to use a Protestant Bible as part of their lessons-or vice versa).

Barbara Patterson, Personally I have nothing against religion, any religion. I don’t belong to any church and I look at all organized religion faiths equally. My belief is that I want to believe there is a place called Heaven. I don’t know is if there is and neither do you. You and others may strongly believe you know (and that includes atheists) but no one really knows.

I’ve always believed that a higher power could care less what church you go to or if you go at all but would only ask did you make the world a better place for others before you entered it. You don’t have to find a cure for cancer unless you have the knowledge to do so, just make the effort to help others with the abilities that you have. I would think nothing would please God more.

Franklin Graham is nuts. His bigotry towards homosexuals is a sin with my beliefs. He is not only cashing in on his famous father’s name but he’s accomplishing nothing but spreading hate to the ignorant.

No one would deny you the right to raise your children with your faith. What many with different faiths fail to comprehend is that others are entitled to their own beliefs.

It’s clear that all of you are against religion. What a shame and shame on you. You all can’t seem to get beyond name calling to make yourselves look good. Fortunately, you all look like a bunch of idiots. There I name called you. The other shame is that you have done away with your roots, and forgotten that this country was founded on religious roots. If you all started going to church maybe you would become different people than you are today. I will pray for you. But Billy Graham has been a very good preacher and he does hit on truths about this country. I was raised without the benefit of church in my home, but made the concious effort to go to church and raised my children to believe in God and go to church. That made them better people and their children better also. Not one of you can give me a reason not to believe and when reconing day comes what are you going to say for yourselves. That you were selfish, selfcentered, not honest with others, and uncaring about your fellow man?

You nailed it, doors. This satanic skyscraper of horror is filled with faux Christians and cafeteria Catholics. They pretend to be “Godly” while practicing the opposite. A handful of them have cheated on their spouses, and they know who they are.

The Grahams’ association with vile characters such as Ruthless Rupy, Hannocchio the RINO, Nixon trainee Ailes, and The Trumpster says it all. It’s all about the money, and the younger generation of Grahams are good at sniffing out people with large wallets. Those are the people you need to watch carefully.

The $64 million dollar questions:

Was this DVD, and the airing of Graham’s special aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network, or other Christian networks? If it wasn’t, why? Perhaps the masses should ask that question to so-called “Christian” Franklin, via social media.

As for Hannocchio, we wouldn’t use the word “christian,” given his extensive behavior and past. The perfect description for him is cafeteria Catholic. He should have been ex-communicated years ago.

Perfect verse for Franklin, the Fox “News” suits and mouthpieces.

Matthew 7:15-20 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. …

FOX “News” is bad fruit.

In addition to being an unrepentant bigot, Franklin is a sanctimonious phony. He can play Elmer Gantry in the next movie remake.

Dude makes Ernest Angley look downright honest. No, that was not a compliment.

And here I thought it was only the Blues Brothers who were on a Mission from God.

I seriously doubt spraying the Fox News studios with Holy Water would clear out the evil dark entries that are imbedded there.

Franklin Graham Says Fox News On A Mission From God!!!!