Billy Graham No Longer Thinks Mormonism Is a Cult

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Interesting, and sad -- especially for someone whom I thought was a good and decent man.  Hypocrisy at its worst.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

He's just trying to get Romney to be nice to him. Graham's known every president from Truman to Obama, and Graham wants Romney to like him in case Romney wins.

[Speed of Sound]

Interesting, and sad -- especially for someone whom I thought was a good and decent man.  Hypocrisy at its worst.

A good and decent man could never see the Unitarians in such a way. They are a wonderful organization founded on loving and welcoming and honest principles.

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I sincerely doubt Billy Graham, who has had very little to do with the running of the BGEA association in the last decade, had much to do with this. If anything the board removed it to avoid the sort of press it's getting for removing it now. They were trying to save face when their namesake had a friendly meeting with a guy that was part of what they considered a "cult."

The BGEA is run by his son Franklin, who is more hardline, and far more partisan politically, than his father.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Interesting, and sad -- especially for someone whom I thought was a good and decent man.  Hypocrisy at its worst.

A good and decent man could never see the Unitarians in such a way. They are a wonderful organization founded on loving and welcoming and honest principles.

You are correct.

I sincerely doubt Billy Graham, who has had very little to do with the running of the BGEA association in the last decade, had much to do with this. If anything the board removed it to avoid the sort of press it's getting for removing it now. They were trying to save face when their namesake had a friendly meeting with a guy that was part of what they considered a "cult."

The BGEA is run by his son Franklin, who is more hardline, and far more partisan politically, than his father.

Why would they put lists like this on the site without running it by him, though?  The name of the organization is misleading.

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I sincerely doubt Billy Graham, who has had very little to do with the running of the BGEA association in the last decade, had much to do with this. If anything the board removed it to avoid the sort of press it's getting for removing it now. They were trying to save face when their namesake had a friendly meeting with a guy that was part of what they considered a "cult."

The BGEA is run by his son Franklin, who is more hardline, and far more partisan politically, than his father.

Why would they put lists like this on the site without running it by him, though?  The name of the organization is misleading.
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Jesus, the man turns 94 years old next month. He's been in and out of the hospital, essentially on his deathbed, several times in the past year. I doubt he's ever been on the internet, let alone recently.  The lists go on the site because as an interdenominational group they have to draw lines in the sand as to who they will and will not work with.

The name is not particularly misleading. I'm sure it'll keep the name when he passes away, which doesn't mean he's going to run it from beyond the grave. There's a museum named after him in Charlotte, I don't think he spends his time approving every item sold in the gift shop. He's retired.

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Interesting, and sad -- especially for someone whom I thought was a good and decent man.  Hypocrisy at its worst.

A good and decent man could never see the Unitarians in such a way. They are a wonderful organization founded on loving and welcoming and honest principles.

Graham's definition of a cult includes rejecting Trinitarianism, so by his definition, Unitarianism is a cult.

Here's a link from the Wayback Machine to the deleted page: (What is a cult?)

Note that BGEA didn't fully scrub their pages. From Decision Magazine May 1, 2008 in an article by Thom S. Rainer: "The Unexpected Journey"

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So they've still got stuff up that says that Mormons aren't Christians.

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It's about time Billy Graham saw the light and was man enough to admit to this.

Good for him.

Sincerity and humility at its' best.

Billy Graham is to be highly commended for this move.

He did the right thing.