This is a reply to the topic about "hillary clinton ties to islam" but that seems to have gone nowhere.
President Bush Believes Christians and Moslems worship the same god.
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by StraightAndNarrow, Oct 12, 2005.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
I do not have a smoking gun......
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
However, my statement should have read, "Billy Graham thinks heaven will have Muslims, Hindus...etc".
So I kinda retract the statement. I don't hate Dr. Graham at all. He's led more people to the Lord than most of his critics, but his apostasy is well documented. -
Is it realy well documented? The only things I see are a handful of lines or quotes that are repeated on the internet over and over again, one blog simply taking the text from another bolg and repeating it.
I've heard Dr Graham speak many times, and seen him in person at a crusade which I was involved in. On the whole, Dr Graham's message is one that says that Christ is the only way, and that without Christ one bears the price of sin, which is death. This is a continuing theme in his messages over and over and over again. Hence, I'm inclined to believe that apostacy is not well documented, just cleverly quoted and oft repeated.
And I agree with you. I respect Dr Graham greatly. But I also recognize the fact that he's a fallable human, in speech, in thought, and in deed. I'm amused by hoy many here who praise Kent Hovind despite his continuous charlatainism will also condemn Dr Graham due to a handful of quotes. -
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
There are interviews in Time magazine, and Christianity Today, that I cannot link to, so I don't know what else to do.
Like I said, I should have worded that differently. It was right for me to be challenged.
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Agreed, Bro Curtis. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm willing to give Dr Graham a bit of leeway here, since the great bulk of his words and works contradict the aforementioned statements.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
I don't appreciate his stance on the pope, I don't like that he called him the holy father, but we'll save that for another time.
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Just as people who have never heard the Gospel can still be saved, I believe that God will judge Hindus and even Muslims on their faith in Christ, as best as they understand Him.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe that the only means of salvation is by faith in Christ and His atonement on our behalf, but I do believe that there may be more faith than we can see on the surface.
I'm not committed to this view and I'm certainly open to correction, so don't judge me too harshly for that. -
The situation with the moderators there is a disaster.
It's not just me, either.
There are threads in the "site suggestions" forum that document dozens of problems people have had there. -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
Just as people who have never heard the Gospel can still be saved, I believe that God will judge Hindus and even Muslims on their faith in Christ, as best as they understand Him.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe that the only means of salvation is by faith in Christ and His atonement on our behalf, but I do believe that there may be more faith than we can see on the surface.
I'm not committed to this view and I'm certainly open to correction, so don't judge me too harshly for that. </font>[/QUOTE]If we met, I would shake your hand, and call you a brother in Christ, same as I would do if I met Billy Graham. I'm really not trying to judge anyone, just saying that people jump all over Bush, yet give others a pass when they believe in the same ting. -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
Uh....make that THING.
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I respect what Bro Curtis is saying here, and concur with that sentiment.
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
The Bush family has never had a theologian. They asked Bush's dad what he thought of the lesbian preacher at the National Episcopal Cathedral and all he could say was that he was not ready for that. The Bush family tends to syncretistic. The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod would throw the Bushes out.
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cmg
The Bush's are a family of professional politicians and in the US professional politicians have to portray themselves as godfearing church/synagogue goers even if they aren't. -
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Brother James
Actually I would be surprised if I found out Bush junior was faking it. I suspect Bush senior (or for that matter Reagan) much more when it comes to that sort of behaviour. -
church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Actually, it is probably the other way around. George Herbert Walker Bush is a devout Episcopalian and knows vast sections of The Holy Bible by heart. However, he is very quiet about his religion in public.
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Just goes to show.
It's always the quiet ones. ;)
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