Billy Graham was about the only televangelist I had any respect for; his ministry never seemed to be a solely money churning, self-serving, and self-aggrandizing machine like almost all of the other preachers; he seemed to be very genuine in his ministry and lived as he spoke, a mean feat in the tele-religious world; the only quibble with him I ever had was when a Nixon tape was released with Nixon and Graham together in the Oval Office and Nixon started making some rather anti-Semitic comments right in front of Graham; I kind of wish Graham had spoken up and said something to Nixon, but I prefer to think Graham didn't share Nixon's ideas and Graham remained silent out of respect for the President. Other than that, I can't really think of anything at all untoward about the man...
I'm not religious myself, but I do respect the genuine beliefs of others and I very much respected Billy Graham; he will be missed...
RIP, Rev...
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