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Title: Franklin Graham: Secularists have taken control of America
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One News Now
URL Source: http://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2 ... -have-taken-control-of-america
Published: Feb 4, 2015
Author: Michael F. Haverluck
Post Date: 2015-02-13 14:14:58 by redleghunter
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Views: 45125
Comments: 154
Addressing the crowd at the Oklahoma State Evangelism Conference last week, world-renowned evangelist Franklin Graham admittedly took a different spin than his iconic father, Billy Graham, on the podium and criticized America, declaring that "secularists have taken control of our country." The president of the Billy Graham Evangelist Association admonished believers in America for standing by while godless, democratically appointed government officials rip the Christian foundation of the country out from under them. "Our country has changed, and we've got to take a stand," Graham exhorted the Oklahoma City crowd, according to The Christian Post. "We live in a secular society led by people that call themselves progressives. Secularists … have taken control of our country. And we have just sat back and it's happened. And we haven't even realized it's happened." Not my father's world Graham then said that he is not afraid to talk about many of the issues his father didn't typically address and critique, noting that the bulk of the senior Graham's ministry took place during a time before American society thoroughly divorced itself from God. He explained how Billy Graham's school days weren't riddled with fears that students would be punished for handing out Christian literature, forming Bible clubs or leading organized prayer. "Well, you say, 'Now Franklin, you father wouldn't get onto these subjects,'" insinuated Graham, who is also the president of Samaritan's Purse, a nonprofit Christian humanitarian organization. "Wait a second … My father, when he was going to school, they had a Bible in school. When he was going to school, they had the Ten Commandments on the wall. When he was going to school, you could pray in school, and the teachers would lead in those prayers." Since his father, the 92-year-old Billy Graham, grew up decades before God, Bible reading and prayer were removed from the public schools in 1963 — which is also the year that evolution replaced creation as the dominant teaching about the origins of man and the universe — the younger 62-year-old Graham argues that the changed times call for him to speak on the many moral issues that Christians now face on a daily basis. "The secularists and the humanists … you mention the name of Christ, they jump all over you," Graham contended. "I get jumped on all the time. I don't really care." Secularization infiltration Graham went on to argue that the secularization of society has long since extended beyond the schoolhouse gate, infiltrating virtually every facet of American society. Graham "It's all over the country," Graham insisted. "You have the secularists and the humanists who are wanting to deny that Jesus ever existed." Billy Graham's son then talked about the ironic twist that came about in the late 1980s and early 1990s — a time when the Cold War ended and hearts went cold to God, as secularism, socialism and communism entered into American education, society and politics full force. "When the Berlin wall came down, everybody said: 'We won,'" Graham remembered. "And secularism came. And secularism and communism are the same thing. They're godless. They're antichrist." Only One hope, not 12 Graham argues that America is not what it used to be, as it has turned its back on the Christian principles upon which it was founded. And as another presidential election draws near, he contends that conservative politicians aren't the answer. "America has changed and it's not coming back unless the Church takes a stand," Graham insisted. "Now I'm not talking about Baptists or Republicans or Tea Party … I have no confidence that any of these politicians or any party is going to turn this country around." In the midst of the current political frenzy taking place, with a dozen conservative prospective candidates promising that they can turn America around from its godless, destructive path, Graham promises that no politician can deliver the country from falling apart. "There is only one who can save — only one … Jesus," Graham added. "You see, Jesus is in the boat. All we have to do is call Him, call on His name." As godless policies and laws continue to work their way into American society — from God being ousted from the public schools in 1963, to Roe v. Wade ushering in legalized abortion in 1973, to the floodgate of same-sex "marriage" opening in 2004, to the normalization of homosexual behavior in the military in 2011 — Graham warns that America will be judged for its disobedience and repudiation of God's Word. "There are storms that are coming," Graham foretold. "The only hope for this country is for men and women of God to stand up and take a stand."
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#3. To: redleghunter (#0)
Simply? Franklin Graham can clearly see -- as do I -- that TJ is reinforcing his freedom to worship is he pleases, without state coercion. Should that be news to Graham or anyone else? Graham merely notes that the religion of Secular Humanism has replaced the Bible-inspired, traditional standard American values, virtue, morals and ethics. AT WHAT COST? Have we now more liberty and rights and freedom, OR less since 1963? Since 1974? Since 9/11? Since "gay marriage" made a mockery of right & wrong?
It would be news to anybody who received their indoctrination from the Focus on the Family farce, or their revisionist kinsmen down in Texas who tried to write Thomas Jefferson out of American history.
Is Thomas Jefferson your god? Why the obsession on him? How did they "write Jefferson out of American history"? Citation please.
Nope, but he's the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Because his American ideals should be conserved. And that's not obsessive, it's Conservative.
We didn't! Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists was never included in the Constitution or The Bill of Rights. It was simply a tool for Secularists to gain power by misusing the power of the courts. "Christianity becomes not merely an auxiliary, but a guide, to the law of nature; establishing its conclusions, removing its doubts, and elevating its precepts." Joseph Story, "The Value and Importance of Legal Studies," a lecture delivered August 25, 1829 at his inauguration as Dane Professor of Law in Harvard University, cited in James McClellan, Joseph Story and the American Constitution (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1971), p. 66. Story served as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1811-1845, and founded the Harvard Law School.
Liar Liar. "Before approving the standards on Friday, board members adopted scores of additional changes - including the restoration of Thomas Jefferson's name to a list of political philosophers that students will study in world history. Board members had come under criticism for removing Jefferson's name earlier this year though they pointed out that Jefferson would still be studied in other areas of the curriculum such as U.S. history and government." What do "Remove" and "Restore" mean? Ooops!
Ooops! Your reading comprehension is sorely lacking. Read it again and weep: Capisce?? That's right -- read it again in its proper context. The Texas school board removed Jefferson from the "political philosophers" category, but already remained in the "US History" and "Government" sections. Geez -- did you alkso want him mentioned in the "Religion" or "Messiah" categories as well?? Give it up. This story is written very ambiguously, and you took the bait, as had many. Afterall, it IS the New York Times. It's said they have an agenda. And McAudience. HELLO.
The Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence and the Author of the Virginia Act for Religious Freedom wasn't, according to the Revisionist Texas School Board, a Political Philosopher? LOL. Capisce??
LOL -- now you're capitalizing "PRIMARY"? Look -- Jefferson was given an outline, discussed and debated among other Founders. He wrote and composed the final draft with a lot of help. I'm still willing to give him a lot of credit, don't worry. "Political Philosopher"?? Since when is that a category of history? Sounds like neo-socialist BS to me. Who else is was there before the conservatives on the school board cleaned house? Al Sharpton? This was about removing all the liberal and Leftists cirriculum that they'd hijacked from the original cirriculum. Hey -- did you even read the NYT article and the changes made that carved up what had been a liberal curriculum?? But my bad -- you're liberal, aretcha? Here read it again: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html?_r=0
"Political Philosopher"?? Since when is that a category of history? Sounds like neo-socialist BS to me. " politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority" Yep just BS, to you. Does Plato's Republic ring any bells in your tiny religified brain?
I know this'll just blow your mind, but ALL of the signees of the DoI were indeed Political Philosophers. And so is every politician. And so are you and I. Does Plato's Republic ring any bells in your tiny religified brain? Yes it does. Like a gong. Compared to Jefferson's *clank* of a champagne glass. Jefferson was just one of many MANY "political philosophers" among the Founders. Why must he be elevated in the Pantheon of Secular Humanism's Hall of Fame...er, I mean, in the Texas Board of Education's "Political Philosophers" category? I'll tell you why: Because he wasn't a Christian. Why did the Texas Board of Education tried also to shove "Evolution" down the kids throats? Same reason. Why did the new conservative Texas Board of Education require that the history of McCarthyism also now include “how the later release of the Venona papers confirmed suspicions of communist infiltration in U.S. government”? It moves and balances education TO THE RIGHT. The new conservative Texas Board of Education also included a plank to ensure that students learn about “the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract With America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association.” I guess you've also got a problem with IT. All because Tommy Jefferson' has been demoted in the "political philosophers" section, along with words he never wrote OR uttered: "Separation of Church and State."
Just one of the political philosophers whose ideas inspired the American Revolution... and others?
Deism was far different at the time of the revolution than what we see today, and it certainly was not atheism.
Nobody said it was atheism.
#108. To: VxH (#105)
And it was far different than the Deism we see today.
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#11. To: VxH (#3)
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What does Junior Graham think Thomas Jefferson had in his Free Mind?
#15. To: Liberator (#11)
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Should that be news to Graham or anyone else?
#21. To: VxH (#15)
Their [Focus on the Family] revisionist kinsmen down in Texas who tried to write Thomas Jefferson out of American history.
#26. To: Liberator (#21)
Is Thomas Jefferson your god?
Why the obsession on him?
How did they "write Jefferson out of American history"?
#28. To: VxH (#26)
How did they "write Jefferson out of American history"?
#29. To: GarySpFC (#28)
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We didn't!
www.dallasnews.com/news/e...ucation-approves-9206.ece
#39. To: VxH, GarySpFC (#29)
What do "Remove" and "Restore" mean?
Board members had come under criticism for removing Jefferson's name [from list of political philosophers]...Earlier this year though they pointed out that [in any case] Jefferson would still be studied in other areas of the curriculum such as U.S. history and government."
#41. To: Liberator (#39)
The Texas school board removed Jefferson from the "political philosophers" category
#46. To: VxH (#41)
The Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence and the Author of the Virginia Act for Religious Freedom wasn't, according to the Revisionist Texas School Board, a Political Philosopher?
#50. To: Liberator (#46)
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#56. To: VxH (#50)
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#63. To: Liberator (#56)
Jefferson was just one of many MANY "political philosophers"
#101. To: VxH (#63)
Just one of the political philosophers whose ideas inspired the American Revolution... and others?
#105. To: GarySpFC (#101)
and it certainly was not atheism.
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