Billy Graham's Granddaughter Slams 'Hypocritical' Evangelicals, Franklin Graham for Praising Trump

[babylonsister]

https://www.christianpost.com/news/billy-grahams-granddaughter-slams-hypocritical-evangelicals-franklin-graham-for-praising-trump-211593/

Billy Graham's Granddaughter Slams 'Hypocritical' Evangelicals, Franklin Graham for Praising Trump
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter | Dec 27, 2017 11:28 AM


Jerushah Armfield, the granddaughter of famous evangelist Billy Graham, has said that her uncle Franklin Graham should cut down his praise for President Donald Trump, whom she argued has not shown himself to be a Christian in his words and deeds.

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Armfield took issue with the narrative around American evangelicals and the way, she claimed, that many seem to have compromised on personal morals in order to support Trump and other controversial figures, such as former Alabama candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Moore.

She noted that the term "evangelical" was meant to distance believers from fundamentalists, but has "started to really represent, actually, a branch of Christians that seemed to be a little more conservative and a little bit more hypocritical, a little bit more willing to compromise on the personal morals of a candidate in lieu of what politically they could gain for their party."

Billy Graham's granddaughter, who is an author and pastor's wife in South Carolina, also dismissed Trump's suggestions that there has been a "war on Christmas."

What is more, she argued that the president "has not shown" himself to be a Christian.

"My Jesus that I follow was really somebody who fought for the outliers, and I think that Trump has actually done the opposite in kind of ostracizing them," she asserted.

Armfield has criticized her uncle for supporting Trump in the past as well, and in January told The Washington Post that Franklin Graham's suggestion that Trump is an ambassador for Jesus "diminishes not only my Jesus but all he stood for and came to Earth to fight against."

She positioned at the time that Trump "encouraged racism, sexism and intolerance, exactly what Jesus taught against."

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[gratuitous]

1. Response, Franklin?

I'm guessing some smarmy, condescending claptrap that doesn't touch on any of the issues his niece has brought up but reiterates how much God loves the wealthy and hates the destitute and therefore Republican programs are closest to God's heart.

[bullwinkle428]

4. "Shut up, make white babies, and make me some pie" would be my guess.

[Raster]

14. Franklin Graham is a money-grubbing false prophet...

...that has WILLINGLY climbed into bed with Satan*.

[olegramps]

16. Gee! A fallen out between hypocrites. Surprise, surprise.

[PragmaticDem]

2. Evangelicals are not the prophets or guardians of Christianity like they like to think.

They sold their souls for power.

[riversedge]

3. [Billy Graham's granddaughter] argued that the president [#Trump] "has not shown" himself to be a Ch

Seems this Graham has turned out allright.

"What is more, [Billy Graham's granddaughter] argued that the president [#Trump] "has not shown" himself to be a Christian"

https://www.christianpost.com/news/billy-grahams-granddaughter-slams-hypocritical-evangelicals-franklin-graham-for-praising-trump-211593/

[calikid]

5. I logged in to k&r this thread

Nice to see that another young person is speaking truth to power, especially family power.
I saw Franklin's church in the middle of Alaska years ago, it's quite the atrocity, very ugly in a beautifully area.

[Demsrule86]

6. She is exactly correct Franklin Graham is a phony.

[IronLionZion]

7. Good, more of them should turn against Trump

Unfortunately many evangelicals don't care about deeds or morals, but have gone all in on "encouraged racism, sexism and intolerance, exactly what Jesus taught against."

[Ilsa]

8. She sounds like a wise, discerning person who

understands her Christianity. I bet she is not easily fooled.

[kentuck]

9. Another example of why?

We need to keep church and state separated...

[Aristus]

10. Nice to see that at least one member of that family

won't be lining up at the Flav-R-Aid vat...

[Blue_true]

11. I have heard other evangelicals make the same points.

Some are distancing themselves from the term evangelical because they have come to see it as evil and corrupted.

[SeaDoo77]

12. Not All Christians Are Pure Evil - Living To Attack Single Mothers And Rape Victims

There are a handful....

[LanternWaste]

17. I allege the same in regards to hipsters.

I allege the same in regards to hipsters... "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists and some, I assume, are good people.”

[IronLionZion]

27. No Hipsters!

[Mariana]

22. Franklin Graham, Pat Robertson, et al. are awfully popular among Christians.

I don't think anyone has ever so much as hinted that all Christians are pure evil.

[ck4829]

13. K&R.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. Wow, a Graham who actually said something smart? nm

[Fritz Walter]

18. I will bet they have fun family reunions!

Taking all the “fun” out of Fundamentalism and putting it into Dysfunctional!

[Scurrilous]

19. That's very Christian of her.

[SergeStorms]

20. Great! An honest evangelical.

An honest evangelical is almost as rare as someone in the Trump administration without an indictment against them.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

[MountCleaners]

23. They are guilty of the sin of pride

I posted some of these Bible quotes in response to Twitler's tweets:

https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-pride/

Trump clearly has not read his Bible, as he boasts every day on Twitter.

[keithbvadu2]

24. Evangelicals voted for Trump

Evangelicals voted for Trump

[diva77]

25. I hope every news outlet interviews her and that she makes primetime news and gets her own show

My only question is, what took her so long to speak out?

[lindysalsagal]

26. Ok, so some are better followers of fairy tales than others...

but they all still follow fairy tales, and hurt others in their name....

When do they apply critical thinking to the fairy tale and render it nonsense?????

[jl_theprofessor]

28. When do you apply critical thinking

And get off your high horse?