Word: grahamism
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...most disheartening part of Franklin Graham's rise to power was the brief mention of his sister Anne Graham Lotz, one of Billy Graham's three daughters, "an inspirational speaker and long considered the child who inherited the greatest share of Billy's gift." It is obvious that no one--not herself nor her father nor his organization--even considered Lotz to be the one to whom the "mantle may be passed." Instead it was forced on the son, the rightful male heir, according to some patriarchal notion of manifest destiny. Perhaps today's preachers should be as mindful...
...Franklin Graham was not really a rebel. He did kid stuff, like drinking, smoking and wearing his hair long. To rebel intellectually is much more difficult. Franklin, like most Americans, was taught at an early age to believe in mythologies and spirits. While not embracing his father's Evangelicalism until he was 22, he was never a nonbeliever. Had Franklin truly rebelled, he would have read philosophy, embraced biology and science and chosen his own value system based on empirical observations of the real world. RAYMOND R. ACKERMAN Culver City, California...
...locked my child in a car trunk or forced him to smoke so many cigarettes that he vomited, I would not be at all surprised if he turned into a rebellious, hard-drinking hell raiser. Maybe the Rev. Billy Graham should have been home more often to discuss intelligent parenting skills with Mom Ruth. KATHY COUGHLIN Longwood, Florida...
Call it blasphemy, call it heresy, but Billy Graham's financially successful "religious" kingdom was built on political savvy and guile, nothing more. BERNARD F. TAYLOR Trenton, New Jersey...
Like other religious leaders, Billy Graham has tapped his son as his successor. But Franklin has proved his mettle by a decade of missionary and medical-relief work in the downtrodden areas of the world. He holds the promise of being a great ambassador of Christ. BOB CLEATH San Luis Obispo, California