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This "new refugee" phenomenon, though, is not just unique to the liberal Clinton administration. Back in 1962, during Kennedy's reign, the legendary global investor Sir John Templeton renounced his U.S. citizenship, moving to Nassau...
...Templeton's decision was not that of a miserly curmudgeon. He has generously donated most of his billion dollar fortune to charities. Of course, without U.S. citizenship, he--instead of some faceless bureaucrat--decides where his money goes...
Even as Graham's preaching grew more confident, his concern about his intellectual preparation lingered. But when his friend and fellow YFC revivalist Charles Templeton urged him to come to Princeton Theological Seminary and lay a deeper academic foundation for his preaching, Graham balked. When they met on their travels, they fell into deep debates, with Templeton now armed with philosophy, anthropology and a willingness to read the Bible as metaphor. Graham found he couldn't muster the logical responses...
...Templeton charged him with committing intellectual suicide. But Graham came to believe doubt was a dangerous distraction from his calling. He decided the Bible was the one true Word in its entirety and never wavered. Looking back today, Graham says, "I had one great failure, and that was intellectual. I should have gone on to school. But I would talk to people about that, and they'd say, Oh no, go on with what you're doing, and let others do that. I do regret I didn't do enough reading, enough study, both formal and informal...
...Templeton said Let's Go is "hoping" toeventually make the Guide available to studentsover the Harvard computer network, although videoimages would not be available. Right now, though,he said, the publishing company plans to study thefeedback from purchasers of the CD-ROM version...