USFuneralDirector 2 Posted December 31, 2013 http://www.newsmax.com/US/ruth-graham-billy-peace/2013/12/31/id/544533 Sounds like the end is approaching. If he doesn't go in the next several hours (unlikely), I am hoping DL has him at #1 on the 2014 list (or at least in the top 5). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 1, 2014 i only wish his brand of evangelicalism/fundamentalism would die with him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 1, 2014 i only wish his brand of evangelicalism/fundamentalism would die with him... Not very likely. There's good money in it. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 2, 2014 i only wish his brand of evangelicalism/fundamentalism would die with him... Not very likely. There's good money in it. regards, Hein Yes, I can find it online now but years ago I read an article in which Billy admitted he knew nothing about theology... Wish I could find the article again. 'Twas an insightful read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USFuneralDirector 2 Posted January 18, 2014 Latest update http://www.wnem.com/story/24483262/reverend-billy-graham-weak-franklin-graham-sick-ill-bgea-heaven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 18, 2014 Latest update http://www.wnem.com/...ill-bgea-heaven My father is ready to go to Heaven and whenever that day comes - he's ready, - I wish they could be a bit more specific as to when Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 18, 2014 Latest update http://www.wnem.com/...ill-bgea-heaven My father is ready to go to Heaven and whenever that day comes - he's ready, - I wish they could be a bit more specific as to when According to that link Graham is currently weak and struggles to communicate but his "vitals" are good and he could go on like that for "months." DL/ HPDP fodder for sure, then, but maybe not the nailed-on high-scoring bet some of us Deathracers were hoping for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 18, 2014 Won't be too good for me either since he's the first name on my HPDP entry.... *searches for an emoticon that consists of one of the little smiley face guys putting a pistol up to his own head but can't find one* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 18, 2014 He might make it to next year yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 18, 2014 Dr Z, you should've asked. I keep 'em close to hand.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 18, 2014 He might make it to next year yet. No he won't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 297 Posted January 20, 2014 "So weak that a cold could take his life" according to his son, Franklin. Irrelevant, but I thought it was funny: He goes on to say that he needs his father to survive because he really '...enjoy having lunch with him every Sunday'. Either that's one really amazing lunch or he finds his father so boring that their lunchtime is the only thing he'll miss when Billy dies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 20, 2014 "So weak that a cold could take his life" according to his son, Franklin. Irrelevant, but I thought it was funny: He goes on to say that he needs his father to survive because he really '...enjoy having lunch with him every Sunday'. Either that's one really amazing lunch or he finds his father so boring that their lunchtime is the only thing he'll miss when Billy dies. Perhaps he should catch a cold, he seems to recover well from bouts of pneumonia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted January 21, 2014 I just listen to one of his speeches for the first time...the "What's Wrong with the World" clip from 1958...and to be honest, I couldn't stop laughing at the way he speaks. He sounds so melodramatic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USFuneralDirector 2 Posted April 7, 2014 According to his grand daughter, he can no longer feed himself... http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/life/2014/04/05/thank-billy-graham-remembers-daddy-bill/7371407/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted April 8, 2014 Fair play to the man's stickability, mind...loads of us hereabouts thought he was nailed on as 2014's first big death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted April 8, 2014 For someone who is so close to the Lord, he doesnt appear to want to meet him any time soon. Thinking about it, Im wondering just how many high profile preachers/people of the cloth have lived to an age beyond the human average. There must be something in prayer..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted April 8, 2014 For someone who is so close to the Lord, he doesnt appear to want to meet him any time soon. Thinking about it, Im wondering just how many high profile preachers/people of the cloth have lived to an age beyond the human average. There must be something in prayer..... Or the Lord isn't so keen on meeting them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted April 8, 2014 Two comedians are dead, and the religious fundamentalist still lives.... I guess it's the same refusal-to-go attitude in life that keeps fundamentalists from dying. They probably believe that if they die, the hippies win. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 297 Posted April 8, 2014 Two comedians are dead, and the religious fundamentalist still lives.... I guess it's the same refusal-to-go attitude in life that keeps fundamentalists from dying. They probably believe that if they die, the hippies win. Fun fact: Billy Graham's middle name is 'Strawman' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted June 27, 2014 We've all thought Billy was at death's door for the last 6 months, but is he still writing columns/responses to questions from followers? http://www.kansascity.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/billy-graham/article608153.html Or is it one of his employees writing them under his name........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USFuneralDirector 2 Posted June 28, 2014 Google searches show no recent updates on Billy Graham's health. I assume nothing has changed..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,324 Posted July 1, 2014 http://www.christiantoday.com/article/billy.grahams.daughter.says.the.end.is.near.calls.for.a.week.of.prayer/38524.htm - Now the headline of this title just seems deliberately misleading!It looks like his daughter has lost it due to her husbands ill health( and no doubt her fathers as well)! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted July 1, 2014 http://www.christiantoday.com/article/billy.grahams.daughter.says.the.end.is.near.calls.for.a.week.of.prayer/38524.htm - Now the headline of this title just seems deliberately misleading!It looks like his daughter has lost it due to her husbands ill health( and no doubt her fathers as well)! I think she's always lost the plot, I doubt it's a new thing. I've always had a hard time with people insisting that we suddenly start praying. If their deity is omnipresent and omniscient, surely he'd be aware of what's going on. Unless she's suggesting it's a last minute petition to the deity to say "hey don't wipe us out just yet!". But as someone told me a month or so ago when allegedly it was the work of "angels" that saved a small child when he fell out of an 11th floor window onto a pile of mulch and then just a day or so later 250+ Turkish miners were killed, that we weren't to question why "God" does what he does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites