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| − | + | '''Billy Graham''' (November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2019) was an American evangelist preacher, who acted as religious advisor to every American President from [[Harry Truman]] to Barack Obama. Graham was especially known for touring around the world, renting stadiums and preaching about [[Wikipedia:God|God]] and [[Jesus]] in front of huge audiences. Contrary to many other evangelist priests, such as [[Jimmy Swaggart]], [[Pat Robertson]], [[Jerry Falwell]], [[Oral Roberts]] and [[Jim Bakker]], Graham managed to escape career-damaging scandals, although the [[Richard Nixon|Watergate]] tapes outed him as an antisemite.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061018202154/http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=32770 "Graham Apology Not Enough" at ujc.org]</ref> | |
| − | == | + | ==Zappa about Billy Graham== |
| − | ''"Laugh till you choke on Billy Graham. (...) They're all a waste of time."'' | + | Zappa mentions Graham in the song ''[[The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing]]'' in the following line: ''"Laugh till you choke on Billy Graham. (...) They're all a waste of time."'' |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Wikipedia:Billy Graham]] |
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[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Graham, Billy]] | [[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Graham, Billy]] | ||
[[Category:Targets|Graham, Billy]] | [[Category:Targets|Graham, Billy]] | ||
[[Category:Religious leaders and characters|Graham, Billy]] | [[Category:Religious leaders and characters|Graham, Billy]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:23, 23 August 2021
Billy Graham (November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2019) was an American evangelist preacher, who acted as religious advisor to every American President from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. Graham was especially known for touring around the world, renting stadiums and preaching about God and Jesus in front of huge audiences. Contrary to many other evangelist priests, such as Jimmy Swaggart, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts and Jim Bakker, Graham managed to escape career-damaging scandals, although the Watergate tapes outed him as an antisemite.[1]
Zappa about Billy Graham
Zappa mentions Graham in the song The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing in the following line: "Laugh till you choke on Billy Graham. (...) They're all a waste of time."
