Chances Are That They Are Not Frauds

When a noted religious figure dies, there are many of us atheists who claim that he or she was a fraud or a con-man. Such claims are serious legally and ethically.  They usually involve nefarious intent.  I ask those who easily throw out these terms to think hard about it: do you have hard evidence or it is just your unsupported opinion?  If it is the latter, I suggest avoiding these terms.  Just understanding what this image states is all we need to challenge these folks. To do otherwise puts us in the position to be challenged by them as evil.

Billy Graham Started It All

We just ended several days of over-the-top adulation of Billy Graham.  Just as with Mother Teresa, the truth is hidden under the media hype.  For example, Billy Graham was the person who essentially initiated the present National Day of Prayer, which is clearly unconstitutional. (link)  This lead to the mainstreaming of conservative evangelical Christianity:

He made the new wave of evangelical politics possible, and essentially agreed with all the harm from such. (link) "What harm?" you say. Well for starters, profound psychological harms. (link)

In spite of the harms from evangelical Christianity, the man clearly wanted a theocracy under such. (link)

While he was more honest and decent than many other preachers, his "legacy" is evil covered by dogma and slickness. He was the BIGGEST religious placebo in history, and exhibit A of why religion poisons everything.