Evangelist Billy Graham in hospital with infection
Billy Graham preaches during the Celebration of Hope on March 12, 2006, at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. / Chris Graythen/Getty Images
(AP) ASHEVILLE, North Carolina - A spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist has been admitted to a North Carolina hospital for an infection in his lungs.
A joint statement Sunday from Graham's spokesman and Mission Hospital says Graham was admitted overnight for evaluation and treatment of an infection thought to be bronchitis. The hospital is in Asheville, near his home in Montreat.
Pulmonologist David Pucci says Graham is resting comfortably and his condition is stable. He is receiving antibiotics.
Graham spokesman Larry Ross says the evangelist was able to watch a television feed of his grandson, Will Graham, preaching on Sunday morning.
Graham was hospitalized for pneumonia last November. His staff says the evangelist's health has been good since his release, though he remains at home due to age-related conditions. He is working on a manuscript for an upcoming book.
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But some minor civility would be nice. He's still a human being.
And with all the people who put into the collection plate, I'm sure he'll do just fine. That's what they paid for... maybe if they saved their money, they could afford Ryan's voucher scheme... (or maybe not, but it sure does sound nice and warm on the surface, doesn't it...)
Prayer is to psychological catharsis as science is to the corporeal.
And truthvtold, I can't disagree with your vitriol, but why don't you explain to us where tithes and other offerings go? They pay for the church, utilities like water and electricity, pastor wages, and so on. Churches also enjoy tax exempt status. So they are effectively living off of our backs. We do work and then we give them x% of it, in return for some preaching that we can just as easily do by opening up the Book and reading for ourselves.
Was that not the very example of "welfare queen" that you might despise for anyone that is not a CEO? (You know by now how often I post about corporate welfare and other forms of heists...)
Your turn.