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Franklin Graham: "Pope Leo is wrong; God justifies wars"

Sunni vs Shia has come to Christianity.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-03 02:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

During an episode of "Piers Morgan Uncensored," Morgan asked evangelical profiteer Franklin Graham to respond to the first American pontiff, who devoted his Palm Sunday homily to rebuking those who would justify war in the name of Jesus Christ.

"I want peace, I don't want war," Graham sniveled. "I don't support war, but I do believe, at times, there is justification when you're fighting evil. And the Islamic Republic of Iran, I believe, is an evil government. And so, I hope there is a regime change. I really do."

~snip~

For years the world has been demanding regime change for the US, Israel, and Russia, not Iran.

Israel's genocidal campaign against Muslins, oppressing Christians, annexing southern Lebanon, and Dummkopf Trumpf raping underage girls are not evil, right soul-monger?


Phony Christian Franklin Graham has approximately:

  • 11.4m likes on Facebook
  • Two million followers on Instagram
  • ~3m followers on Twitter (X)
  • ~201,900 followers on Threads

    Samaritan's Purse generates nearly two billion dollars annual revenue and blatherskite Franklin Graham has a net worth of $10m.

  • #2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-03 02:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    Living in the OT is a poor life choice... but he's a millionaire times ten, so no wonder he likes Trump's 1 percenter economy.

    I'd like to ask him who would Jesus bomb?

    I mean, Trump just compared himself to Jesus, so I guess Franklin has bought in.

    www.justjared.com

    #3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 02:36 PM | Reply

    The Shia Respect life more than the Evangelicals.

    They Respect God more Too.

    It's the Funny Hats, they make them...So Evil.

    America First Christians don't wear Funny Hats.

    #4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-03 02:37 PM | Reply

    "Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."
    Barry Goldwater

    #5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-03 02:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 5

    Franklin Graham: "Pope Leo is wrong; God justifies wars"
    Sunni vs Shia has come to Christianity.

    #1 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-03 02:32 PM | Reply | Flag: Yup

    In the Middle East this is called a "fitna."

    America has endured this tension and conflict between Catholics and Protestants for centuries:

    ~Protestant US Army soldiers persecuted Catholic Irish recruits during the Mexican-American War
    ~The Protestant Know-Nothing Party led to groups like the Hibernian Order to protect Catholics
    ~Catholic mafioso fought against the Protestant KKK during Prohibition

    The diabolical Trumpf regime has taken the mask and kid gloves off.

    #6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-03 02:43 PM | Reply

    The Shia clerics in Iran also respect nature and the environment more than Christians and Jews.

    They issued a "fatwa" against nuclear weapons and forbade the use of chemical weapons against invading Iraqi soldiers because both would "despoil nature."

    The US military sprayed Agent Orange all over Vietnam and the IDF was caught spraying chemical defoliants in Lebanon and Syria.

    The nefarious Trumpf junta just signed the death warrant for the rare Rice's whale in the Gulf of Mexico, which will soon become extinct as there are less than 100 of these poor cetaceans left on the planet.

    Yup, the evil regime on the planet is certainly in Tehran.

    #7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-03 02:52 PM | Reply

    Franklin Graham can eat a bag of dicks.

    America First Christians don't wear Funny Hats.

    Some still do.

    #8 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-03 03:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

    Another preacher who tore the first 5 books of the NT out of his bible.

    Jesus taught against war ...

    #9 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-03 03:50 PM | Reply | Funny: 1


    Jesus taught against war ...
    #9 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

    Without the crusades, and the war in Spain against the Muslims, Jesus's word wouldn't be known today.

    You'd all be Muslims.

    #10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-03 03:55 PM | Reply | Funny: 5 | Newsworthy 1

    Ah, the All Knowing UnoNut.... he KNOWS what didn't happen that might have given the same results.

    #11 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 04:19 PM | Reply

    Another preacher who tore the first 5 books of the NT out of his bible.

    Jesus taught against war ...

    #9 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

    Another so called Christian who worships the Bible. And does not follow or obey the words of a living God.

    Apparently

    #12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-03 04:25 PM | Reply

    Without the crusades, and the war in Spain against the Muslims, Jesus's word wouldn't be known today.
    You'd all be Muslims.
    #10 | Posted by oneironaut

    Even 4th Graders know more history than OneIronPedophile.

    #13 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-03 04:30 PM | Reply

    White people just stop.

    #14 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-04-03 05:31 PM | Reply

    "Who Would Jesus Bomb?" - Rainbow Girls

    www.youtube.com

    Would Jesus build a border wall?
    Would Jesus drive a tank?
    Would Jesus own an arsenal?
    Would Jesus run a bank?
    Would Jesus feel safe in his skin
    If he came to your town?
    Or would you still believe in Jesus
    If you found out he was brown?

    [Chorus]
    Who would Jesus Bomb?
    Tell me, who would Jesus bomb
    Would it be kids in Palestine
    Or how 'bout Vietnam?
    Would Jesus bomb the Atheists
    The Muslims, or the Jews?
    I want you to ask yourself
    "Well, what would Jesus do?"

    full lyrics

    genius.com

    #15 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 05:45 PM | Reply

    Franklin must be one of Kushner's investors.

    #16 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-03 06:01 PM | Reply

    #15 ...

    I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

    ... Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men and women,
    Uncle Sam needs your help again
    He's got himself in a terrible jam
    Way down yonder in Vietnam Iran
    So put down your books, pick up a gun
    Gonna have a whole lot of fun ...


    ... And it's one, two, three
    What are we fighting for?
    Don't ask me, I don't give a damn
    Next stop is Vietnam Iran
    And it's five, six, seven
    Open up the pearly gates
    Ah, ain't no time to wonder why
    Whoopee, we're all gonna die

    :-)

    #17 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-03 06:17 PM | Reply

    And the Trumpf sons' Florida drone business.

    #18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-03 06:26 PM | Reply

    Franklin Graham can eat a bag of dicks.
    --Nixon

    Probably has, but all the popes in history haven't eaten as many hot dogs as Pope Leo, the White Sox fan.

    A deathbed change of heart can't come soon enough for F. Graham. Either one.

    #19 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-04-03 07:06 PM | Reply

    The Evangelical Christian Pastors in the Country have sunk to new depths ever since they wandered bold-faced into politics.

    They should have just stayed with their home game, Religion.


    #20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 09:17 PM | Reply

    My mythology is better than your mythology!

    #21 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-04 12:26 AM | Reply

    @#21 ... My mythology is better than your mythology! ...

    If you allow me to be so bold as to reword your comment to reflect my opinion ...

    My (Graham's) profit-seeking pronouncements are better than your (Pope Leo's) mythology!


    #22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-04 12:44 AM | Reply

    Franklin Graham is a ----------- ------. His Jesus ----- him up the ass, and then trims his hedges.

    #23 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-04 01:01 AM | Reply

    "Dummkopf Trumpf raping underage girls (is) not evil, right soul-monger?"

    We all know Franklin Graham checks the letter after the name first. He condemned Bill Clinton for his adultery, but excused Trump for the same.

    We "just have to give the man the benefit of the doubt," he reasoned, despite Trump's history of bragging about extra-marital conquests, (Trump's) declaration that he needn't repent for anything, his propensity to lie [...]
    Graham recently told the AP: "I think this thing with Stormy Daniels and so forth is nobody's business"
    Meanwhile...
    Graham led the charge against Clinton, declaring in the Wall Street Journal in 1998 that private conduct has public consequences. "Clinton's months-long extramarital sexual behavior in the Oval Office now concerns him and the rest of the world," Graham wrote. "If he will lie to or mislead his wife and daughter, those with whom he is most intimate, what will prevent him from doing the same to the American public?"
    Regarding Trump? Graham says Trump's affair happened before he was president.

    #24 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-04 01:05 AM | Reply

    #23 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

    The 1980's called. They want their homophobic insults back.

    #25 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-04 01:18 AM | Reply

    #26 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-04 01:26 AM | Reply

    *** Secretary of War Crimes Holds Protestants Only Good Friday Services at Pentagon ***

    "Pete Hegseth's Pentagon held a Protestant-only Good Friday service at its in-house chapel, with no Catholic Mass scheduled for one of Christianity's holiest days."

    ~snip~

    So the Pope, VPOTUS JD Vance, and USSECSTATE Marco Rubio couldn't drop by for these services.

    Source: www.yahoo.com

    #27 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-04 01:39 AM | Reply

    *** US Secretary of War Crime Pete Hellsbreath: "US troops are fighting for Jesus Christ." ***

    "In sharp contrast to the Trumpf junta's calls for Christian prayers for the illegal war effort, Pope Leo XIV says military domination is "entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ."

    Source: www.reddit.com

    #28 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-04 01:44 AM | Reply

    Sunni vs Shia has come to Christianity.

    #1 | Posted by snoofy

    Tell it to the Northern Irish.

    #29 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 02:56 PM | Reply

    Christians have used religion to excuse war their entire existence.

    It was used to justify colonialism and barbarism.

    Nazi killed 6 million Jews and created their own version of Christianity.

    Americans created their own version of Christianity - evangelicalism - and are using it to excuse killing millions of Muslims.

    Christianity is the religion of violence.

    Its end goal is some mythological rapture they're actively attempting to bring back.

    #30 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-04 03:50 PM | Reply

    #31 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-04 03:53 PM | Reply

    Go Islam?

    #32 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-04 04:30 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

    They want their homophobic insults back.

    #25 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce

    Your mom called. She wants her bra and panties back.

    #33 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-04 05:52 PM | Reply

    I agree with Graham.

    This verse in the Bible, written by King Solomon, absolutely says, "There is a time for war."

    It is believed to have been written later in life, as he looked back on his experiences.

    Solomon ruled over the twelve tribes of Israel.

    #34 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-04-04 07:37 PM | Reply

    I agree with Graham.
    This verse in the Bible, written by King Solomon, absolutely says, "There is a time for war."
    It is believed to have been written later in life, as he looked back on his experiences.
    Solomon ruled over the twelve tribes of Israel.

    #34 | Posted by BillJohnso

    This is an example of the evil of religious people.

    My opinion? War is the sum of all evil.

    "War is good" so sayeth the god that brings you pediatric cancer and schizophrenia

    #35 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-04 07:48 PM | Reply

    #34

    Did Solomon say who Jesus would bomb?

    He's really not a great example of what to do when... in his later years he went from being the Wise to being the foreshadowing of evil.

    He built temples to his many wives' gods, including Ba-al, he worshiped gold over God... and he disobeyed God's instruction not to pay himself a certain way, and did so with an annual payment of 666 shekels of gold... the only other such reference to that number in the bible than the famous one.

    He became a foreshadowing of the figures of the Antichrist.

    #36 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-04 08:26 PM | Reply

    Muslim, Christian, Jewish mythology is the root of all evil.

    #37 | Posted by rf4b at 2026-04-04 09:36 PM | Reply

    #37

    Everyone has an opinion... except for theist and atheist Gnostics; they KNOW because they KNOW.

    #38 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-04 09:45 PM | Reply

    I agree with Graham.
    This verse in the Bible, written by King Solomon, absolutely says, "There is a time for war."
    It is believed to have been written later in life, as he looked back on his experiences.
    Solomon ruled over the twelve tribes of Israel.

    #34 | Posted by BillJohnson

    Well them, you should call yourself a "Solomonian."

    What Christ had to say about war and enemies was entirely different.

    You must choose ...

    #39 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-04 11:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    American,

    "you should call yourself a "Solomonian.""

    You are an airhead.

    Not as clever as you believe you are.

    #40 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-04-04 11:39 PM | Reply

    Well them, you should call yourself a "Solomonian."
    What Christ had to say about war and enemies was entirely different.
    You must choose ...

    Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-04 11:30 PM | Reply

    The beatitudes says what Christ has to say about the idea of war. He was against it
    We are to do good to our enemies. BillJohnson is totally wrong with this topic as well.

    #41 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-04-05 12:47 AM | Reply

    being called an airhead by bill johnson is a badge of honor.

    #42 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-04-05 12:54 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1


    "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND HAPPY EASTER!"

    #43 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-05 02:52 AM | Reply

    *** Archbishop of Military Services Condemns Iran War as Unjust ***

    "Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and one of the most conservative Catholic prelates in the US, declared the Iran war unjust on CBS's Face the Nation in an interview set to air Easter Sunday.

    He stated that Catholic service members are not morally bound to obey every order in a conflict that fails the Church's just war criteria " and that Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth's invocation of Jesus Christ to justify the war is "problematic."

    Source: www.thelettersfromleo.com

    #44 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-05 02:59 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    *** Bloodthirsty US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Pushes Dummkopf Trumpf for More Savagery ***

    "I just had a great conversation with America's incompetent POTUS. I totally support his bullying attempts to the Iranian regime to open up the Strait of Hormuz and to do a peace deal strictly on our terms.

    A massive military operation to mass murder more innocent people awaits Iran if they choose poorly.

    This regime has supposedly been severely crippled through the super-expensive OPERATION AIPAC FURY that is costing the hardworking American taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. Iran's history of defending Palestinians against Israeli oppression and ethnic cleansing needs to come to an end, hopefully through a peace deal that our other POTUS, Benjamin Netanyahu, approves of.

    After goading Dummkopf Trumpf this morning, I am completely convinced that my fellow geriatric who dodge the Vietnam War will risk more US Servicemembers to use overwhelming military force against the regime if they continue to impede the Strait of Hormuz and refuse a diplomatic solution to achieve our never-defined military objectives that are bankrupting the US Treasury.

    If it's not clear to Iran and others by now that pedophilic pathological liar Dummkopf Trump means what he says then I don't know when it will ever be.

    Choose wisely."


    Source: Lindsey Graham Cares More About Israeli Lives Than American Ones.

    #45 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-05 03:52 AM | Reply

    And once again I feel compelled to thank those influences in my early life that caused me to walk out of church and become...a rational atheist who can look at people like Graham and know they are just greedy BS artists. Humans invented the god concept.

    #46 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-04-05 07:05 AM | Reply

    Just a Self Hating Fag is all. Nothing deep or Complicated about it.

    The Christian Faith is as anti Gay as Islam. Sodom,Gomorrah, many other passages specifically saying that Homos will Burn in hell.

    How does Judaism view the Queers in Scripture?

    Askin for, A Friend.

    #47 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-05 10:42 AM | Reply

    #47 No, you're not.

    #48 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-05 10:54 AM | Reply

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