Dear Mr Swindoll
You are on the radio 5 days a week at 6 O’clock every morning in rural Victoria. I like to keep regular hours and have my alarm set at 6AM every morning. Consequently I am awake when you are on the radio. I have to admit that I do not always listen to you every morning but I occasionally enjoy listening to your explanations of the letters of St Paul. I recently heard you say something that has disturbed me and I feel I have to bring this to your attention and ask what your true feelings are. You recently praised Billy Graham in glowing terms and described him as one of the great men of American Christianity. This disturbs me. I wonder if you have listened to the recordings of him and Richard Nixon that were recorded in the Whitehouse. In these recordings Billy Graham proved that he was a racist and a bigot and anyone who heard his statements has to realise this. His statements should remove any credibility he had as a Christian Minister with all decent men. I presume that you would have listened to these recordings and cannot understand why you would still refer to him in such glowing terms. This has prompted me to ask some questions of you on important issues that you never mention in your broadcasts.
Segregation. I wonder what your true feelings on so called racial issues are. Do you consider light skinned people to be different to dark skinned people? Looking at the utube films of your sermons it is obvious that you only preach to light skinned people. There are only light skinned people in your congregation and there are certainly only light skinned people in your organization. Why is this? Do you consider dark skinned people to be intrinsically different to light skinned people? It is true that until recently America had official policies to segregate people according to the colour of their skin. Probably still do on an unofficial basis. I would like to know if you agreed with this policy. If you did not agree why do you still have segregated services? If you do not agree with segregation why don’t you speak out against it? Why don’t you preach to dark skinned people? Why are you not preaching in favour of the black lives matter movement? Surely this is one of the most important issues in American society. Gun Control. America claims to lead the world in many areas. Unfortunately gun control is not one of them. The 2nd amendment says - A well regulated militia being necessary to the well being of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I wonder how many people who bear arms belong to a well regulated militia? Until people like you speak out against the indiscriminate use of firearms no gun control will occur. Innocent people will continue to be shot. Why are you not preaching in favour of gun control? Surely this is one of the most important issues in American society.
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