Friday, September 27, 2013

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. "The Decline of Christianity"



Young Billy Graham evangelizes William F. Buckley
One hundred years from now, what will future generations think when studying the partisan circus-barker sideshows that pass for "news" today?

I could not be more different from William F. Buckley and could not disagree more with his views, but I tell you this: We are a poorer society without his sober exploration of today's issues.

Buckley's gift took the form of boldly unafraid interviews of the most powerful voices of that volatile era of change; a tone, balance and intellect we are desperately in need of today. The screeching of extreme opinions we currently suffer serves only to deafen ears and paralyze progress.

This interview is a fascinating historical snapshot of 1969, when Nixon "I am not a crook!" was president, the Vietnam war and protests against it destroyed falsely-hallowed institutions and idealism of peace-and-love was extinguished with the murder of its leaders. America was seething with rage.

Buckley's theme is decline...





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