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Billy Grahams Greater New York Crusade Part I

Today was the second evening of Billy Grahams Greater New York Crusade to which more than 80.000 people came as organizers estimated. Graham is 86 years old. He suffers from fluid on the brain, prostate cancer and the Parkinson's disease. This will be his last crusade in the United States. Beside those thousands and thousands of evangelic prayers political notables such as President Clinton, Senator Hillary Clinton or New York Citys Mayors Michael R. Bloomberg attended.

It was quite interesting to see how this crusade (kind of a strange term for this event) took place and which people attended. Personally I don't see myself as a very religious person. The catholic church (that's how I grew up) in Europe is just too conservativ and grim. But there is a much broader variety of churches with different approaches in America. I can just say that I saw and heared certain kinds of enthusiasm and conservative views (in another way than those in Europe) this evening that appear to be a little too much for me. Since this is my personal opinion and I honestly don't have that much to say about religion I am going to post my personal approach to this rally tomorrow together with some more photographs. I've been a little tricky to get access to areas I normaly wouldn't be allowed to go without a press pass. I guess that might be a entertaining story for you.

Posted by Martin Fuchs on June 25, 2005 11:20 PM