TIME Magazine Puts Devil Horns On Billy Graham?

Conspiracy or coincidence? You hash it out.

Sure to be already spreading across the blogosphere like wildfire, a reader sent us this image of evangelical powerhouse Billy Graham on the cover of this week's TIME Magazine, standing in praying position, head slightly downward, with the two peaks of the precariously placed letter M protruding from his skull like a pair of Beelzebub's horns.

Now, we understand if this were Jerry Falwell then it would all make sense, but Billy Graham, a man that's advised every president since Truman, has a fairly positive status in America. Overall, this depiction is dependent on what religion you may follow, how stoned you may be, or how much imagination you may have. But honestly, how did one person within TIME not think this was maybe a bad idea?

Think we're full of it? Try checking TIME's website right now. When we snagged this image, the site allowed you to view the cover shot in a larger size. Today, we get this: "The page you've requested has been moved or taken off the site. We apologize for the inconvenience."

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By patrickdentler in News on August 15, 2007 2:31 PM 0 Comments

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kenneth1

Conan The Librarian loses points for the following sentence:

"I would trust Billy Graham to provide house and board to my beautiful 17 year old daughter. "

WTF?

guest

And here i thought they were cuckold's horns.

guest

Oh steph,

Go see Once.

oh steph

I'm much more outraged by the fact that I can't find a good romantic movie anymore....

pd

You're right guys, maybe were blowing this out of proportion--it just looks like he's standing in front of a Kit-Cat Clock.

guest

I'm Billy Graham, send your daughter on over...

ConanTheLibrarian

#5 Jros is in the lead for wittiest comment.

#7 Kenneth1 has lost points for mis-spelling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J... and for bordering on defamation of character of Rev. Graham. I disagree with him on a lot of things, but I do not doubt his sincerity. I would trust Billy Graham to provide house and board to my beautiful 17 year old daughter. To associate him with the real wolves in sheep's clothing, can you say "cheap shot from an atheist who is in for a rude awaking". May the Baby Lord Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind, and may his Mama bitch slap you across the room. As John Lennon said, Instant Karma's going to get you.

guest

I looked at that cover for awhile before I found anything horn like. I thought the white part near the "I" was the horn, pointing to the left.

The "M" if anything looks mohawkish.

Now that I look at it, I think I see the face of Jesus in his hair.

Jazz One

kenneth1

Dear Time Magazine:

As the attorney and legal representative of Mr. B.L.Z. Bub (aka Satan, The Devil, Ol' Scratch, Prince Of Darkness), I demand that you remove this libelous depiction of my client as a sleazy, moneygrubbing televangelist from your magazine cover, and that you cease and desist any further slandering of said Mr. Bub on your pages and/or Web site. Thank you,

(signed)

Johnny Cochrane