The Rev. Franklin Graham has slammed The New York Daily News’ front cover declaring that “God isn’t fixing this” in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in California, and argued that prayer is “direct access” to God.

“They have the audacity to criticize politicians who had publicly offered prayers and asked for God’s comfort following the killings, calling them ‘cowards who could truly end gun scourge.’ Shame on them!” Graham posted on his Facebook page Thursday night.

“I hope New Yorkers stop buying that paper! It’s evident that this group is bashing the importance of prayer in order to promote their own gun control agenda. Here’s some ‘news’ for the NY Daily News — prayers are not ‘meaningless platitudes’ as they say on their cover,” he added.

“Prayer is direct access to Almighty God and is the most powerful tool a Christian has. Prayer does make a difference in heartbreaking situations like this.”

The shooting on Wednesday at a San Bernardino office building left 14 people dead and 17 others wounded, in what was the deadliest massacre on U.S. soil since the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, where 27 people were killed.

Law enforcement agencies identified the attackers as Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, both of whom were killed in a shootout with police.

As officials have launched an investigation to determine the motives behind the attack, there has been an uproar over gun control in the media, with the NY Daily News’ controversial headline aimed at criticizing Republicans who have offered prayers, but refuse to pass gun legislation.

The Atlantic’s Emma Green described the attitude as “full-on prayer shaming,” arguing that anger at the tragedy has turned not toward the perpetrators, “but at those who offered their prayers.”

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SOURCE: The Christian Post
Stoyan Zaimov