Anti-Christian O’Reilly AWOL In REAL “Culture War;” Can’t Fight Secularists Because He IS One!
By John Lofton, Editor
An article in “Focus On The Family’s” publication “CitizenLink” (10/3/06) tells us: “Bill O’Reilly wants to be your leader. The host of Fox News Channel’s popular program ‘The O’Reilly Factor,’ he wants to be the leader of the culture wars —and says so in his new book, “Culture Warrior,” published by Broadway Books. O’Reilly lays out the culture war, as he sees it —not the conventional liberal/conservative split, but a battle between traditionalism and secularism —and issues a clarion call to Americans to wake up and take a stand.”
In an interview, when asked why he wrote his book, O’Reilly says: “I did it because I don’t think most Americans understand the intensity of the culture war going on. Because it is not accurately being reported in the media, there is no way for people to know the struggle behind the scenes for their hearts and minds. So it’s more of an investigative book, and I just thought everybody should know, really, what’s going on.”
But, O’Reilly is a fraud on this subject.
On his own program, O’Reilly has trashed Christians for their Christian/Biblical views. And why has he trashed these Christians and their Christian/Biblical views? Because he says we are — “a secular society!”
For example, on May 7, 1999, O’Reilly had as a guest on his Fox TV program former Green Bay Packer lineman Reggie White who was also a lay preacher. Brother White was in the news because he had said some “controversial” things about homosexuals. He had said what he repeated to O’Reilly on this show — that homosexuality is a sin. Said White to O’Reilly:
“God said it at first. The Bible says — in the book of Leviticus, the 18th chapter, it says if a man sleeps with a man as he sleeps with a woman, it is an abomination. God said not to do that.”
So, what did O’Reilly — supposedly a Christian (Roman Catholic) and an enemy of “secular progressives” — say to White? He said this to White: “One of the problems that a person like you has in convincing people to do what you think is right is that everybody doesn’t believe in the Bible, everybody doesn’t believe in a certain religion. We are a secular society here, and that was the way it was set up. (emphasis mine.) I mean, you can come here, and you can worship whatever your — religion you want, and if you don’t want to have a religion, you don’t have to have one. But as soon as the people who don’t believe in the Bible or God hear you say ‘the Bible,’ ‘God,’ they turn you off.”
Another example. On his September 3, 2002, program, O’Reilly had as a guest Stephen Bennett an ex-homosexual who is now a Christian. When Bennett attempted to quote from a Catholic Bible what God says about homosexuality, O’Reilly says: “I have a big problem with the Old Testament.” When Bennett mentions the book of Romans as condemning homosexuality, this exchange occurs:
O’Reilly: “This is Romans. This isn’t a gospel now.
Bennett: “Now you’re picking and choosing what the Bible — what you’re —
O’Reilly: “Look, the gospel is named the gospel, Mr. Bennett, for a reason. That is the word of God. That’s the gospel.”
On Sodom and Gomorrah, this exchange occurred:
Bennett: “The Bible says that God destroyed Sodom and Gommorah, correct?
O’Reilly: “Correct.
Bennett: “God — if Jesus is God and God destroyed Sodom and Gommorah —
O’Reilly: “Right.
Bennett: “Jesus made a very clear statement against that. Is that correct?
O’Reilly: “I believe that was an allegorical story. You know what I mean by an allegorical —
Bennett: “You don’t believe it literally.
O’Reilly: “No, I don’t believe it literally.”
Finally, when Bennett (God bless him) continues his Christian/Biblical witness, O’Reilly says, again approvingly: “We live in a secular society (emphasis mine.) You’re a religious fanatic, with all due respect. You’re a religious fanatic.”
In his “CitizenLink” interview, O’Reilly says some other things that deserve comment:
O’Reilly: “The struggle in the culture war is between traditionalists who believe the United States is a noble nation —we make mistakes, not everything is perfect here, but at heart the country is a good country. Traditionalists are challenged by secular progressives (SPs) who believe the United States is a flawed country which needs a dramatic overhaul. This is the culture-war struggle.”
Comment: Forget the “culture war” which is simply and secondarily a flesh-and-blood-only manifestation of the only “war” that matters — the “war” between God’s children (Christians) and the children of the devil (non-Christians). Too simplistic? Not at all. Read, please, John 8: 42ff. And America, at heart, is not “a good country” because we are no longer, at heart, a Godly country.
O’Reilly: “Most of the media —I put the number at about 75 percent —are firmly in the secular- progressive camp. They don’t want to really let the folks out there —because all the polls show that most folks are traditionalist —know that what is happening. So therefore it isn’t reported.”
Comment: Doesn’t matter what “the folks” say or what “tradition” says. What matters is what God says in His Word!
O’Reilly: “I think every American has the right to decide what’s moral and immoral within the bounds of the law.”
Comment: Ahhhhh, but what is “the law?” What does he mean by “moral” and “immoral?” Who is the primary law-maker? Answer: The God of the Bible is the primary Law-Maker and what is not in accord with His Law is not law. Obviously, O’Reilly does not believe this otherwise he would not have trashed Reggie White and Mr. Bennett.
O’Reilly: “But conservative Christians are targets of the SP community because their opposition to things like abortion, gay marriage, legalized narcotics, euthanasia prevent these from becoming law in America.”
Comment: And, on his on show, as previously demonstrated, conservative Christians are also the target of O’Reilly!
O’Reilly: “In Holland, for example, you don’t have a conservative Christian constituency, therefore you have all those things —legalized narcotics, euthanasia, abortion, gay marriage. Here in America, the primary opposition to those things comes from the Christian religious community. Therefore, the secular progressive movement feels it has to undermine that community.”
Comment: Right — and O’Reilly joins the SPs by attacking Christians when they quote the Bible!
O’Reilly: “That’s why you see the battle over Christmas, the Pledge of Allegiance ‘under God,’ displays of crosses —all of these things the SPs want to kick out because they want to de-emphasize the influence Christianity has on this country.”
Comment: And O’Reilly wants to “kick out” and “deemphasize” all Bible quoting because he says we are “a secular society!”
O’Reilly: “Well, you have a growing movement among the far-left people in America that says we’re a bad country —that we need big change. They organized and the ACLU is the vanguard, billionaires like George Soros finance it, politicians like Howard Dean carry the mission out. It is a very committed movement. It’s just like any political movement —communism, socialism, fascism; all of those movements rose up at one time or another in history. Well now you have in America the rise of secular progressivism.”
Comment: Well, I’m a Bible-believing, conservative Christian and I, too, think we’re a bad (not Godly) country and that we “need a big change.” We need to repent of our sins and once again become a truly Christian nation.”
O’Reilly: “The battle for the soul of the country is going on right now —and most Americans don’t know it is going on.”
Comment: And most Americans will not know from your book that as an advocate of “a secular society” you are on the wrong side of this “battle.”
O’Reilly: “That’s why this book is going to be huge —and very controversial. Because it blows the lid off the battle of the culture war in America, and explains what it’s all about and what’s happening.”
Comment: Your book sales may, indeed, be huge. But, your book does not “explain what it’s all about and what’s happening.” Your book does not tell readers that you are an advocate of “a secular society!”
O’Reilly: “I felt it was my duty as a journalist to bring it in front of the folks, let the folks see what’s happening, and they can decide for themselves which side they want to be on.”
Comment: As one of “the folks,” I have already decided about you. On this topic, you are a fraud, a wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing who is perpetuating the precise kind of dishonest spin you say you are against.
