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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Bill O'Reilly nuts?
On "60 Minutes" he claimed that god told him to write a book about Jesus.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156093n
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)Sounds nutty!
fitman
(482 posts)especially when they were given to me.. Will end up reading the Jesus book. Have never read any other book by O'Reilly.
karynnj
(59,503 posts)Interesting that he told 60 minutes that he disagrees with the Bible in parts. There really are not a lot of independent sources from the first century.
I seriously think he should ask if the voices he hears in his head are really the Holy spirit.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Just like Rush and Ann. He makes his money riling up the RR.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)If that's what you meant, I agree with you.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)...since Bill can't write it on his own.
gordianot
(15,238 posts)The conversation with "God" is just another total bullshit gimmick. Billo's ghost writer is not the Holy Ghost and he knows it. Just a guess but I figure the royalties end up somewhere in Murdoch's pocket and Billo keeps a cut. Perhaps book deals are used to keep the Fox knuckle dragger's happy like the inflated ego's of Beck and Hannity. This is just another in the infinite scams to make money off of Jesus who should get the royalties donated to his estate.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)As long as they say the voices are God, they are free to do as they please and never considered mentally ill. Those who buck the system and can't get with the program of "There is always enough money for bombs, no questions asked, but never enough for books or social safety net programs." and agree with that mantra wholeheartedly, are the ones considered mentally ill in this country. It is fucked up but true.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)He heard voices, IIRC. He's right up there with Billo in the sanity rankings.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)If the voices he heard were not God, they probably won't let him write a book or at least won't let him publish it.
gordianot
(15,238 posts)Hearing voices is actually pretty rare. Billo does a great disservice by inviting comparisons to those who hear voices. For the most part they are harmless to others and can function. I figure those who claim to hear God do it as a religious fad sales gimmick like speaking in tongues and playing with snakes. Those who are gullible enough to believe Billo really listens to God represent the better slice of the pie and want to be fooled. They are the suckers willing to be fleeced as described by P.T. Barnum. Billo is a carnival barker. He knows he is a carnival barker.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)and it drove me insane to hear in that segment how popular his show is in ratings~~~~
Never saw it on TV, but large parts of this country must be insane too if following this delusional nutball
JHB
(37,160 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 30, 2013, 12:45 PM - Edit history (1)
What's his market for this? Not serious religious scholars, and not anybody liberal.
It'll be the usual Billo fan club plus -- maybe -- picking up some evangelicals and conservative Catholics who don't usually buy his books. Those people won't automatically take a "God told me to write it" pitch as pure nuttery.
He may not be able to explain tides going in and out, but he knows what will bring money in.
Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)Sorry... I did not bother to look at the link, I know enough about the idiot already to give a correct answer.
O'Reilly is not sane
Rex
(65,616 posts)But alas, he is following along a careful narrative that has made millions of dollars over the years for a select few of RWing nutballs.
Of course he is going to write a book! And Sir Beck thinks he has a PHd in social sciences.
They are all fucking idiot goofballs like Charlies Stupidhammer and anyone that works at the American Spectator.
Their think tanks told them to put money on stupid and they bet it all.
Bill follows the cult of Reagan just like all the other idiots.
madashelltoo
(1,698 posts)Than snap out O'Reilly who can't shut up long enough for anybody to tell him anything.
Ron Green
(9,822 posts)His job is to lead morons on a children's crusade against rational people, whom he calls "pinheads."
Myrina
(12,296 posts)"The Insider" or some other Hollywood Rant-Rag Tv show.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)mr blur
(7,753 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)Duh
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)I've been telling him for years to seek professional help, but does he listen?
Oh, nooooo. He tells me he is absolutely sane, everyone else is nuts.
But what do I know, I'm only God.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)I don't see how that's possible, since Islam didn't exist at the time.
question everything
(47,479 posts)JHB
(37,160 posts)...then whatever voice you're hearing isn't his.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)O'Reilly - still the same self-important spotty little assclown you've known for all these years.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)sakabatou
(42,152 posts)Such as the Golden Rule, giving unto Caesar's what is Caesar's and others.
MineralMan
(146,308 posts)edhopper
(33,579 posts)If instead the the quote was "the Pope said God told him to..." would you say he's nuts?
Are you saying that anyone who claims God told them something is nuts, or just because you disagree with O'Rielly, he must be nuts.
For the record, I don't think God tells anyone anything, since he doesn't exist. But if you think he does, does he also tell you who he talks to?
question everything
(47,479 posts)The ditzy "Maggie" character would have liked to ask Bachmann, who always said god told her to do so and so, how s/he sounded. What was the voice. High? deep? whispering?
And, yes, I think that everyone who claims god talks to him is nuts. And dangerous. Since, as we've seen with evangelicals, you cannot argue or compromise on anything. God said. End of discussion.
(Many years ago we visited the Sinai Peninsula. We flew over the barren hilly desert area. My spouse commented that, walking through this land for so many years, as Moses is supposed to have done, anyone would claim to hear god talking..)
LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)But if that was the case it just means Bill and the Pope are both nuts.
Anyone who claims god "Talks" them is nuts. Hearing voices from people who are not there, or having visions of gods or devils telling you to do something have always been symptoms of mental disorders.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)I thought we all figured that out years ago when he first got his show on fox.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)I am disgusted that CBS, ABC, et. al. are giving this fucking tool the time of day....
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...so we will never know the truth of his state of mind.
question everything
(47,479 posts)That he, and other entertainers - hate radio, football players, actors - get millions, while doctors and nurses, police officers and fire fighters who actually are helping people, have to fight for every dollar that they get.
Even CEOs of medical device companies and pharmaceuticals do not make that much. Except for 'AARP supported" UnitedHealth.
dballance
(5,756 posts)If I claimed a god talked to me they'd lock me up as schizo. Bill O should be afforded no concessions on that front.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Taverner
(55,476 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)useless media, if it disappeared today the world won't end but that's entertainment.
The real elected republicans should be the persons in media but they don't seem to do ANY real work for America.
rurallib
(62,415 posts)JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)... but failed to ask why he promotes the 1% party!
Major interview fail!
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)I think most of us have reached that conclusion about him years ago. Uhm, yeah, he is.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)rrneck
(17,671 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)I wonder if CBS gets a cut of Bill's Jesus money for doing this infomercial.
valerief
(53,235 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Expect increasing public piety at least until his anullment is granted.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)He'll tell you in no uncertain terms who's REALLY in charge!
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)He always was a fucker, now he's a fucking idiot.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Short answer, yes.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)Seriously.