Is Bill O'Reilly nuts?

[question everything]

On "60 Minutes" he claimed that god told him to write a book about Jesus.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156093n

[abelenkpe]

1. God told him?

Sounds nutty!

[fitman]

39. I really enjoyed the Lincoln & Kennedy books

especially when they were given to me.. Will end up reading the Jesus book. Have never read any other book by O'Reilly.

[karynnj]

56. No - I like my historical biographies to be well researched - his aren't

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]

2. I think what he is is a greedy charleton

Just like Rush and Ann. He makes his money riling up the RR.

[Myrina]

33. Charlatan?

If that's what you meant, I agree with you.

[Marrah_G]

36. Yes, that is what I meant

[DontTreadOnMe]

3. God told Bill to find someone to write "his" book

...since Bill can't write it on his own.

[gordianot]

8. I figured it was just another "The day they killed ..." book in a series.

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]

34. Don't they lock people up for hearing voices and talking to deities?

[Jamastiene]

47. Nope.

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]

53. So the guy in Aroura Colorado should be writing a book too, right?

He heard voices, IIRC. He's right up there with Billo in the sanity rankings.

[Jamastiene]

54. Only if it was God "talking" to him.

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]

51. No there seems to be a few who do hear voices.

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]

4. God told me Bill O'Reilly nuts.

[lunasun]

5. I saw part of that 60 mins - I knew he was conservative but now I know he is INSANE

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]

20. Insane like a huckster playing to his marks... err.. customers.

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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]

6. Yes

Sorry... I did not bother to look at the link, I know enough about the idiot already to give a correct answer.

[Gothmog]

44. Agreed

O'Reilly is not sane

[Rex]

7. It might seem that way.

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]

9. God could have easily found a better messenger

Than snap out O'Reilly who can't shut up long enough for anybody to tell him anything.

[Ron Green]

10. O'Reilly is a certain kind of entertainer posing as a pundit.

His job is to lead morons on a children's crusade against rational people, whom he calls "pinheads."

[Myrina]

35. Yes, let's not forget where O'Lielly was before Faux ...

"The Insider" or some other Hollywood Rant-Rag Tv show.

[blkmusclmachine]

11. You have to ask?

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. "he claimed that god told him to write a book about Jesus" - can you prove he didn't?

[mr blur]

14. Burden of proof is always on the one making supernatural claims.

[onecent]

18. What?????????????????? Can YOU prove he DID?

Duh

[uponit7771]

55. Yes, assholes don't listen to what God says to them

[Ikonoklast]

63. Yes, God here. Bill O'Reilly is a nutbag.

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]

13. He also claimed to have included Muslim sources for info on the historical Jesus.

I don't see how that's possible, since Islam didn't exist at the time.

[question everything]

24. Good point. I wish the interveiwer pinned him on that (nt)

[JHB]

15. Basic Rule of Thumb: If "God" tells you to do something self-serving...

...then whatever voice you're hearing isn't his.

[hatrack]

22. Did God also tell him to Loofa Up, and to grab takeout falafel?

O'Reilly - still the same self-important spotty little assclown you've known for all these years.

[lonestarnot]

16. why yes he is, yes.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

17. God told him to cheat on his wife, too, or right steamy novels?

[sakabatou]

19. I'm going to guess he's going to skip some of his sayings

Such as the Golden Rule, giving unto Caesar's what is Caesar's and others.

[MineralMan]

21. In short, yes.

[edhopper]

23. Why?

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]

25. I liked the suggestion on "The Newsroom" from the first season, about Bachmann

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]

28. O'Reilly is nuts regardless

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]

26. The title of the OP is a rhetorical question, right? eom

[LostOne4Ever]

27. You are only realizing this now?

I thought we all figured that out years ago when he first got his show on fox.

[grantcart]

29. "Being chosen pays well".

[MADem]

30. He is a lunatic who is obsessed with "Killing," based on his book titles.

I am disgusted that CBS, ABC, et. al. are giving this fucking tool the time of day....

[Orsino]

31. He is paid extremely well to act stupid/nuts...

...so we will never know the truth of his state of mind.

[question everything]

38. $20 million a year. And this really bothers me

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]

32. Ummm, YES.

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]

37. Um, yeah. Other Breaking News: water is wet.

[Taverner]

40. No, he's a huckster who is taking talking points from GWB

[Sunlei]

41. not nuts he's able to work. Just another hollywood tabloid 'media' republican

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]

42. the Magic 8 ball says "Signs Point to Yes!"

[JEFF9K]

43. The interviewer called him a representative of the common man ...

... but failed to ask why he promotes the 1% party!

Major interview fail!

[Jamastiene]

45. You honestly have to ask?

I think most of us have reached that conclusion about him years ago. Uhm, yeah, he is.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

46. No, he's just a con man and a giant douche nozzle who feeds on attention. nt

[rrneck]

48. No. He's just a money grubbing asshole. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

49. Money is his God n/t

[Enrique]

50. cha ching!

I wonder if CBS gets a cut of Bill's Jesus money for doing this infomercial.

[valerief]

52. Some people believe that shit. nt

[LeftyMom]

57. He's been playing uberCatholic to get the church to punish his wife for leaving him.

Expect increasing public piety at least until his anullment is granted.

[11 Bravo]

58. God doesn't tell Bill, Bill tells God! Just ask the megalomaniacal dipshit ...

He'll tell you in no uncertain terms who's REALLY in charge!

[Adrahil]

59. Tide comes in! Tide goes out! You can't explain that!!!! *nt*

[gopiscrap]

60. The guy's gone off the deep end!

He always was a fucker, now he's a fucking idiot.

[Warren DeMontague]

61. You mean the guy who said "no one understands how the tides work"?

Short answer, yes.

[Vashta Nerada]

62. People who claim things like that need psychological help.

Seriously.

[stevenleser]

64. All except these two guys...