thewayne | Bill O'Reilly is mad at God. Huh. I'll bet a lot of women are mad at God for Bill O'Reilly.

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"Am I mad at God? Yeah, I'm mad at him. I wish I had more protection. I wish this stuff didn't happen... These people at the New York Times... don't want me in the marketplace. That's what this is all about."
—Bill O'Reilly, in wake of report on $32M settlement with Fox News colleague re sexual misconduct accusation

Somehow I don't think God is too happy at you, either. No hint of personal responsibility for what he did: had he not done it, it wouldn't have happened. I think the worst part was hearing about the raise from the Murdochs after the $32M settlement when his contract was renewed.

Crossposts: https://thewayne.livejournal.com/1036619.html

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elf

"I wish this stuff didn't happen"... yeah, well, so do I, but I suspect he and I have different definitions of "this stuff."

I am fascinated by the "mad at God" idea - it hadn't clicked in my that conservative "Christians" could completely ignore their own theology to that extent. A devout person might be mad at Satan for having mistreated him; mad at God implies that God owes him, personally, a comfortable and fun life. And while I did know they believed that, I don't think I'd heard any of them get that direct about it before.

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thewayne

Keep in mind that these are very special snowflake Christians: most of these are Prosperity Gospel believers. Since they are rich, they are Very Special and Blessed (I just now noticed your icon: wonderful!) So I can sort of see his angle, it just doesn't remotely correspond to what I know of the Bible and Christianity.

As Churchill said, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." Christianity was always 'treasures laid up in heaven', but the prosperity gospel says 'if you're rich, good for you! Revel in it!'

I would have thought that Bill, being of good Irish stock, would have been Catholic, and that's what his Wikipedia page indicates, including his wedding. (And Catholics are Christians) But his attitude definitely says Prosperity Gospel Christian Evangelical to me.