The writer of tis article used to be my pastor in Flower Mound, LCMS Lutheran.. He was defrocked.
He’s written Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and now Killing Jesus. When is he going to write a book called “Killing everybody - The story of Mohammed”
I watched as much of the O’Reily interview on CBS as I could, but had to turn it off as I was getting so frustrated at some of the things he said.
He said it was “impossible for Jesus to have said, ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do’ from the cross”. How does he know this? Why, because the way Jesus was crucified would have prevented Him from being able to speak due to suffocation.
Now, Bill somehow has a source that is supposed to show that Jesus was crucified without the foot rest on the cross. Without that foot rest, Bill contends that Jesus could not have spoken more than a couple of words while on the cross. I have been a student of the Bible for more that 40 years, attended a Baptist seminary, read countless apologetic books on the Bible and never once did I see a scripture or a Bible scholar who had definitive proof as to exactly what kind of cross Jesus was crucified on or whether or not that cross had the foot rest.
So, for Bill to assuredly say that it was literally impossible for Christ to have spoken such a thing while on the cross - that’s pure speculation.
Also, when asked about his sources for his book, Bill said that he used sources from all points of view, even using Mohammed’s teachings concerning Jesus. I’m sorry, but Mohammed was not from Jesus’s time, he was not privy to any information other than the New Testament, which Mohammed denies as being factual when it teaches that Jesus was God’s Son.
That was when I turned the TV to something else.
Jesus is a non-neutral person. You have to take a stand on Him. He claimed He was God’s Son, He claimed He was God Himself in human form. He is either who He claimed to be or He was a lunatic or a liar. There is no middle ground.
The Gospel writers were eyewitnesses of Jesus and His ministry (Matthew and John), or who interviewed people who were (Mark and Luke). Either their testimony is credible or it isn’t. You can’t pick and choose - which is exactly what O’Reily did.
O’Reilly is a liberal turd. I read a lot. But I wouldn’t spend one dime or one minute on one of his books.
I just have one question about BO’s book. Who wrote it for him?
When will O’Reilly come out with “Killing O’Reilly?”
History is a good thing.
When I was in Israel, I was standing on the Mt of Olives and remembered the portion of the Psalm “...lets go up to Zion”
City of David was on my left, up the hill to my right was the remains of the Temple mount.
Suddenly the Psalm made sense. “...lets all go up the hill and worship G*d”
Nothing metaphysical just simple people singing simple songs about things very important to them.
Be careful, Bill. Satan also comes as the Angel of Light... The Holy Spirit will never contradict Scripture and will always glorify the Lord. You would do well to remember that.
(I will NEVER read Bill's book--it is already trash to me.)
Luke said he checked all the sources before he wrote.
O’Reilly says that Luke is wrong about Jesus’ words on the cross.
Luke spoke with the people who saw it and wrote about it. O’Reilly spoke to a few scholars a couple thousand years later.
It’s just odd to say that they reporter on the spot is wrong, when you are thousands of years later with zero alternative sources.
More likely that Bill just couldn’t figure out the sayings from the cross, so he had to find himself an out.
Do you understand the difference?
I bought one of these books trying to explain every thing about Jesus fifty years ago and will never buy another one.
The only object in writing the books are to make money.
I’m waiting for his next blockbuster, Killing Bill O’Reilly.