Olbermann Mis-states Bible History While Correcting O'Reilly on Bible


On Friday's "Countdown" show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, while condescendingly chastising FNC's Bill O'Reilly for erroneously remarking that the "Book of Revelation" was written 5,000 years ago, made a mistake of his own in explaining O'Reilly's error, as the "Countdown" host claimed Jesus Christ "died roughly 2007 years ago." Olbermann: "Now, he [Christ] was supposed to have died roughly 2007 years ago, which is where we get the number on the calendar thing with the years in it. It's A.D., Anno Domini, Year of Our Lord, it's sort of dated back to the death-" [Stops talking and sighs] (Transcript follows)

During the show's regular "Worst Person in the World" segment, after naming Oliver North and Sean Hannity to the "Worse" and "Worser" designations, Olbermann tagged O'Reilly as the day's "Worst Person" for comments the FNC host made on his radio show, as reported by the far-left Media Matters for America. Olbermann began: "But the winner, and I don't think we've mentioned him yet tonight, who blasts secular progressives and makes fun of people who slip up on their biblical knowledge, he made a Bible reference himself."

Olbermann continued, in a mocking imitation of O'Reilly's voice: "'Go to 'Revelations' in the Bible and look at the prediction for the end of the world. This was written, what, 5,000 years ago?'"

Addressing O'Reilly, the "Countdown" host then condescendingly explained that the "Book of Revelation" was written sometime after the time of Christ's death, which Olbermann seemed to confuse with Christ's birth year, as Olbermann claimed that Christ "died roughly 2007 years ago." Olbermann: "All right, let me go through this slowly for you. The revelations in the 'Book of Revelations' are said to have been written by John of Patmos, after an angel came to see him with his revelations from Jesus. Christ! Jesus Christ, Bill! Now, he was supposed to have died roughly 2007 years ago, which is where we get the number on the calendar thing with the years in it. It's A.D., Anno Domini, year of our Lord, it's sort of dated back to the death- [Stops talking and sighs] Bill Orally, today's 'Worst' -- 5,000 years ago?! -- 'Person in the World'!"

Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Friday November 16 "Countdown" show on MSNBC:

KEITH OLBERMANN: But the winner, and I don't think we've mentioned him yet tonight, who blasts secular progressives and makes fun of people who slip up on their biblical knowledge, he made a Bible reference himself.

OLBERMANN, mocking O'Reilly's voice: "Go to 'Revelations' in the Bible and look at the prediction for the end of the world. This was written, what, 5,000 years ago?"

OLBERMANN: 5,000 years go. All right, let me go through this slowly for you. The revelations in the "Book of Revelations" are said to have been written by John of Patmos, after an angel came to see him with his revelations from Jesus. Christ! Jesus Christ, Bill! Now, he was supposed to have died roughly 2007 years ago, which is where we get the number on the calendar thing with the years in it. It's A.D., Anno Domini, year of our Lord, it's sort of dated back to the death- [Stops talking and sighs] Bill Orally, today's "Worst" -- 5,000 years ago?! -- "Person in the World"!


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There is no such thing as a

There is no such thing as a Book of Revelations. There is a Book of Revelation, however.

That's two slip ups to one. Olbermann loses.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

olbermann knows the Bible

olbermann knows the Bible like he knows karate

just enough to get himself killed

please don't try Bible interpretation again without proper supervision next time, Keith:)...

we care about u

 

The vampire strikes again

No self-reflection at all. His every criticism rebounds.

The problem with having a show that sneers at others is that you leave no room for your own errors. It's one thing to criticize, but his show is predicated on treating non-liberals with smug condescension. I mean, this is how Keith Olbermann makes his living. He has to keep criticizing to keep the show afloat.

What a rotten way to make a living!

The first question that

The first question that comes to mind is did O'reilly even say what is being alleged? Not saying he didn't because I don't know, but with these guys it's something you must always take into consideration.

Now, even if he did say it, so what? The point is the same: the Book of Revelations was written a long time ago, and it predicts the end of the earth, according to Bill.

I did not see BO’s

I did not see BO’s comment but it sounds like if you said,
something like: well it was like, a million years ago. That does not mean it
was exactly “a million years ago today..”For example, I don’t think my mother
in law is a “million years old”... If that is all he has to complain about then
he is one pathetic a$$ hole “today and as far back as a million years ago.”

Let- me- go- slow- for- you- Olbermann.............

I think you call it.. “exaggeration”

ex·ag·ger·ate v

1.       vti
to state that something is better, worse, larger, more common, or more
important than is true or usual

2.       vt
to make something appear more noticeable or prominent than is usual or
desirable

But I guess Olbermann would not know any thing about
that..

He is the perfect example of a liberal, they think they know
“all” for us.., the unwashed, as they blunder themselves..

He is praying that Bill picks up the attack so somebody
will watch his pathetic show.

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

I hope MISTER MORON reads this!

Anno Domini (pronounced /ˈænoʊ ˈdɒmɪnaɪ/; Latin: (In) The year of (Our) Lord[1]), abbreviated as AD or A.D., defines an epoch based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception (Annunciation) or birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

From Wikipedia

Aside from the obvious, how

Aside from the obvious, how how many times can this nutjob name someone "worst person in the world"? Seems like he has a rotation of a handfull of names.

What a pathetic human being.

Doesn't he do it every show?

Doesn't he do it every show?

Waste of time

I like this site when it discusses substantive issues about bias in the MSM. But when it comes to religious issues--and especially those spouted by fringe pundits on low-rated cable news channels--this site wastes its resources. 

   There are so many meaty, important issues to discuss regarding media bias. This particular subject regarding Olberman and religiosity is pure piffle.

  I, for one, don't understand the tie-in of conservatism/libertarianism with religiosity. I'm a rationalist. Of course, Olberman is a self-promoting media ass/whore--but how many watch him? A few thousand?

I think this site is losing a lot of fiscal conservatives and secular libertarians by pushing a religious agenda. What the hell has Christianity or any particular denomination have to do with conservative politics? Again, why the emphasis? I just don't get it. You're turning off non-Christians and agnostics with this emphasis.  The conservative/libertarian movement can't afford to do that.

 

 

Sorry, lumpy...

Sorry, lumpy, I don't agree at all.

At times, religion comes into discussion on one or another of the topics, but that doesn't mean this site is, as you say "push(ing) a religious agenda." The "agenda" of this site, as far as I know, is to point out media bias (one of the administrators can correct me if I'm wrong.) Sometimes that comes in the form of religious bias.

And yes, sometimes, in the course of a discussion of a political topic, it mutates into a religious discussion. That doesn't mean there is a site-generated emphasis on religious issues. One can participate in those discussions or not. I myself have taken part in them, and then dropped out at a certain point when I think enough has been said on a certain subject. And certainly, no one is forced to read them. Feel free to say "Oops, religious discussion!" and move on to something else.

Now, for Olbermann. The point is not "Olbermann and religiosity." The subject is Olbermann's massive ego, and the fact that in the process of smugly razzing BOR for getting a Bible date wrong, (even to the point of saying "All right, let me go through this slowly for you") [emphasis added] as if talking to a child, he made a similar mistake.

AD dates from Jesus' birth, not His death, as KO says. But don't expect him issue a correction.....

Granted, it's not earth-shattering, but sometimes it's just fun to point out stuff like that. Libs like Olbermann think they're smarter than everyone else. so it's nice to point out when, in the middle of making fun of someone else's mistake, they make the same mistake.

I know it gets my day off to a good start! LOL

Peace on NB

Aw c'mon  cut lumpy some slack.  "Rationalists" always feel a little left out around the Christmas/Hanukkah season.

Cheer up lumpy. Break out the metal pole, engage in the feats of strength and enjoy festivus for the rationlistofus.

acumen

You mean Mother didn't cut lumpy some slack? (compare my comment below)

 “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”   -Chief Justice John Roberts

Ha botg

Ha. I certainly didn't mean to 'lump' you all together.

acumen

i have no problem being lumped in with motherbelt, it's just that i thought moms was nicer to lumps than i was.

 “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”   -Chief Justice John Roberts

lumpy

I'm a rationalist.

I think this site --- is pushing a religious agenda.

 Well by all means let us be rational.  Perhaps you can survey the blog posts here for the last week.  I believe you will find that 10% or less have a direct connection to the religious community.  Many others will have comments based in relious affiliations but that is the personal views of the commentors not NB.  So where rationally is the agenda?  How about an example, in this article it is the inconsistancy of the Olberdoof being exposed.  Now you may say it is a piffle and not worth the time to report Olberdoofs bias but that is a different issue.  Rationally where is the agenda?

 What the hell has Christianity --- to do with conservative politics?

Well since (A) defense of traditional moral values is a Conserative issue and (B) the religious community is the prime supporter of traditional moral values therefore (C) the religious community is directly linked to Conservative politics.  Let us take a recent article as an example:  it was reported here that the LAT was telling the Pope what he should do (in this case support pro-abortion politicians).  How is this appropriate for a website dedicated to "exposing liberal media bias"?  The liberal media (LAT) was biased against a traditional moral advocate (the Pope) in a politically connected issue (abortion and politicians).  Again, rationally, where is the agenda?  I suspect the problem is not with your rational brain but rather an emotional response by your irrational heart as exposed by your What the hell. 

Finally lumpy the masthead says "Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias" how from that do you rationally conclude it to mean  "Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Political Bias".  Sometimes what we see in others exposes more about us than them (classic projection).  I believe you rationally need consider that it is more likely your bias and a personal issue of yours to deal with rather than a legitimate complaint against Newsbusters 

 “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”   -Chief Justice John Roberts

The Alpha Response to this Post

I am an agnostic myself, but my understanding is that Christian values don't have as much to do with conservative values as they do with Western Culture in general. As a matter of fact, Western Culture would not exist without Christianity.  Let me put the question to you, "What does atheism have to do with leftist values?" The answer is "pretty much everything." The left is the opposition party to God; as such, their diametrical opposites, the conservatives, serve to resist those values they see as damaging and detrimental to society in general and the family in particular.

 This is a conservative site overall; therefore, you have a preponderance of conservative opinion here. So the issue here is anything but personal, the issue has a global scope and is the basis for much of the existential conflict during the past 800 years, and thus far, the atheists are slaughtering the believers. Here is the point: political acts are the physical manifestation of beliefs. Some people believe in God. Thus their beliefs will affect how they think and how they vote. Their beliefs cannot be "checked at the door" of the debate. This site is not government property and the beliefs from which political opinions grow are allowed here so far, although I am sure the ACLU is working on it.    

Atheists (leftists) rightly believe that their agenda and religion cannot coexist. Thus you have the historic systematic annihilation of religion by atheist/leftist dictatorships and governments. Hitler murdered millions; Stalin murdered millions; Mao murdered millions as well as other lesser "Gods" such as Pol Pot. Western Culture is a piker compared to the legacy of blood and savagery loosed upon the world by atheism. 

But this is all just rubbish to you, correct? Let's perform an experiment; let's use a couple of the Ten Commandments as a heuristic to explore political views and see if this exercise illustrates anything.  

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Well right off the bat here we have a problem don't we? The basic conflict between atheist and Christian beliefs is that of moral authority. Atheists believe that morality is internal, situational, and relative. Christians believe that there is an objective standard for moral authority. Nothing personal, but I believe those two stances aren't congruent. This is the commandment that Hitler, Stalin, Mao, et. al, had to wipe out for their dictatorships to work. We see Chavez headed down that road now too. I will add that the atheist greens have made the earth their idol, thus moving the human race backwards countless years to animism. 

6. Honor thy Father and Mother. Whoa, steady now, the atheist would say. Father and Mother? Isn't that a little homophobic? What about father and Father, Mother and Mother? And in any case, liberal judges in federal courts have ruled that the parents have no special standing in cases that involve education, birth control, and sexual education, thus diminishing the authority of the family, a prerequisite to leftism.  As a matter of fact, if you look at the ideology of leftism, the central tenet is that the government takes on primacy in the role of parent. Leftist ideologies take the same attitude towards family that they do toward religion; leftist governments are a jealous God, and the family that challenges the authority of true leftist governments will be slaughtered like animals (see Romanoff). After all, it takes a village, doesn't it?  

7. Thou shalt not steal (see taxes) 

I won't go any further. In regard to rationality, how rational is it for you to assert what you did? What you conclude to be “the religious agenda” is actually the cumulative result of opinion based on traditional beliefs, which you assume to be based on a “religious agenda,” but is actually the traditional view of Western Culture--a point of view other than yours, thus you get angry. Your post is the epitome of emotionalism, replete with shouting bold letters, curses, and insults

Not exactly rational, huh? 

Thus I conclude that in your argument you are wrong.  

Thanks for the opportunity,

Kirk Turner

 

Kirk

you replied to me but your post seems to be complimentary to mine in response to lumpy's post.  I am confused as your response seems to agree with my viewpoint.  Can you start at lumpy's then read my response as you seem to be mixing his assertions with mine.  

if i use bold letters (other than in my tag) it is to make the original comments i am quoting to stand out for clarity not to shout.

 “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”   -Chief Justice John Roberts

Absurd!

The notion that atheism is synonymous with leftist is patently absurd.  For example, those who have no God to scape-goat the workings of the world upon are generally more likely to accept personal responsibility (a core conservative social value).  Atheists are not inherently anti-religious any more than being Christian makes you anti-semetic.  Leftists are often anti-religious, and this means leftist atheists are just as often anti-religious...  But all apples are not red just because red apples are all red.

Religion is no more off-limits a target for liberal bias than race, or fiscal policy.

The gross over-simplification of atheists as chaotic lunatics is ignorant, and irrelevent to the point of this blog item:

Atheists, especially socially conservative ones, are more than capable of enjoying this bit of Olbermann schadenfrude on its non-substantive context... just as much as they would enjoy the typographical errors of the messageboard poster who criticizes others' grammar and spelling.

If your question is sincere

You asked what the significance of religion is with respect to matters of secular libertarianism and fiscal conservatism.

If you want the serious answer, it's this. Without religion, there is no foundation, at least no credible foundation, for the axioms of secular libertarianism and fiscal conservatism. To the extent you could try to produce an ultimate foundation, it's bound to be wobbly and arbitrary, like the "social contract" narrative which continues to strain credulity.

I'm not trying to be provocative, I'm stating a fact. If someone asks why it's good for people to possess their own property, you say "because property strengthens the guarantee of personal integrity, i.e., liberty." Then they ask why people should possess freedom and integrity, and you say "because it's man's nature to be free." They'll ask why is it man's nature to be free, etc. etc.

Pretty soon, you hit bottom. If you don't let religion in the room, you have to say the reason we support fiscal conservatism and secular libertarianism is because these axioms were agreed upon at a Philadelphia convention and that's that. The mundane act of voting on these rights is somehow supposed to constitute an ethereal safeguard. That's no foundation. Indeed, the enemies of liberty we both despise, and you know who they are, will tell you our little tea party was yesterday's news, that the Constitution is a living breathing document

IN CONTRAST: you say there is an objective moral law binding the entire Universe. The opposition has not a leg to stand on except to ridicule religion and hope it goes away. Putting aside theology, it seems to me an inherently good thing to fight against anti-religious sentiment because that sentiment itself is a threat to the only credible ontological that is, real foundation of our system of government. 

Give up the binding moral character of objective reality itself, and you give up the whole thing, lumpy.

 

A fine line

I agree - this site shouldn't promote a religion, but it should be a place where we can defend it against liberal bias. It's often a fine line between defending a religion and promoting one.

  • Hey, I'm a human being ... I don't always know where to draw the line. If someone asks a religious question, is it because they've been hoodwinked by the assumptions of the media, or are they just having a private religious curiosity? I'll respond publicly if I think their confusion is a result of media bias, but if it's private, then I'd rather just send a private message.
  • Do I always get it right? Of course not.

I don't know about other commenters, but if I publicly complain about a liberal distortion of an issue, I owe it to readers to explain why. Most of the time, the liberal media distort religious issues because they don't know the background. Therefore, to explain the distortion, I need to fill in some details. That provokes extended posts about religion, and I apologize for the length. But those posts aren't intended to promote my religion ... only to defend it against what the media is distorting.

If you see a topic where the premise is that the media is distorting religion again, feel free to skip that one. You don't have to read every post on every topic. It's just a website.

my two cents

I think it's unfair to say religion shouldn't play a part in politics. Perhaps it doesn't for you, and that's fine, but it does for a lot of people. And the fact is the GOP could never win the White House without the religious right - which is why Republicans are demanding churches endorse Giuliani.

I really don't like Giuliani and I cringe at voting for him because of social issues. But every time I say that in public, I get three Republicans screaming at me "you better vote for him anyway or we're blaming you for Hillary."

If everyone wants to take religion out of the GOP that's fine. But this Christian will not blindly hand her vote for sake of party loyalty - if I don't like the guy I'm not voting for him. 

 

card holding member of the vast right-wing conspiracy

Good point lumpy

You're right.  We are not at our best when we dive into our religious diatribes.

I therefore firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace, to sin no more, and to avoid the near occasion of sin.

Until somebody else starts something.

 Plant crops - not questions

Most of Olberloons show has

Most of Olberloons show has been about Bill O. and Fox of late.

My question is why hasn't Judith Regan been outed as a far left loon?

If Fox is being described as the mouthpiece for the right then why isn't Regan's far left politics also pointed out???

I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.

 

Fact-checking

What an idiot.  Revelation was the last book written.  It was written by the apostle John, the last survivor of the original disciples, and it was written in the latter years of his life.  As such, it isn't even 2000 years old yet.

Besides being wrong about dating the calendar from Jesus' death, I don't know of anyone who doesn't recognize that inaccuracies in the calendar actually put Jesus birth at something like 4 B.C.  After all, no one decreed the B.C./A.D. system until many years after Jesus was on earth.

A little basic fact-checking might have helped, Keith. 

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

Keith doesn't have to "fact

Keith doesn't have to "fact check"....he "knows" everything. 

Olbermoronn's leftist freak

Olbermoronn's leftist freak show remains mired in an abysmal FOURTH place out of FIVE shows.  He did beat something called "Fast Money", though!!!  Of course, Nancy Grace continues to destroy Olbermoronn and now does it from a hospital room!!!   Enjoy the latest ratings:

Thursday, November 15, 2007

8PM - P2+ (25-54)
O’Reilly Factor - 2,371,000 viewers (440,000)
CNN Democratic Debate – 3,954,000 viewers (1,095,000) **Ran from 8-10PM ET
Meltdown w/ Olbermoronn - 590,000 viewers (178,000)
Fast Money - 177,000 viewers (a scratch with 51,000)
Nancy Grace – 653,000 viewers (218,000)

Open Letter to NBC

I am, and will continue to be, a fan of your Sunday Night Football broadcasts, but I have to ask for millions of us—must we be subjected to Keith Olbermann every week? Other than the fact that he is a pompous, sanctimonious jackass, you are helping to legitimize someone who, on five nights of the week, is a tin-hat wearing member of the neo-liberal moonbat club, a frothing at the mouth, spittle-casting lunatic of the first order. If you were to look up “blue state sissy” in the dictionary, there would be Olbermann leering back at you with his slightly cross-eyed Mr. Magoo stare. Casting Keith Olbermann as a regular on your broadcasts is like having David Duke providing commentary on the PGA—sure you could do it, but why? I know that Olbermann used to be a sportscaster of sorts, but he is long since passed the point of no return; he is as type-cast as Gilligan (Bob Denver) at this point. I guess that I will just have to continue to tune in at 8:15, deftly side-stepping your pregame show. Thanks for your time. Best regards,Kirk Turner

take a more direct step?

If you really want NBC to hear you (I doubt they search NB for comments pertaining to them), why not call and leave a message?

In the NY/NJ area, call "Viewer Relations" at 212-664-2333, and select 4 for Sports. I've called at least 3 times and left messages.

Why not be direct about it and be sure your comments are heard?

I'd love for them to get the blast you wrote here!

Thanks!

I have tried to email them numerous times, but the mesages always bounce back. I didn't know they had a number.

 

Thanks for the info!!

 

Kirk

You're welcome!

Yes, I had all my emails bounce, too, so I tracked down their contact info and started calling. Just thought others would like to ensure their thoughts are on record...

Ironic

Most "journalists" have only a cursory knowledge of the Scriptures and a lot of that comes from heresay. Even many of the ones who claim to be Christian or Jewish fall into this category.



The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Fred08.com

The tongues of fools

There is a verse in the book of Proverbs that applies to blowhards like Olbermann:  "A wise man holds his tongue; only a fool blurts out everything he knows."

But I'll bet he already knows that.

Logically Lost Left

It's just the typical liberal attack.  Lacking logic and truth to defend their own positions, they resort to attacking and trying to discredit people who are not left-wing liberals.  If you doubt that, just go to some blog with liberal commenters and try to make any rational or analytical point.  It won't take long until your name and Hitler's get mentioned in the same sentence. 

Lumpy, if you had a

Lumpy, if you had a religion, you could join in on all the fun NB has to offer! Stop trying to be the voice of NB when you're not, saying that focusing on religious bias in the media is causing NB to fail.

Thanks for shutting up :)

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

Olberman needs to stop talking

There is a promise and a curse associated with the Revelation of Jesus the Christ to St. John.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Revelation 22:18, 19

It is really not worth your paycheck Mr. Olberman to inflict upon yourself the curses of thee Almighty God.

Mr. Olberman, Jesus Christ is not an Angel, He is thee Son of God. Even when He is referred to in the Old Testament in meeting Joshua as "the Angel of the Lord", the context is of Supreme Being as Messenger of the Father, God Almighty.
Jesus, Thee Word, is never to be degraded as you have done in playing "gotcha".

I will not go into the mistakes you made as others have, but warn you to repent in Jesus Name as the Word stands in what you have done in messing with a Book of the Bible Whose context you know nothing about.

God bless you Keith Olberman to repent, In Jesus Name. Amen

 

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Debased Minds

"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;" - Romans 1:28

lumpy

I think this site is losing a lot of fiscal conservatives and secular
libertarians by pushing a religious agenda. What the hell has
Christianity or any particular denomination have to do with
conservative politics?

Yeah, I know. When I'm over at Townhall.com I get a little annoyed when people start bickering over religion and quoting Bible verses. Personally however I find Newsbusters not to be that way other than the occasional person inserting quotes to make a point on the topic. I do realize that many conservatives are Christians and I respect that. Having grown up amongst good Christian people, I can tell you I'd rather spend my time amongst those who believe in God and have a code of honor to follow, yes, religiously, than those who are sort of blowing in the wind with whatever comes their way--aka some libs.

As for the topic at hand (which is not technically "religious"): I'm shaking my head. I can't believe KO is so completely ignorant about "A.D." It's something you learn in elementary school for heaven's sake. I'm thrilled that every day he has a place where he can show off this great knowledge trapped within the air spaces of his brain.

Good Point September

If you try to post a message with religious quotes or debate an issue on spiritual grounds you get banned on almost all liberal sites, if not you get mercilessly flamed.

In the 60's MLK's whole platform on racial equality was based on the scriptures and the Democrat Party embraced him.

40 years later, the left is the place for atheists and "agnostics" who have no place in their hearts or minds for those of us with IQs over 150 who believe in God, Jesus and the Bible.

Liberals yak like they are the tolerant, big-tent party, but it's truly the Republican Party today that is the big-tent tolerant party.

I always quesiton the maturity and self-confidence of those who constantly complain about people who express their religious views and convictions.   If you REALLY didn't believe it, as you say, then it should roll off you like water off a duck.  Before I was converted to Christianity I loved to debate anyone of any belief system and never felt threatened or offended when someone told me I was going to hell or whatever.  I just laughed at them. 

Olby forgot the looney left script

Actually Olberman may get a pass from the left since he is going after BOR, but Olberman should get hammered from the lefty-kook fringe for even acknowleding the existence of Jesus.

Most leftists that I "debate" with here at a Boston College won't even admit that Jesus existed.  They insist he is made up and so is the Bible.  

I usually end the discussion right there, because it's like arguing with someone who insists a person standing next to you isn't really there.

exlib

....it's truly the Republican Party today that is the big-tent tolerant party.

Amen.

Look, Anybody who has listened

to that incompetent gasbag Olbermann should immediately check yourself into the nearest mental health facility. You may have sustained severe damage!

The purpose of NB is to expose Liberal Bias. This article exposes Liberal bias and at the same time exposes Keith as a moron. Sounds like a win/win!!

Read Revelation 12:10, Keith Olberman.

Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: FOR THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN IS CAST DOWN, WHICH ACCUSED THEM BEFORE OUR GOD NIGHT AND DAY.

What have this b_astard and his ilk done for SEVEN YEARS now? They have accused George Bush NIGHT AND DAY.

He needs to read Jude 1:8-19, too.

Keith Olberman - Mocker, Murmurer, and Complainer

Jude 1:8-19  PRV

(8) Likewise also these despicable blowhards appeal to worldly resentments, despise just Christian government, and speak evil of good men.

(9) Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil and disputing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a baseless charge, but said, "The Lord rebuke thee."

(10) But these men like Keith Olberman speak evil of those things which they understand not: but what they know as natural unbiblical men, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

(11) Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the evil accusations of Korah.

(12) These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds ... blown about with every wind of liberal doctrine; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

(13) Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

(14) And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his angels,

(15) To execute judgment upon all who persecute Christian men and women, and to convict all that are ungodly among them of all their wicked deeds which they have brazenly committed, and [to convict them] of all their hard speeches which these un-Christian sinners have spoken against Him and His children."

(16) These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts and personal resentments; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having [wicked] men's persons in admiration because of [spiritual and political] advantage.

(17) But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

(18) How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time [eschatos chronos - the lowest, or trying, time ... the time of adversity], who should walk after their own wicked resentments.

(19) These be they who separate themselves, worldly and un-Christian, having not the Spirit.

Olbermann will slip up and pay for his arrogant, elitist ways

Mark my words.

It is just a matter of time.  

My mother would say,

"Bad things happen to bad people. "

KO is a bad person. 

Not a very astute post on my part, but that's just how I feel.