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Bill O’Reilly and Laura Ingraham Issue Dire Warning About Secular Progressivism and America’s Future

Mar. 22, 2013 10:43am Billy Hallowell

Bill OReilly and Laura Ingraham Issue Dire Warning About Secular Progressivism: America Could Become Poorer and Weaker and Less Influential

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Last night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly tackled secular progressive attacks on traditional society, a subject he has regularly discussed on his television program. Bringing in popular radio host Laura Ingraham, he decried yet another assault he believes is unfolding against people of faith: The War on Easter.

In addition to dismissing this alleged attempt to further strip faith out of society, the host spent some time hammering secularists who are leading the charge against traditional values.

“In some schools you are not allowed to say the word Easter,” O’Reilly proclaimed at the start of the segment, noting that some public schools are holding “Spring egg hunts” and heralding the “Spring Bunny.”

O’Reilly proceeded to explain what’s driving these changes. Taking on his familiar ideological foes, secular progressives, he said that these individuals and groups are feeling “unchained” and “liberated” and are looking to “diminish any form of religion.”

“If the far left can marginalize Santa and the Easter Bunny — if they can tell the children those symbols are obselete and unnecessary — they then set the stage for a totally secular society in the future,” he continued, warning America not to go down the liberal road that countries like Scandinavia have pursued.

Ingraham shared O’Reilly’s concerns and outlined some of the reasons she believes that traditional Americans may have fears about secular progressivism.

“I think people who are traditionally faithful…I think they understand society has become more secular. A lot of them I think are fearful,” she said. “I think there’s a lot of demonization [from] secular progressions of Christians. Maybe they think, Bill, there’s a new era of persecution that we’ve never seen in this country before…that we’re beginning to see now.”

O’Reilly went on to decry the fact that there’s no contemporary leader that traditional Americans can look to for guidance.

“There’s no national leader in this country,” O’Reilly said, noting the importance of finding a person who can galvanize people of faith.

And both pundits seemed to agree: Secular progressives pose a danger to America’s future, not only because they will potentially erode values and norms, but because history shows what happens when Christianity and values are collectively removed from society.

Ingraham, in particular, noted that Europe became poorer and lost power as secularism crept in. The U.S., too, she warned, could have the same fate should a similar dynamic unfold.

“America as a result will become poorer and weaker and less influential in the world,” she cautioned.

Watch the segment, below:

(H/T: Mediaite)

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berlet98
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 1:20am
History’s P.C. “Bible”–Part One

The epical 10-hour mini-series on History, formerly known as The History Channel, is proving to be more than enlightening; it’s also a liberal-leftist crock in many respects.
The History cable channel features programs such as “Pawn Stars,” “Swamp People,” ”Ice Road Truckers,” “American Pickers” and “Ax Men,” shows that can be entertaining although they have absolutely nothing to do with historical events unless people think hocking an heirloom, gator hunting, driving Alaska’s Dalton Highway, junk shopping, or tree chopping constitute historical events.

However, they happen to pull in pretty good ratings–and advertising dollars–sufficient reasons for History to continue producing them.

After unprecedented hype including hour-by-hour countdowns, History scored a blockbuster with the first three installments of its interpretation of “The Bible,” topping “American Idol” in viewership. Even before its initial segment on March 3rd, celebrities Shakira, Kate Gosselin, P-diddy, Christina Aguillera, and Sarah Ferguson, and others weighed in with fulsome praise.

Those endorsements were the first clue that History’s interpretation would be something less than biblically-correct.

Seriously now, have celebs like P-diddy actually read the real Bible and, if not, should they be babbling on about the merits of what is essentially an almost farcical television production?

A second clue as to His

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loneindividual
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:22pm
Only Christian Masons would recognize “Easter” also known as ***ISHTAR*** & confuse it with Christianity.

Ishtar is a common theme with Masons.

*****ACCUSED WHORES******
Ishtar (Mother of Harlots)
Ashura (female)
Isis
Pandora
Athena
Helen of Troy
Aldonza/Dulcinea (Whore/Lady of Don Quixote)
The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdaline
LADY LIBERTY (Revelation 17)

I could go on.

The Masons will defend every single one of them. Many are still Templars at heart.

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blinknight
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 8:23pm
Freedom of religion exists only in a secular society. I realize it’s difficult to give up the preferential treatment Christians have enjoyed due to be being a majority, but that time is ending so you might as well get used to it.

The internet is where religions go to die and that is why you are seeing theists losing on all fronts. Your religion belongs on your churches and in your homes and not in the public square.

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- ryesta7971
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 8:37pm
  exactly this. Secularism free from cultural marxism is the only way to protect religious freedom. Christians seem to forget that their religion also prohibits others from worshiping other gods (1st commandment)
  
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OperationNorthwoods
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 7:11pm
“If the far left can marginalize Santa and the Easter Bunny — if they can tell the children those symbols are obselete and unnecessary — they then set the stage for a totally secular society in the future,”

Hey Bill. Those symbols are obsolete and unnecessary. They have nothing to do with the real meaning of the holidays which they are associated with.

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 5:54pm
When is the richest man in American Media, Bill O’Reilly, going to ask the question to Americans, why are we spending public tax dollars in non-lethal and military aid to Islamic Nations, supporting the religion of Islam? Why are Americans not demanding, demanding, that members of Congress be barred from investment markets (including their trusts) when they have access to information the general public does not, and are given generous retirement benefits rarely found anywhere?

If anyone can afford to get fired its Bill O’Reilly? If anyone can save America from these political bullies, it is people like Bill O’Reilly? Help us out please Bill?

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ryesta7971
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 5:15pm
People who use the words “secularism” and “Europe” in the same sentence have no clue was secularism is. Europe is an example of cultural marxism masqueraded as secularism…..you shut up the christians, but you let the “minorities” such as islam have full run of the public square. True secularism has never been tested because the only governments that tried it were either influenced by progressivism or communism.

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potica69
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 4:52pm
America is deteriorating badly. I am no longer proud to say that I am an American – born and raised on U.S. soil.

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illinioshoj
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 4:40pm
It’s about time Bill! Stick up for the folks like you say.I think O’Reilly has finally come to his senses and stop giving Obozo the benefit of the doubt.

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CrazyTravis
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 4:17pm
I guess O’Reilly was having so much fun with his yearly “War On Christmas” hysteria that he decided to branch out on a “War on Easter”. I don’t remember much of anything being done for Easter when I was in public school back in the 70/s and 80′s. Easter is kind of an odd holiday as it’s always on Sunday so most people have the day off anyway (and it’s on a different date every year). But if you’re not a kid (or don’t have kids) and you’re not religious Easter really doesn’t mean much of anything. It’s not like Christmas which you really can’t avoid participating in to some extent no matter who you are. My family wasn’t religious when I was going up but we still did the Easter basket thing until I was about 12. Then I pretty much forgot about Easter until I got married to a religious woman.

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- spirited
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 7:18pm
  Hello CRAZYTRAVIS,
  Guess that Easter basket was preparation for a religious wife.
  
  ;^>Happy Easter !
  
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johnnymack
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 3:34pm
The new Roman empire is burning and the progressives are dancing around the fire naked, high on power and propaganda, and rejoicing in how we have evolved into a great nation of tolerance and indoctrination.

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- CrazyTravis
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 4:18pm
  I’m sure the Easter Bunny will save you.
  
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54smom
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:28pm
Collapse the system, its working.

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ohiograndma
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:59pm
Is it true that 90% of Americans grew up with “Easter?” With all of its pagan roots? What I find so objectionable is that the push to secularism ignores history and teaches people that we don’t NEED religion. It’s like families I know who don’t take their kids to church because they want the children to decide for themselves when they grow up. Now that’s just ridiculous. So we have a nation whose leaders/teachers/media promote the concept of “everything’s okay!” Birth out of wedlock? Good for you, nothing wrong with that! No father in the picture? Fine! You can do it on your own! Unplanned baby? Go ahead, have an abortion! No job? Don’t worry, other people will pay your way! Et cetera et cetera. It’s a very bad business and a recipe for ruin.
As we often complain, the Founders did not say “no religion;” they said “no state-specified religion.” But now we have a state that is actually promoting no religion or secularism. This is so wrong.

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Tom70
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:59pm
Is this so we don’t offend some Muslim kid who by the time he is 18 years old will be chomping at the bitt to go get terrorist training in some s..t hole in the desert so he can do his jihad and kill a Christian? Political correctness is Cultural Marxism.

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captainaubrey
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:49pm
Is the the same Bill O’Reilly who said Christianity isn’t a religion, it’s a philosophy?

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- spirited
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:42pm
  An interesting read:
  
  gracefamilybaptist.net/voddie-baucham-ministries/blog/christia…
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:48pm
  Ooops!
  type: “is christianity a religion ” in upper tight corner.;^)
  
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spirited
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:14pm
While the attack goes on ~WATCH OUT Martin Luther King Jr. (?)

Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama:
This park is located across from the 16th Street Baptist Church, and was center to the 1963 organized boycots and protests.
~> Statue of MLK holding a book in his left hand. ~>Huh! Is it the Bible ?.
Administered by National Park Service (NPS)

The National Mall:
~>”The Stone Of Hope” / Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Administered by the National Park Service (NPS)
At Memorial dedication: Aretha Frankilin sang “Precious Lord”
The name of (and inscription on) the MLK Memorial, comes from the “I Have A Dream” speech.
Here are some excerpts:
….”Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.”
….”I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,…”
“This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.”
….”…and sing in the words of the old ***** spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
““““““““““““““““““““““““`

Dear Finatical Atheists,

Shall we expect your demand for
augmentation or removal of these memorials ~> from public property?

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- captainaubrey
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:50pm
  fanatical
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:19pm
  Finatical Atheits, Don’t over-look this for your “Constitutional” demands
  
  Kelly Ingram Park:
  Sculpture by Rayond Kasky depicts three ministers praying
  (John Thomas Porter, Nelson H. Smith, A.D. King)
  blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/10/birmingham_committee_p… (see ovideo)
  
  If the video moves too quickly, here’s some stills:
  bhamwiki.com/w/Kneeling_ministers_statue
  ericabunker.com/2010/01/happy-mlk-jr-day.html (MLK statue at Kelly Ingram Park)
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:20pm
  Ooops & Thank You!
  
  ;^> CAPTAIN, (my captain -lol)
  
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DoOrDie
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:57pm
Why is it that demoncrats break the rules, shout out against the rules, protest against the rules, which most of the rules are Constitutional. yet Conservatives do none of that when people are trying to take away our freedom? Do Conservatives like taking it up the arse? I mean come on, can’t sway Easter in school, can’t celebrate Christmas in school cause you might hurt a Muslims feelings. Well I’ve got news for ya, Muslims hurt my feelings by being in my country and ruining my freedoms while accepting my tax money. Revolt against Socialism now, before it’s too late.

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- vaman
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:09pm
  So you think not being able to “celebrate” your personal superstitions in a public place is some kind of an attack? It’s remarkable how stupid you are.
  
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NewCreationDave
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:41pm
Here’s what’s really going o here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7950634/It%27s%20a%20free%20country.pdf

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truthnstuff
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:25pm
No worries. The pin head will take the other side of the argument if he thinks it will get him some attention. The changeling is a master at Kabuki.

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SamIamTwo
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:14pm
Because of His name, they will persecute you. Consider it a feather in your cap. It’s not like it started yesterday, it’s been going on for over 2,000 years. MARANATHA!

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Remember_Benghazi
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:09pm
The sad part is that Christmas and Easter are already watered-down, commercialized holidays, whose origins are rooted in paganism. There’s not much to strip down. There’s very little originality when it comes to Christian holidays. I don’t think “secular progressives” can be faulted for the cultural plagiarism that Christians engaged in to make recent converts more comfortable with their new faith. If Christians didn’t want people to point out that their holidays are made-up and borrowed from earlier religions, maybe they should have come up with something original.

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- focalpoint
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:26pm
  What you say is dead on correct. However, this in no way diminishes the fact that these attacks are leveled at things that are generally accepted to be Christian. If the progressives succeed in getting these things banned completely from our society and schools, you think you can get away with speaking of more fundamental concepts such as repentance, baptism or gifts of the Spirit? We should fight just as hard for Hannukah even though not Jewish since it is the concept of religious freedom that we hold dear, not just the lightweight ideas such as the Easter Bunny.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:30pm
  This is hilarious…..Easter is named after ‘Ishtar’, a pagan fertility goddess, whose spring festival was celebrated with orgies in the heath(woods). The early catholic church used babylonian pagan celebrations to bring the Heathens into the church. The catholic traditions of the costumes, candles, incense and the overblown solemnity all came from the the Babylonian pagan rituals. It worked then and still does, apparently.
  The catholic church systematically removed all the Jewish holidays from its calender, even though Christ loved them. Easter superseded the celebration of ‘Passover’, immortalized because that was when the “last supper’ occurred.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:33pm
  yea i think christians should welcome the idea of not calling things that are christian as easter….For instance, we should not call it the ‘easter bunny’….We should call it ‘spring bunny’ or ‘pagan bunny’. The word easter should only be used when talking about real Christian themes – that would eliminate some of the confusion.
  
  So the irony of this story is that Bill O’Reilly is complaining about something that should be done away with on Christian grounds anyways…But we all know Bill is not in it for the Christian parts, just the parts where he gets to tell the rest of society what to do.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:36pm
  REMEMBER BENGAZI….You are talking about Romanized Christianity. I don’t recognize it. My church takes communion on “passover” as “Passover”. We have a deep respect for the jewish traditions, well, some of them. Old testament jews brought our Savior. God sorts things out in the end.
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:33pm
  When 80% of the kids can’t read………..you really can no longer call them schools………… Let’s call them communist indoctrination centers………………
  
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- JRook
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:41pm
  The first set of numbers are when O’reilly hosted his show on Wednesday, August 18th. The second set are from a week later with Ingraham hosting. As you can see, the difference in ratings is painfully apparent. Not far from a million viewers were lost.
  
  PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
  The O’Reilly Factor– 3,272,000 viewers (822,000) (1,546,000)
  Rick’s List –383,000 viewers (98,000) (118,000)
  Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 854,000 viewers (251,000) (452,000)
  As Seen on TV–a scratch w/112,000 viewers (57,000) (67,000)
  Nancy Grace – 582,000 viewers (144,000) (292,000)
  
  8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
  The O’Reilly Factor– 2,595,000 viewers (614,000) (1,188,000)
  Rick’s List –411,000 viewers (71,000) (144,000)
  Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,054,000 viewers (265,000) (567,000)
  Crime Inc.: Counterfeit–208,000 viewers (53,000) (77,000)
  Nancy Grace – 670,000 viewers (160,000) (336,000)
  
  So the goods news is a lot less people listen to Laura. The bad news is O’reilly has is so limited in who will appear on his show he still invites her.
  
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- plhutch
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 4:08pm
  Sadly enough, Bill and Laura along with many others have no idea what a christian is or looks like. Just because somebody talks about God, goes to church, gets baptized, tithes faithfully, takes communion, etc., does not mean they are christian. Remember,” the devils believe and they tremble”…are any of them christian? Judas did miracles, preached Christ’s kingdom, saw the dead be raised, feeding of the 5000, waters being stilled, handled the finances, and he was called a devil by Jesus Christ himself. If doing all these GOOD things is how you become christian or get saved, why would God send his son to be butchered and suffer the cruelest death penalty a man could ever endure? Its because God’s desire for you is to know him and his Son (John 17:3). He calls that eternal life. God has a kingdom that he wants to live in and through you right now (Luke 17:21, Rom. 14:17), not something that is only future. He says if we have child like faith we can accomplish things for his kingdom beyond our wildest dreams. He promises strength, peace, mercy, boldness, courage, understanding, wisdom, knowledge, and rewards when its all said and done. And to top that off, its offered to you freely. Who wouldn’t want that? Show me anything this world has to offer thats better than that. Would you rather lose your soul to gain this world, or lose the world to gain your soul (Matt.16:26)? Its a free choice…
  
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- TheOptimist
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:34am
  @remember, none of us in our lifetime or our grandparents lifetime ever knew these holidays as pagan rituals as a part of OUR way of life. So take your recent Wikipedia progressive babble and park it.
  
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- Quester55
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 1:43pm
  If the True Believers in Jesus would only ban together & Ditch these “Pagan Holidays”, Added by the Whore of Rome, to there False Church”, and start to embrace the True Holy-Days, of the Bible, then we might see a change around the world.
  This LIE that Jesus was born on the 25th. of December, has run it’s course, but those that deny this simple truth the most are the same ones that stand to loose Billions in cash, if they ever come clean with their Pushing of the LIE!! Promoted by none other than the Catholic[ Idol Worshiping ] Church!
  
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- From Virginia
  Posted on March 26, 2013 at 6:36pm
  Oh, sod off! It is Traditional Americana that is under attack. The stealing and dismissing of all our National Holidays – things parents, no matter where they came from – passed on to their children.
  
  The Holiday’s were secularized in the first place so that the non-religious and non-Christian could participate without feeling “left out.” It was meant to be inclusive. Those traditions are what are being destroyed – the glue that kept society together no matter what their background was.
  
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bemo234
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:04pm
Its time Christians and Jews start employing some of the same tactics that the heathens among us employ (fight fire with fire).

Identify the school employees who restrict our traditions and DO NOT do business with anyone who promotes this heathenism

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bemo234
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:02pm
Its time Christians and Jews start employing some of the same tactics that the heathens among us employ (fight fire with fire).

Identify the school employees who restrict our traditions and Fire Them.

DO NOT do business with anyone who promotes this heathenism

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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 2:07pm
  Good luck with that, you bronze age myth believing loser
  
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bemo234
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:00pm
Its time Christians and Jews start employing some of the same tactics that the heathens among us employ (fight fire with fire).

Identify the school employees who restrict our traditions and have them REMOVED! not fit to mind our children.

And DO NOT do business with anyone who promotes this heathenism

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- glassaudioguy
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 8:13pm
  I see the system was acting like your posts weren’t going through so you made a few more attempts. Had the same problem myself on another thread.
  
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ihasa
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:36am
Gosh darn these godless secularists! Was Jesus nailed to that giant egg by the Easter Bunny FOR NOTHING???

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- charper1013
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:42am
  Love this.
  
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- RetiredUSMC
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:48am
  I have an Android Phone with Google Apps. One app is the calendar. There is no Easter Sunday on Google calendar, yet there is every other uber-holiday known to man on it. That’s so wrong in so many ways it aint even funny…..
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:36am
Bill O’Reilly is a nonsecular hypocrite. While he talks every day about the perils of a secular society, he himself lives a life contrary to the bible. When Bill O’Reilly spends years talking about the sanctity of marriage and then engages in infidelity and divorce – he gives the entire movement a bad name. Quite frankly, when you have people lecturing people about something they don’t even do in their personal life – you should not be surprised when the public says ‘ no thanks’. Bill O’Reilly is just another media clown who is doing more harm than good

http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Report-Bill-O-Reilly-s-Divorce-Is-So-Ugly-the-4366862.php

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- justangry
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:53am
  Not to mention he’s a raging Prog.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:41pm
  SOYBURGER O’Reilly is a Catholic…..I’m sure there are some good people in the Roman church, but, Getting them to accept “bible-Christianity” is proving to be a thankless task.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:44pm
  O’Reilly is a media whore, whose conservatism is strictly at face value. It should be taken with a grain of salt.
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:26pm
  Practice what you preach……..and all that.
  
  Who amongst you is ……. and all that
  Let he who has not sinned……. and all that
  
  >Do unto others as you’d have them…… and all that.
  
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