Reflections on Bill's Messiah Complex

Kathi and I were at the library the other checking our email and browsing some books. Kathi decided to check out Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly for her dad. Now, I'm not a big Factor guy, but I spent the rest of the afternoon reading through the entire book. It was interesting to say the least. He's basically saying that there is a war going on in America right now where certain "far left" elements in society are attempting to hijack our country and turn it into a socialist atheist state.

Now, I will give it to Bill that he does see a shift in our culture away from our tradition as a nation with a Judeo-Christian ethos (not a Christian nation mind you - we were never a "Christian nation" - but that's another conversation) to a more secular society. But, it seems kind of weird that Bill has set himself up as the standard barer of the fight to bring values back to America. It seemed a little self-righteous.

It got me thinking though. I know that America will come and go, and that what is happening in our society has been happening in countries since the Roman Empire. But, culture can be redeemed. There is still hope that our society will turn back to God, and I think that many Christians (especially younger Christians) believe that it's either not worth the effort or we should just build our defenses and wait for the parousia. But, Jesus can transform peoples as well as people. Bill is no Jesus Christ.