It could become a battle between
FoxNews's Bill O'Reilly and
MSNBC's Martin Bashir, both utilizing the life of Jesus as ammunition for their political points. Supposedly, Bill O'Reilly (who claimed the Bible is "all allegorical" in his interview with Mark Burnett and Roma Downey about their recent
History Channel mini-series) claimed that Jesus Christ's death was about taxes. Martin Bashir,
in this video, disagrees, quotes Isaiah 53 and explains substitutionary atonement to the viewing audience in a clarification that was (surprisingly) purely theological.
Judging by some of his other political/theological views, I would argue that Bashir has some more things to learn about biblical interpretation. But, judging by this clip, he seems to understand why Jesus died.
How Jesus's work and teaching relates to modern American economics, I'll leave to others to debate. But it's good to see the Doctrine of Atonement (complete with Scriptural references) portrayed in cable news.
2 comments:
I have read Bill O'Reilly's book "Killing Lincoln" and started reading "Killing Kennedy". I have to admit I am not at all interested in him writing "Killing Jesus". I had a feeling it would be very un-scriptural as your post has proven.
P.S. I wouldn't recommend reading "Killing Kennedy" either.
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