Bill O’Reilly has done the impossible. He’s got me cheering for an evangelist who says homosexuals and people who don’t accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior are going to hell. Through the magic of O’Reilly’s utter foulness, I am now on the same team as Bill Keller, who according to the Tampa Tribune, “writes a daily devotional published on his Web site and e-mailed to more than 2 million subscribers. His live, call-in program is televised weeknights at 1 a.m. in the Tampa market.”

Keller recently appeared on The O’Reilly Factor, taking the usual abuse and sanctimonious hot air from Bill, who tried to appear to be the voice of reason. The topic was Mitt Romney, whose faith Keller has consistently referred to as a cult (go Rev.!). His charge that a vote for Romney is a vote for Satan has Americans United for the Separation of Church and State asking the IRS to revoke Keller’s tax exemption.

Keller posted his reaction to being beaten up by O’Reilly on his web site, www.liveprayer.com. And he makes some good points. FOX, O’Reilly, and most of their viewers, he says, only pretend they love Jesus and the flag.

As “conservative friendly” and “Christian friendly” as FOX News tries to portray itself, it is still very much part of the world…Anyone who goes into that environment taking a Biblical position on the issues and telling people Jesus is the only way to be saved, immediately comes under intense fire. The world for the most part may believe in God, but they don’t honor Him, they clearly reject His Truth, and very few have really committed their hearts and lives to Jesus Christ.

In addition to speaking to an audience that for the most part rejects Biblical Truth, I was also dealing with exposing a satanically inspired cult that has done a masterful public relationship job of getting people, including many Christians, to believe they are “just another Christian church.” As I have stated often, the teachings and theology of the Mormon cult are completely inconsistent with Biblical Christianity…

I did the segment with O’Reilly from the PBS studio in Tampa. I was literally all alone in the studio, with one camera on me, and an earpiece so I could hear what O’Reilly was saying. That environment alone, not being able to see O’Reilly, to hear anything other than his voice when he talked, knowing that the whole thing will be over with in 4-5 minutes, on top of knowing that you have what will be for the most part an audience hostile to your message, even more hostile when you expose the satanic Mormon cult for what they are, and even more hostile yet when you tell them there is only one hope and way to be saved, faith in Jesus Christ, requires you are really prayed up surrendered so that the Holy Ghost can speak through you.

…Regardless of what they wanted to hear, that audience Wednesday did hear the truth of the Mormon cult…We received about 2,000 emails. They ran about 60/40 negative to good, which was encouraging since I thought it would be worse. Let me address the negative ones first. I have been wondering for months why FOX News has been so pro-Romney. They pass off anyone who questioned the fact he is part of the Mormon cult as a nut job, a hater, and bigot. Well, apx 80% negative emails I got were from those who have sadly bought into the lies of Joey Smith and the Mormon cult and are following those lies to hell. I can tell you what I am certain the people at FOX already knew, they have a large viewer base who are in the Mormon cult. So their sympathy towards Romney and their unwillingness to even deal with the false teachings of the Mormon cult are clear to me now. After all, for FOX News it is about ratings which equal dollars…

As for Bill O’Reilly, I have commented on his warped theology numerous times over the years. Being a Catholic is not his problem. Not believing the Bible is the only Truth and that Jesus is the only way to be saved is…I could tell that he was clearly uncomfortable with the whole segment and couldn’t wait to get out of it…To save face with the bulk of his audience, he used his last words to chastise me for my “unChristian” beliefs. But that is OK. Even though he didn’t know it or understand it, God used O’Reilly’s program Wednesday night to expose the satanic Mormon cult for what it is and to let that audience hear the Bible is the only Truth and that faith in Jesus is the only way to be saved. AMEN!

Without buying into what could sound like paranoia, I have to say I think Keller is right about Mormons watching FOX. It’s kind of a no-brainer (literally) — I can’t see them turning to CNN or PBS for their news.

Keller is also right that most well-meaning people who haven’t looked very far into it think they are being fair when they defend Mormonism. My negative posts about Romney always get more, “what does his religion have to do with it” comments than “you said it, sister” comments. The LDS P.R. machine is, as Keller notes, a great success. They caused O’Reilly to attack the born-twice, and me to cheer them on. That’s quite an accomplishment.