Bill O’ Reilly believes Hip Hop is causing some Americans to “reject religion.”
During a recent episode of The O’Reilly Factor, the political commentator addressed a Pew Research study that shows in the past eight years, the number of Americans choosing to classify as Christians has declined. Data from the same study also shows a 6% increase in Americans choosing not to identify with a religious tradition at all.
O’Reilly shared his opinion on the study during the “Talking Points” segment of his show.
“There is no question that people of faith are being marginalized by a secular media and pernicious entertainment,” he said. “The rap industry, for example, often glorifies depraved behavior. That sinks into the minds of some young people — the group that is most likely to reject religion.”
In actuality, the study points to millennials – those born after 1980 – as the culprits for the decline in Christianity.
Watch O’Reilly’s show below:
He is right.
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Why is this man even allowed to speak in a publuc setting? Most of what he spews is ignorant garbage.
Most people that call themselves Christians don’t truly believe or obey God’s commandments so it truly doesn’t matter what people choose to classify themselves as. The real question is.. do you truly believe in God and obey him? Period. Bill has been in the forefront of media for far too long and it’s time for him to throw in the towel.
He wishes he had a black dick. Jelous white people mad that their children are gravitating towards blacks, and our culture.
As society becomes more progressive and advanced, two things happen: 1. Information becomes readily available at your fingertips and 2. As a result, we become more enlightened and start asking more questions. Religion in general is finding it harder and harder to hold up under this new found scrutiny. Bill, hip hop has nothing to do with it. The fact is this, people are finding it to be a bigger and bigger reach to live under the guidelines and rules laid out for them by your antiquated book. You’re a bigot for other reasons, but I’m afraid on this topic, you’re just lost.
u think Bill is reading your great speach or something? lmao.
Well said, except for the last part. While he is lost I think calling him a bigot is unfounded. People can have different opinions without being bigoted.
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@ JP
oh Bill O’Reilly is definitely a bigot, it’s not really a secret.
is he blaming all of hip hop? cause Cole, Kendrick even Eminem has made music that isn’t about violence.
Billey’ O riley you only riling me up
He’s on point, 75% of hiphop is about negative imagery, getting high, drinking lean calling woman bitch’s thugging and selling your soul or your ass to have large sums of money and all the buffoonery that comes with it, I’ve seen the tide of hiphop turn for the worst and societies morals and values fall with it, hiphop is not the total blame but does play a key part
Then fuck off and listen to another genre bitch
@ no Disney rappers, see how rap has effected your dumb ass, your part of the problem, you ain’t shit, ain’t gone be shit, and that negative tongue that I’m sure you use while disrespecting your mother as well will get you no where in life
This is inaccurate, perhaps 75% of what the corporations support is negative but there is plenty of conscience, lyrical and educational hip hop being made in the daily.
u gonna cry now??………………*Hands u a kleenex* pussy nigga.
he’s not on point, he’s pandering to his demographic of old caucasians who were just fine with segregation & no civil rights. memorial day is coming, next he’ll talk about war, “heroes”, and america, and that’ll lead up to july 4th, “independence”. they want “their” america back, pay attention
Bruh quit being a hip hop elitist. You know 75% of rap ain’t about that and that rap that actually is about that is just that: rap. Just because some rappers talk about violent and sexual themes in there songs, doesn’t mean it’s bad or people have to follow it. Shakespeare wrote plays about suicide and murder, yet no one says “Shakespeare is the reason society is degrading.”
Inb4 *their
this f@g looks like a paedophile
Bill O’Reilly is such an asshat. People really need to stop giving this guy a platform to display his backwards views.
so it’s not the pedophile priests, the money hungry reverends or the politically funding pastors that think your faith has you stupid to deception and lies, nor is it the anarchic rock, metal, or sexually laced pop music that’s sold specifically to underage girls, it’s that “black hippedy hop” music that’s the nation’s ill. LMAO, and you’re an idiot if you agree with that man, who’s been trying to lowkey incite a race war for a long time now. the bible tells you judgmental segregationists like bill do not speak for god nor the faith, but their own agendas.
The blame game is what causes chaos in our lives stop pointing fingers and see the problem disappear
ain’t nothing gonna just disappear because there’s a centuries old system that’s built on that type of thinking. the core of the american policing problem is based on the type of thinking that bill just presented, blacks are a problem.
hahah, Yeah… cause logical, evidence driven science has nothing to do with it.
what a fool.
exactly. bbc did a real journalistic piece about this months ago and christians around the WORLD attribute their “loss” of faith on new science and an out of touch assembly of church officials, not some collage of black america “ghetto” music. see, bill forgot that their are christians around the world who live in societies that are not like america’s, so he basically showed his true intentions with this nonsense. no chilean or sicilian christian thinks some 50 cent or young thug songs ruined the church, lol. and I REPEAT, if any of YOU agree with bill, you’re an IDIOT. have a good night.
As comments have stated below this is strictly Mr. O’Reilly grappling for viewers by begging for his “I’m not racist but..” caucasian/asian/pacific islander conservatives to keep watching. I’m white but I am stunned at the amount of rational people I meet on a daily basis that still believe in organized religion. I’m not saying there is ANYTHING wrong with believing in it but critically thinking people must deductively evaluate the evidence presented. Hip-hop is not pure and has many negative attributes. This is life for the marginalized population. Hip-hop brought this to the mainstream and now the right-winged media want to paint it as the sole/critical reason for a religious drought. The reason is the same as the Roman/Greek period where leaders utilized religion to assimilate and “guide” society in their preferred direction. This is my opinion (obviously) but just wanted to let people know this is not how the majority of white people think. If it is then the uneducated will slowly die off to be replenished by the truly free-thinking society dreamed by our Founding Fathers.
Such fucking ignorance. I can’t even.
Eip Hop is the tool usedends.”mandefinitd of the youth. That is how you determine the direction of the generation. For our parents, it was rock n roll. The message driven through main stream Hip Hop is masoginistic, drug in fused, disrespectful and money driven. These are the values the major record companies want our children to soak up because it is a dumbing down of our society. The artist that speak about empowering and education and spiritual fulfilment are shut out of mainatream medias and not given the proper platform. To a large degreeBill is right. All you have to do is watch the next award show and see how many satanic rituals are subtly and blatantly engraved in the performances of major artist. Not too long ago the God of Hip Hop himself proclaimed on his duet with Alicia Keys.”Jesus cant save you life starts when the church ends.” Think about how many impressionable youth heard that line and ran with it. Me and my brothers make Hip hop music that teaches and uplifts. Thats definitely not what wouls sell. Sin sells
Quit talking that the only thing that sells is “sin.” You realize To Pimp a Butterfly (top 2 album of the year) sold over 500,000 right? 2014 Forrest Hills Drive went platinum (though Cole isn’t my favorite, FHD was dope)? If You’re Reading This Its Too Late (not exactly a fan)sold 800,000 strictly because it appeals to a wide majority of people and it’s not exactly filled with all the degrading things you speak on. Sremmlife (top 10 album of the year), the biggest party album this year which talks about all the things you hate sold only 220,000. Get your facts straight man. Individual singles sell, but albums have a greater impact, and the numbers don’t lie. Just because something is positive doesn’t mean it’s good and it won’t sell. Just because something is sinful doesn’t make it bad and it doesn’t mean it’ll sell. The music will sell if is ACTUALLY GOOD or appealing to a wider range of people, not because it preaches negative attitudes.
@ Rick M. Your absolutely right bro
I respect your opinion Rick but must disagree. What is happening is there is going to be a fundamentalist Christian camp that will propel our government to include their minority opinion. Christianity is peaceful by nature (I was raised Baptist) but eventually you will diminish ‘Progressive Christians’ promoting a modern-day segregation (Christians v Society). The disadvantage is that these groups will be so far right they will be a catalyst to a religious ‘Jihad’ between Christan America and the radical Islamic Middle East (and Boko Haram of West Africa). Once you wipe out conservative Christians you create the same demographic plaguing society with radical Islam. Islam is not violent at all (I know PLENTY of awesome muslims) but when you create a divide it propagates violence.
the truth is spoken when it was said that conservative christians are no different than radical muslims. this nonsense bill is talking is propaganda to drive these hateful conservatives. so while you and the others really think rap is a serious problem, think about all that pop music that promotes sex, entitlement, and materialism, AND absent of christianity, and is targeted to the millions of adolescent caucasian girls and sells MORE than rap music. bill ain’t talking about that!!! you have been persuaded by the soothsayer
U do realize what the Jay-Z lines means right? Try screaming the name of Jesus the next time someone acosts you with a gun. Jay didnt say anything that wasn’t true.
And keeping blaming it on music like the likes of Creflo Dollar and the paedophile Catholic prieats haven’t done anything to discredit Christianity
It’s sad because the pastors put black into a trance with this p.u.s.h agenda (pray until something happens)
Rock music was killing religion before rap music made it to the mainstream. And it still is.
Rock music is not popular right now/Playboy
Lol @ the pussies here taking this bigot f@g serious, writing huge paragraphs and novels, lmao. This guys opinion doesn’t matter or influence anything, hip hop will still be here 2moro and the future. This closet homo loves to stir the pot.
A lot of gangsta rappers have songs about believing in god. This dude once again displays his ignorance.
He is telling the truthPlayboy
If hip hop ain’t the reason for the demise of religion, then it’s definitely the demise of you youthful stupid ass kids, you don’t do shit in life but sit on the computer all day and night in yo momma’s basement and follow your favorite rapper and blog bullshit disrespectful comments, you don’t work, wash yo ass or fuck with females, your life is hip hop sites, instagram and getting high, if it ain’t the demise of religion, it’s definitely the demise of yall dumb little niggas cause you never had any religion anyway
I Blame Bill O’Reilly Bosses. The super Elite are the ones singing these imbecile rappers. That’s not Hip Hop
Somebody needa shoot this nigga in the face.. FOH saying Hip Hop is declining Christianity. When u know damn well Hip Hop are always referencing God and giving praise for their success cuz of God’s blessings.. Bill O’Riley don’t know wtf he talking about, he just wants to blame Black ppl as always.
Lol
I hope he’s right!!
Hip-hop makes the world a better place! Christianity is stupid.
no way hip hop is very Christian
christianity is kufr!