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Confronting Evil: What Bill O’Reilly’s Book Is Saying to the World

We are near World War III. We are all only seconds away from a disaster. Charlie Kirk was assassinated just like JFK. Is this a spiritual strategy? Are Demons among us? What world are we living in? When we examine history, we already know the world we are living in. History repeats itself. It`s a war between good and evil, and Bill O`Reilly wrote a book about evil.

Bill O’Reilly, together with Josh Hammer, takes on a complex subject in Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst. The book explores some of history’s most notorious figures and events, aiming not just to recount their crimes but to push readers toward moral reflection. Below is a breakdown of what the book covers, the deeper themes it conveys, and what it asks of its audience.

1. What the Book Is About

Confronting Evil surveys individuals, movements, and regimes that the authors consider among history’s most destructive, ranging from Genghis Khan and Caligula to Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Khomeini, Vladimir Putin, and modern criminal enterprises such as the Mexican drug cartels.

Each chapter explores how these figures rose to power, the suffering they inflicted, and what their actions reveal about the human capacity for cruelty.

The book defines evil as deliberate harm against human beings, committed without remorse, and emphasizes that this reality has existed throughout history. From the biblical story of Cain and Abel to present-day conflicts.

2. Key Themes / Implicit Messages

Several themes run throughout the book:

  • Moral Absolutism: The authors assume there are clear moral standards by which actions can be judged as evil, mainly rooted in a Judeo-Christian worldview.
  • Evil as Timeless: History demonstrates that evil is not confined to a single culture or era; it reemerges in different forms across the ages.
  • History as Teacher: Studying past atrocities equips us to recognize similar patterns in the present.
  • The Cost of Complacency: Good people who ignore or excuse evil allow it to grow unchecked.

3. What the Authors Want Readers to Do Right Now

O’Reilly and Hammer are not merely documenting villains; they are calling readers to action. The book pushes its audience to:

  • Be aware: Recognize evil in history and in today’s world.
  • Exercise judgment: Develop moral clarity to distinguish true evil from ordinary wrongdoing.
  • Reject passivity: Speak out, resist, and refuse to enable evil by silence.
  • Learn vigilance: Use historical knowledge as a safeguard against repetition.

4. What the Book Is Saying to the World

At its core, Confronting Evil delivers a stark message:

Evil is real, universal, and destructive. It has shaped human history and remains present today. The only way to prevent its spread is for ordinary people to recognize it, resist it, and act with courage. Inaction is itself a form of complicity.

The book speaks not just to historians or political analysts but to everyone, urging that moral clarity is essential in a world where complacency can have devastating consequences.

Conclusion

Confronting Evil is less a history book than a moral manifesto. By cataloging “the worst of the worst,” O’Reilly and Hammer remind readers that evil is not an abstraction. It is a lived reality, and its recurrence depends on whether we confront it or look the other way. The book’s challenge is timeless: when faced with evil, will we choose to act?

Let`s look at the timeline:

Evil has been a part of human history since the earliest recorded times. From ancient empires to modern dictatorships, from mass enslavement to genocides, each age has carried its own manifestations of cruelty. Bill O’Reilly’s book Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst underscores a sobering truth: evil is timeless, real, and destructive, and our responsibility is not to ignore it.

This article presents a broad timeline of some of history’s most infamous evils, woven together with the key message from O’Reilly’s work: that good people must recognize and resist evil rather than remain passive.

Ancient World (Before and Around Jesus)

  • Assyrian Empire (900–600 BCE): Brutal conquests, terror as state policy.
  • Roman Empire: Mass slavery, public executions, and crucifixion. Most famously, the crucifixion of Jesus (~30 CE).

Lesson: Even in civilizations admired for culture and progress, cruelty and systemic oppression thrived.

Middle Ages (500–1500 CE)

  • Crusades (1096–1291): Holy wars between Christians and Muslims resulting in massacres of civilians in Jerusalem and beyond.
  • Mongol Conquests (1206–1368): Millions killed under Genghis Khan. Destroyed entire cities.
  • Spanish Inquisition (from 1478): Torture and executions in the name of religion. Executions of Jews, Muslims, and heretics.
  • Black Death (from 1347 – 1351): Not an act of human evil (a plague), but responses included scapegoating and massacres of Jews in Europe.

Lesson: Religion and ideology, when abused, can justify widespread bloodshed.

Early Modern Period (1500–1800 CE)

  • Atlantic Slave Trade: Millions of Africans were enslaved and shipped across oceans.
  • Colonial Atrocities: Indigenous peoples across the Americas and beyond were decimated.
  • Witch Hunts: Tens of thousands tortured and killed across Europe and America.

Lesson: Systemic exploitation, fear, and superstition can fuel organized cruelty.

19th Century

  • Trail of Tears (1830s): Forced removal of Native Americans in the U.S.
  • Belgian Congo (1880s–1908): Millions died under King Leopold II’s regime.

Lesson: Greed and empire-building often came at the expense of human dignity and life.

20th Century

  • Armenian Genocide (1915–1916).
  • Stalin’s USSR (1920s–50s): Purges, gulags, famine.
  • Nazi Germany (1933–1945): Holocaust and World War II.
  • Mao’s China (1949–1976): Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution.
  • Cambodia (1975–1979): Khmer Rouge’s genocide.
  • Rwanda (1994): ~800,000 slaughtered in 100 days.
  • Balkan Wars (1990s): Ethnic cleansing and mass graves.

Lesson: The bloodiest century in human history proved how modern states and ideologies could amplify destruction on an industrial scale.

21st Century

  • 9/11 (2001): Terrorist attacks killed ~3,000.
  • Darfur (2003–2008): Ethnic killings in Sudan.
  • ISIS (2014–2019): Terror, genocide of Yazidis, global violence.
  • Syrian Civil War (2011–present): Massive civilian suffering and war crimes.
  • Mexican Drug Cartels (2000s–present): Violence, fear, and systemic corruption.
  • Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (2022–present): War crimes and mass displacement.

Lesson: Evil persists in modern forms, such as terrorism, organized crime, and authoritarian aggression.

The Core Message: Why Confront Evil?

Bill O’Reilly’s Confronting Evil emphasizes three central truths:

  1. Evil is real and recurring. It is not confined to the past.
  2. History teaches vigilance. Understanding past atrocities helps us recognize patterns.
  3. Inaction enables evil. As John Stuart Mill warned: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”

Conclusion

From ancient empires to today’s conflicts, history demonstrates that evil never disappears. It adapts. The challenge for every generation is to confront it, resist complacency, and act with moral clarity. The question O’Reilly leaves us with is timeless: will we shine a light on evil, or turn away and let it spread?

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Jesus and God: The Anchor in Times of Loss

At Charlie Kirk’s funeral, the atmosphere was heavy with grief, yet also charged with hope. Friends, family, and followers reflected on Kirk’s legacy, weaving together memories of his activism with deep expressions of faith.

What stood out most wasn’t politics or ideology. It was the repeated invocation of Jesus and God as the ultimate source of comfort.

When tens of thousands gathered to honor Charlie Kirk, it quickly became clear that the memorial was not merely about a man. It was about something far greater: faith in Jesus Christ and the eternal hope found in God.

(Picture: A golden sunrise breaking through clouds – symbolizing hope, resurrection, and God’s eternal light after darkness.)

Speakers reminded the congregation that Kirk’s life, though tragically cut short, was not the end of his story. “Charlie is watching from above,” one said, pointing to the Christian belief in eternal life. The message was clear: while death silences the body, the soul remains alive in the presence of God.

This belief is not abstract. The Bible itself reassures the grieving: “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more” (Revelation 21:4). Such promises shift the perspective from despair to hope, from loss to continuity.

The funeral also underlined a greater truth. That faith provides resilience when the world seems unbearable. Whether one personally shares this faith or not, the testimony of the mourners demonstrated how belief in God can transform sorrow into strength.

Speakers repeatedly returned to the same truth. Charlie’s life was grounded in the Gospel. His wife, Erika Kirk, delivered words that stunned many: “I forgive him because it is what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do.” In those few sentences, she reminded the world that forgiveness is not a sign of weakness, but rather a divine strength.

Her words echoed Jesus Himself: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

The service emphasized that political ideology is not the ultimate solution for humanity’s struggles. As Tucker Carlson boldly put it, “The real solution is Jesus, not politics.” Senator Marco Rubio also spoke of salvation history, pointing to Christ’s suffering, death, resurrection, and promised return.

These are not abstract ideas. They are the very heartbeat of Christianity. Charlie Kirk’s friends and loved ones testified that his mission was not only to debate culture and politics but also to lead people to Christ.

He wanted to save young men from despair, hatred, and sin, pointing them to a better path in God.

Faith also framed the way people spoke about Charlie’s death. Again and again came the assurance that he is “watching from above.” That his soul is in the hands of God. This belief brought comfort to thousands, serving as a reminder that life is more than what we see.

Ultimately, the memorial turned into a proclamation: Jesus is Lord, God is faithful, and forgiveness is possible even in the darkest hour.

The takeaway is simple but profound: human leaders rise and fall, tragedies strike without warning, but God remains constant. In the words of Christ:

I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Charlie Kirk’s life and death are now a testimony to that truth.

Many people around the world don’t believe. Many are sceptical, and perhaps the deepest response to skepticism about faith comes not from a preacher, but from psychiatrist Carl Jung himself. He had a lot of clients and saw things ordinary people didn`t see.

When asked if he believed in God, Jung replied: “Believe? I know!”

That certainty. The unshakable conviction that God is real was the foundation of Charlie Kirk’s life and mission. It is also the hope that sustains millions today.

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Jesus Christ is officially the King of Poland 75 years after Awschwitz horror

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international day on 27 January commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War. It commemorates the genocide that resulted in the deaths of 6 million Jews.

But they were not alone. In addition to 6 million Jews, the Nazis killed 11 million others. All this done by the Nazis and its collaborators. On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by the Russian Red Army. That sounds a bit strange because the Russian Red Army was the Communists.

LIVE BROADCAST OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ, January 27, 2020, 15:30 CET

In a second speech at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Forum last week, where 46 world leaders gathered to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Putin highlighted the fact that som 40% of the victims of the Holocaust were Soviet-Jews who were murdered in German-occupied Soviet territories.

Resolution 60/7 establishing 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day urges every member nation of the U.N to honor the memory of Holocaust victims, and encourages the development of educational programs about Holocaust history to help prevent future acts of genocide.

It rejects any denial of the Holocaust as an event and condemns all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origion or religious belief.

Resolution 60/7 and the International Holocaust Day was an initiative of the State of Israel. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel Silvan Shalom, was the head of the delegation of Israel to the United Nations.

The essence of the text lies in its twofold approach; one that deals with the memory and remembrance of those who were massacred during the Holocaust, and the other with educating future generations of its horrors.

On 19 January 2008, Ban Ki-Moon said; The International Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is thus a day on which we must rassert our commitment to human rights.

We must also go beyond remembrance, and make sure that new generations know this history. We must apply the lessons of the Holocaust to today`s world. And we must do our utmost so that all peoples may enjoy the protection and rights for which the United Nations stands.

6 million Jews were killed, but 11 million others were also killed, but few pay much attention to that. Holocaust Education and Remembrance for Global Justice is a collective action against antisemitism and other forms of bias to ensure respect for the dignity and human rights of all people everywhere.

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This is happening 75 years after the end of World War II, but also in a time were there are so much HATE and so much BIAS around the world. How can you get rid of all the hate and bias if you see the worst of it in the media? Among journalists and politicians. If you have it on top, you`ll have at the bottom.

We see religious intolerance, incitement, harassment and violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origion or religious beliefs every day. But something is about to change. For year, people in the U.S didn`t say Merry Christmas. They said; Happy holiday, but that changed in December last year thanks to Trump. A group of Ant-Christ people have risen for years in the U.S. Is that about to change now?

It is a Conservative trend going on. Not only in the U.S but also in some countries in Europe. Prime Minister Victor Orbàn is a member of the Calvinist Hungarian Reformed Church, while his wife and their five children are Roman Catholics.

Right Wing Viktor Orbàn is a defender of Christianity, and he links the persecution of Christians in other parts of the globe to the increasing hostality towards mainstream Christianity in Europe. A «mysterious force seals the lips,» he asserts, not only of politicians in the West to this persecution, but also of most of those in the media. Is there, in fact, as he also believes, an «organized and wide-ranging attack on European culture and civilization»?

He wonders why so much European countries have been targeted by Islamist attack and why other countries have not been targeted at all. Hungary, the host nation for the second World Conference on Persecuted Christians, and still the only nation in the world to have a specific governmental ministry devoted to the assistance of persecuted Christians everywhere, is regularly attacked by the European elites.

Orbàn said in a speech which should be seen as a clarion call for European renewal, stated that the «key» to Hungary`s survival over the last 1100 years was the adoption of Christianity, meaning of course, Catholicism, by the great Hungarian king St. Stephen. This was a «spiritual rebirth and a true conversion.»

One answer or significant piece of evidence to affirm his contention goes back to deliberate omission from the European Constitution of the foundational place of Christianity in the formation of all that is meant by the term «Europe.»

At the time, St. John Paul, and then his successors, pointed out the grave danger this «forgetfulness» would bring to the future of Europe. Both Popes Benedict XVI and Pope Francis have spoken of the «spiritual vacuum» at the heart of secular Europe; a vacuum will eventually be filled and, as the demographics of Europe shift via massive immigration, what will fill the vacuum will be islam.

The curious marriage between radical Islam and the secular liberalism of the elites in Europe is, at least on the surface, difficult to comprehend, but if Orbàn is correct and it is essentially an attack on European culture and civilization, the ugly union becomes more obvious.

On a spiritual level, secularism and radical Islam hate the cross and the victory it signifies. European civilization and culture is, or was, inescapably a Christian culture, and the hatred for that culture and history is almost a hallmark of the left.

The policies of the Orbàn government is to promote family, Christianity, and authentic Hungarian culture which is so relentlessly condemned by the empty vessels who direct the European Union, which is the most hostile agency in Europe towards orthodox Christianity.

«Citadel of Christian freedom,» is leading the way to save European civilization, Budapest spokesperson said, and Hilaire Belloc so prophetically said; «either Europe will return to the Faith or she will perish.»

Victor Orbàn has in recent years postulated a political and state model; it has constructed a Christian democratic state, and this model works with huge success, he said. The model rests on three pillars: the family, the nation and Christian freedom. He said a family is a union between a man and a woman, adding that every child has the right to a father and a mother. He acknowledged steps Hungary`s government has taken to support families, but said there are still too few children being born.

He said nations are supreme and cannot be forced under the laws of any kind of global government. That is an irreplaceable value which must be defended, he added.

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We can see the same conservative trend in Poland were the Polish Bishops and President Duda declared Jesus Christ King of Poland. In 2016, the Catholic Bishops of Poland in the presence of President Andrzei Duda and many Catholic pilgrims, officially recognized Jesus Christ as the King of Poland and called upon Him to rule over their nation, its people and their political leaders.

«Immortal King of Ages Lord Jesus Christ, our God and Savior,» they declared at the ceremony, «bowing our heads before you, King of the Universe, we acknowledge Thy dominion over Poland, those living in our homeland and throughout the world. Wishing to worship the majesty of Thy power and glory, with great faith and love, we cry out: Rule us, Christ!»

This is similar to what Trump and his administration stands for; God given rights. It is also the opposite of what the godless Communists in China stands for; nothing above the CCP. But the moral leader of the world must be Putin.

«We are no longer a Christian nation», Obama said to Putin a few year ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with Obama`s assessment in a 2013 keynote speech, criticizing Western countries for having «moved» away from their roots, including Christian values.»

Putin is a supporter of Christian values and stand side by side with the Orthodox Church in Russia. «Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multichild family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation,» he added.

So, here we are. 75 years after Auschwitz in Poland. A symbol of terror, genocide and the Shoah. Thousands of years after Jesus was killed by dark forces from Rome. A jewish man who tried to build a stable society with his 10 commandments like; (4) “Honor thy father and mother” and (5) “Thou shalt not kill.”

According to Exodus in the Old Testament, God issued his own set of laws (the Ten Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai. In Catholicism, the Ten Commandments are considered divine law because God himself revealed them. And because they were spelled out specifically with no room for ambiguity, they`re also positive law. Hence they`re also known as divine positie law.

The Church doesn`t see the Ten Commandments as arbitrary rules and regulations from the man upstairs but as commandments for protection. Obey them and eternal happiness is yours. Disobey them and suffer the consequences.

On Monday 27 January 2020, 15:30 CET, you can see live broadcast of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in Poland.

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In a time of Roman Empire, Nero is determined to rid Rome of Christians, which is similar to what we experience today

Easter is just around the corner. A festival and holiday that is celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c 30 AD.

The New Testament states that the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith. The resurrection established Jesus as the powerful Son of God, and is cited as proof that God will judge the world in righteousness.

Most Christians refer to the week before Easter as «Holy Week». This time, a new film called Paul, Apostle of Christ will be released the same week. This film is an upcoming American biblical drama film written by Andrew Hyatt, and starring James Faulkner as Saint Paul and Jim Caviezel as Saint Luke. What happened at that time in a time of a Roman Empire, is similar to whats happening today.

Paul, Apostle of Christ is the story of two men. Luke as a friend and physician, risks his life when he venture into the city of Rome to visit Paul, who is held captive in Nero`s darkest, bleakest prison cell.

But Nero is determined to rid Rome of Christians, and does not flinch from executing them in the grisliest ways possible.

Before Paul`s death sentence can be enacted. Luke resolves to write another book, one that details the beginnings of «The Way» and the birth of what will come to be known as the church.

Bound in chains, Paul`s struggle is internal. He has survived so much, floggings, shipwreck, starvation, stoning, hunger and thirst, cold and exposure, yet as he waits for his appointment with death, he is haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds.

Alone in the dark, he wonders if he has been forgotten…. and if he has the strength to finish well.

Two men struggle against a determined emperor and the frailties of the human spirit in order to live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ and spread their message to the world.

Their faith challenged an Empire. Their words changed the world.

It is a war between the good and the bad, and whats make people angry is Lucifer.  Jim Caviezel said in a speech earlier this year that he want Lucifer to go back to hell were he belongs.

Lucifer is a controversial angel who some belive is the most evil living being in the universe. Lucifer (the devil) is a metaphor for evil and deceit, and he leads other demons in hell and works to harm human beings.

As the ultimate liar, Lucifer (whose name changed to Satan after his fall) twists spiritual truth with the goal of leading as many people as possible away from God. Many people say that the fallen angels` work has brought only evil and destructive results in the world.

Paul, Apostle of Christ, In theaters March 23, 2018.

 

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Is Chrislam the new religion?

There has always been a huge conflict between different religions and some people claim that there is a group of people on this planet that set all the religions up against each other. But Pope Francis belive that all religions are different paths to the same God, and he is working hard to lay a foundation for the coming One world religion.

Is Chrislam the new religion?

During the Popes visit to <strong>St. Patricks Cathedral in Manhattan, he embraced Chrislam and talked about a One World Religion. He also said that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. Watch Pope Francis’ prayer intentions in the video below.

Some people belive in God, some in Allah. Others belive in Jesus Christ or Buddha, but Pope Francis’ message is that we all, regardless of religious profession, are children of God. Some people may be shocked or think that this video is a joke, but it isnt. Its real, but not a new idea.

John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church`s relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. His wish was “to place his Church at the heart of a new religious alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims and Christians in a great religious armada”.

The Catholic Church is aware of the importance of promoting friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions and the Pope also attests the valuable work that the Pontifical Council does for interreligious dialogue performs.

If different religions is difficult, maybe a one world religion is a peace project?

 

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