Separated at birth? Keller and Keller

And we didn't even know that the New York Times editor was born-again! Did the fiasco with Judith Miller inspire his conversion? OK, OK. It's not that Bill Keller. (Even though they do look like brothers). Bill Keller the editor is a moral relativist and a secular elitist. We'd love to see him handling some snakes on late night TV, but it's probably not going to happen any time soon.

Bill Keller the televagelist, on the other hand, is a fire-and-brimstone preacher coming to a cable station near you very soon. He's also an ex-con who recently called Oprah a "New Age witch." Watch out O'Reilly, Keller may steal some of your audience.

[From WDC Media here and here ]
The press has dubbed him “the Dr. Phil of Prayer” and “the next big thing in religious media.” He currently pulls in a quarter million viewers per night on major secular network affiliates throughout Florida, and his show is ranked number one and two in its time slot in each market. And on July 3rd he’ll debut his late-night television talk show, “LivePrayer with Bill Keller,” on the i television network (formerly the PAX network).

“We’ve done our homework, and this program is primed to attract a massive national audience," said Keller...

The salesman-turned-preacher has a well-publicized criminal past -- he served nearly three years in federal prison for an insider-trading scam -- and will have to overcome widespread public mistrust of religious broadcasters...

’’I don’t hold back the truth,’’ he said. ``I don’t have a problem sitting in front of a quarter of a million people every night and telling someone they’re going to Hell.’’

Among his recent targets: Oprah Winfrey, whom Keller derided as a ’’New Age witch,’’ the Mormon Church and Florida Sen. Bill Nelson. When callers challenge him, he can get testy. During a recent live show, a young man named Danny from Boca Raton criticized him for manipulating people. Keller turned on him.

’’When you die, what’s going to happen to you, Danny?’’ Keller asked, glaring intently at the camera.

’’According to you, I’m probably going to Hell in a handbasket,’’ Danny said.

’’That’s exactly correct, Danny. But you know what? You don’t have to,’’ Keller said. ’I’m on [TV] to reach people like you. ’Cause let me tell you something, the day you die and stand before God, you’re not going to be able to whine and moan and cry and go, `Oh, nobody told me.’ You’ve heard the story, you’ve heard the truth. According to God’s word, your blood’s not on my hands anymore, my friend.’’

And be sure to check out Keller's LivePrayer website where Keller envisions a new installment of the Harry Potter series where the magician gets saved:

"Come on Harry, you can do it right now," he said excitedly. Dudley told Harry to get on his knees and led him in a prayer to accept Jesus Christ into his heart.

When he finished, with tears streaming down his face, Harry Potter realized that something special had just happened to him. It was not a magic spell. It was not anything that he had ever experienced before in his life. He had such a peace about him. Deep inside, he knew that something was different. As he stood up, his hair flew to the side and his cousin gasped. "Harry, look at your scar!" Dudley cried out. Harry looked into the the mirror on Dudley's dresser and froze . The scar in the shape of a lightning bolt that he had received as a baby when Voldemort tried to kill him, had changed into a cross! Harry Potter had found the KING!