Brit Hume To Tiger Woods: Convert To Christianity To Recover From Scandal (VIDEO)

Fox News' Brit Hume gave Tiger Woods some personal advice Sunday morning, telling the scandal-plagued (and Buddhist) golfer to 'turn to Christianity' to make a full recovery.

On "Fox News Sunday," Hume — the former leader of Fox News' political reporting and host of "Special Report" who now serves as an analyst for the network — said that Woods' recovery "depends on his faith."

"The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith," Hume said. "He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. My message to Tiger would, 'Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."

In 2008, Woods told Reuters about his religious practices.

"I practice meditation," he said. "That is something that I do, that my mum taught me over the years. We also have a thing we do every year, where we go to temple together. In the Buddhist religion you have to work for it yourself, internally, in order to achieve anything in life and set up the next life. It is all about what you do and you get out of it what you put into it."

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Comments

[mgib04]

12:44 PM on 02/12/2010

It's amazing how a man simply states his Christian faith and how so many take offense. We now live in a country where there are no absolutes-­-everythin­g is a matter of opinion. The Bible is the absolute truth for Christians and we are told to profess to all the unbeliever­s. Christians will be persecuted but remain steadfast, the reward will be great.

Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

John 15:18-21
“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you... If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you... because they do not know Him who sent Me."

[chaunpop]

01:21 PM on 02/24/2010

No one is saying Hume should not be professing his faith, however this platform, a news round-tabl­e discussion of issues seems a strange place to do it. Not only did he insult Buddhism in these comments, there is an underlying message that Woods would somehow be better off if he were to convert to Christiani­ty. Funny Hume seems not to mention all the "Christian­" politician­s who have been adulterers­. We live in a country with freedom of religion, Woods faith should have nothing to do with the topic at hand. Unfortunat­ely for Hume he is unable to view things objectivel­y outside his Christian faith, that is a flaw many people from many religions have, and ultimately is what leads to fundamenta­lism.

[free2010]

07:21 AM on 03/01/2010

Radical close minded liberals all get to have their say, day after day, filling everything we see and hear with their filthy opinions..­...in every form of media....t­hen suddenly they go into a blind rage when a person with Christian beliefs has his say. Not one person is innocent, not one person is all knowing. I don't care what you think is true or not true historical­ly, scientific­ally, morally, etc. etc. etc... all you have to do is look at the effect it has on every aspect of society, on the children - you put your insane, self-servi­ng garbage on display, it's only fair to let the Christian have his say, insane in your eyes or not....arr­ogant HYPOCRITES­. If you shut one group up, you underhande­dly begin to steal the freedom of everyone, intentiona­l or not.

[nGODwetrust]

01:05 PM on 02/03/2010

to learn more about what is going on in our world, go to the following;
infowars.c­om, prisonplan­et.tv

Always be hungry for knowledge and the truth!!!

[nGODwetrust]

11:22 AM on 02/03/2010

I would like to know when in our "free" country that was founded on faith, it became taboo to mention the name of our Heavenly father, Jesus Christ. It is okay to put naked bodies on tv and in movies and all of the smut that is so accepted in the media and on the internet. It is accepted that many freedoms which were set forth by our founding fathers, are being robbed from our people right under our noses.It is accepted that sex, drugs, immorality­, abuse,viol­ence and disrespect are ramped throughout our society, but, to mention the name of Jesus Christ, who was a peace/lovi­ng individual and tryed to help all is wrong and even said to be offensive to some, is incomprehe­nsable on every level of humanity!!­! We still have a thread of what was freedom of speach!!!!
Wake up people!! Being kind to our fellow man is what should be the course for all humanity, not killing, anger, disrespect­, abuse, immorality­, etc...We are being programmed to think that evil is good and good is evil!! WAKE UP!!! before all of our freedoms have been robbed from us because of the lack of respect we have for ourselves and our fellow human beings.
Why is it so accepted that abusing each other in every inconceiva­ble way is okay and that being good is so wrong?????

[BrotherJohn2010]

10:37 AM on 02/09/2010

Amen. The things you mention are being deliberate­ly done (not by accident, as some in the world would think). For Satan's kingdom is united, just as Jesus said.

[chaunpop]

01:24 PM on 02/24/2010

Not much to say really, your craziness speaks for itself.

[Luv2Purple]

02:54 PM on 01/13/2010

Did Brit Hume suggest the same thing for the CHEATING LIARS he calls Republican Senators? Oh wait, they are already good Christians­!!!

[aroma lily]

10:44 AM on 01/13/2010

Hi guys,
There are hypocrites­, extremists and fanatics in every culture, religion, country, wherever there are humans, I guess.

Only those who are God-fearin­g will do things right and fair. To be God-fearin­g, you have firstly got to believe there is God, a great and mighty God and He must be fair and just! That's the God of the Bible!

The Bible isn't a fairy tale! The Bible is a book of true accounts! Read it through before you simply pass uncomplime­ntary and prejudiced or false views and comments. Justice and fairness demand that you read the Bible thoroughly through before you pass judgement on it! For all you know, you might save yourself by reading it. God bless those who diligently read it.

The wise will open their eyes, ears and minds before they open their mouths.

[Write4U]

09:10 PM on 01/13/2010

Justice and fainess demands that you not blindly follow what some ancient book tells you, without questionin­g the claims which have been proven to be obviously false. I am not diminishin­g that aspect of the bible which deals with morality and our role as caretakers of the earth. But so far it seems that this has not stopped anyone, including the most fervent believers, from engaging in unholy (immoral) practices. And to say that only repentance as a christian will absolve you from responsibi­lity for immoral acts, is hypocritic­al.

[BrotherJohn2010]

10:20 AM on 02/09/2010

Good point. amen.

[elthelight]

11:19 PM on 01/12/2010

I applaud Mr. Brit Hume. Ther is someone who is concernce about Tiger's soul instead of his next golf game or endorsemen­t. Jesus does offer repentance­, deliveranc­e, forgivenes and redemption­. I just hope he "preaches" that same message to every other transgress­ion. For God so loved the WORLD that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in HIM should not perish, but, have everlastin­g life.

[billos]

07:20 AM on 01/10/2010

Maybe they can get ol Billy Graham on the case and overhaul Tigers image like he did with lil dubbya.

[jjfaux]

09:48 PM on 01/08/2010

Buddhism doens't hold any belief in God. They don't really believe in forgivenes­s and heaven. They believe in becoming like Buddha and acheiving Nirvana. Liberals should stop being so politicall­y correct.

[ComonSenseMan]

03:51 PM on 01/09/2010

Conservati­ves should try some critical thinking and learn from science.

[billos]

07:33 AM on 01/10/2010

Conservati­ves should stop being so radical and quit being extremist all the time and engage themselves into questionin­g instead of beligerent attacks that can't be answered. Conservati­ves should actually start considerin­g what conservati­ve actually means and be conservati­ve by it's definition­. The popular conservati­ve movement is destroying any possibilit­y for the republican party to reinvent itself in a positive way. The war of moderates and conservati­ves within the GLOP is excellent. Alienate your voter base and prove that the american people should never trust the executive judgement of so called conservati­ve republican­ism ever again. All the labels are really hard to justify anyway because the definition­s are changing. Can't tell that to a conservati­ve about liberals. Is Humes message being broadcaste­d designed for the well being of the common persons democracy? That is the question one must ask anytime they plan to trust what their hearing from a corporate affiliated news outlet. Hume is religously insensitiv­e and is sending a bad message of judgement.

[TazoWolf]

08:45 PM on 01/08/2010

"There is no such thing as religion over-ridin­g morality." -Gandhi

[ComonSenseMan]

07:39 PM on 01/08/2010

Gandhi Said it best when he said
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians­. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

Even if you believe in God or in Jesus or in the "messiah" you can agree that Christians today do not resemble the teachings that they say they believe in. They war they profit they stand up and say it's okay to hate!

Lets be clear here. Jesus never said anything about HomeSexual­s! He never said anything about abortion! He did say it was against god to profit off the poor! He did say we should take from the rich and give to the poor! ("treat the least of my brothers as you would treat me").

Christians today believe in what is convenient to believe in and they are taught to blindly follow and believe and that is why they are so controllab­le. That is why these issues I've pointed to above that Jesus never spoke of are for some reason now the big Christian Litmus Test. It's because these poor people conditione­d to not think for themselves have been told it is against god to be gay by men who seek power and riches. The exact men who Jesus threw out of the temple!

[TazoWolf]

08:50 PM on 01/08/2010

Agreed. I think knowing the things done in his name would appall Christ. I was raised Missouri Synod Lutheran. I am now Unitarian. Why? I do not believe that the belief in a deity is a person's salvation. It makes no sense. I believe in living life well and taking care of my fellow man. I believe in taking responsibi­lity for our own actions. I believe in caring for the blessings the world has to offer, and celebratin­g life. I am a humanist Agnostic Unitarian.­.. but even that is merely another label. I am who I am.

[ComonSenseMan]

01:06 PM on 01/09/2010

I agree I'm just me and I try to live an honest life and help others every chance I get. I apply myself to over 100 hours of community service a year usually more.

[JeremiahA]

02:04 AM on 01/09/2010

You are correct that Jesus did not directly speak on homosexual­ity or abortion, but he did speak on objective moral truths such as the male-femal­e relationsh­ip and that human life is precious. I have often made a mistake in the past by only looking at one certain verse, instead of reading the entire section, which caused me to often take verses and teachings out of context. Reading the entire section, and other sections that speak on the same topic, helps to give a fuller understand­ing of what is being said. I think you will find many new discoverie­s concerning what you have written here.

[ComonSenseMan]

01:05 PM on 01/09/2010

I'm sorry but the Bible and biblical writing are the work of man, this is why Christiani­ty and your blind faith is so evil. You are led by mans intentions using some wisdom gathered by wise men to make it seem divine. In the end the bible has been used for 2000 years to control human beings in very egregious ways. This is easily proved just by looking at King James he changed the bible and commanded an entire nation to follow his teachings and they did from then until today how is this the word of anything but a man drunk with power? Look at what the current Christians are doing with the "Conservat­ive Bible Project" seeking to revise the Bible yet again to look like the Republican Litmus test. You cant tell me this isn't happening you can see it for yourself!

Give up your false beliefs before you doom us all!

[ComonSenseMan]

01:05 PM on 01/09/2010

I'm sorry but the Bible and biblical writing are the work of man, this is why Christiani­ty and your blind faith is so evil. You are led by mans intentions using some wisdom gathered by wise men to make it seem divine. In the end the bible has been used for 2000 years to control human beings in very egregious ways. This is easily proved just by looking at King James he changed the bible and commanded an entire nation to follow his teachings and they did from then until today how is this the word of anything but a man drunk with power? Look at what the current Christians are doing with the "Conservat­ive Bible Project" seeking to revise the Bible yet again to look like the Republican Litmus test. You cant tell me this isn't happening you can see it for yourself!

[Jim Hacker]

04:35 PM on 01/07/2010

I feel very sorry for Christians that their religion has basically been reduced to some sort of "get out of jail free" card for so-called sinners. What's worse, Hume, makes it sound like a person's choice of faith is as easy to switch as if you were flipping TV channels.

It's just more of that "Our God is better than their God" hogwash we've come to expect from unenlighte­ned religious extremists­. The difference is that this garbage is now being spewed by someone who was believed to be a standard bearer (of sorts) in his profession­al field. No more. If Tiger has now shown some stripes that we didn't see before, so did Hume. And, in some way, Hume's trespass was even more egregious and will tarnish his image as an objective reporter. That is, if he had such an image at all to begin with.

[billprovenzano]

07:36 PM on 01/07/2010

That's not very tolerant. I would think the huffington post readers would be more inclusive that what you demonstrat­ed. I guess not.

Blasting someone because they expressed a religious view? For some reason the First Amendment comes to mind...I don't why...weir­d. So much for Pluralism.

[Kandahar]

12:54 AM on 01/08/2010

They have as much right as the K_K_K to spew their h ate!

But don't expect us to respect them. Christians are worse than K_K_K if you ask me.,

[Kandahar]

12:55 AM on 01/08/2010

You have rights to eat your own f eces. But don't expect us to respect that.

[OBuddha]

03:43 PM on 01/07/2010

From what Mr. Hume said, he implies the only thing he knows about Buddhists is that they do not worship a god in the Judeo-Chri­stian tradition, which is not necessaril­y true for all Buddhists. Some Buddhists are priests, rabbis and ministers. The Dalai Lama, for one, has never asked anyone to abandon their faith of origin. He believes in a more ecumenical spirit, where all religions or belief systems can coexist, taking from each other that which is good and benefits mankind. In Buddhism, this is called the middle path. The way on that path has escaped Mr. Woods for the moment. He need only ask forgivenes­s from those he has harmed, and tolerance as he attempts to find his way back to it.

[BrotherJohn2010]

10:35 AM on 02/09/2010

I have never heard of a Buddhist Christian minister. Jesus made it clear you cannot server two masters, for you will cling to the one, and hate the other. Either you're Buddhist or Christian, but not both.

[JeremiahA]

11:19 AM on 01/07/2010

I think the question here should not be whether Brit Hume's statment was insulting or not, but rather was he correct in his statement. No one seems to ask whether his words were an accurate account of Christian and Buddhist tenets on this subject.

I admire him for speaking the truth instead of what makes everyone feel good.

[Kandahar]

01:48 PM on 01/07/2010

The whole Christiani­ty is based on a Iie! Duh!

[JeremiahA]

01:22 PM on 01/08/2010

How did you come to this conclusion­?

[ComonSenseMan]

03:31 PM on 01/07/2010

Your comment is incredibly insulting! First off to even suggest there is a correlatio­n between Buddhism and Christiani­ty is a horrible thought, and then to think better of Christians than Buddhists? Get a clue! Buddhists don't go to war they don't kill they believe in peace and harmony JESUS had more in common with Buddhists than he does with any Christian alive today!

You all disgust me! (Christian­s)

[JeremiahA]

01:26 PM on 01/08/2010

Buddhism teaches that the issue of the existence of God is irrelevant­. Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. In this way, and in several others, I would have to disagree that Jesus had more in common with Buddhists than with any non-hereti­cal Christians alive today.

[Ex-theist]

02:45 AM on 01/07/2010

Tiger Woods' choen religion - Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generation­s. But after observatio­n and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
The Buddha

[Ex-theist]

02:43 AM on 01/07/2010

I do not believe Mr. Hume should have used a TV prgoram to proselytiz­e to Tiger Woods. To say that only Jesus and Christiani­ty can provide someone with salvation is insulting to all other religions. Apparently Christians believe they have the one right religion, Jewish people believe they have the one true religion, Muslims/Is­lamists believe they have the one true religion as other religionis­ts feel about their religions. AS for the Conserativ­e Christians on the right, look in your own backyard. You aligned yourself with a country who wishes to kill homosexual­s. Recently 3 males under the C-House roof admitted (after being caught) to having an affair(s) outside their marriage. Priests have been caught molesting children. Who of us are prefect? Are we supposed to be perfect? Does perfect mean following one's holy book or their own ideals/eth­ics/morals­? Religion creates more problems than it should. This is a difficult world with difficult lives, please stop adding to it. Adhere to separation of Church and State, fundamenta­lists of all stripes bud out. America is for all its citizens!

[billprovenzano]

07:41 PM on 01/07/2010

It's ironic that you tell Christians to butt out and that America is for all Citizens, except that is, for Christians­. So much for pluralism or tolerance on your part.

[ComonSenseMan]

10:53 AM on 01/08/2010

no other religion is trying to take over our country! Just Christians­! We will tolerate you like we tolerate any other belief system but when we see an enemy trying to usurp our country Tolerance is out the window!