O'Reilly: Mr. Silverman, it is a fact that Christianity is not a religion, it is a philosophy. If the government were saying that the Methodist religion, all right, deserves a special place in the public square, I will be on your side.
Silverman: So you are going to actually tell me on live television that Christianity is not a religion?
O'Reilly: Correct. It is a phil-o-so-phy.

The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News), 28 November 2012, quoted in Stone, Michael (29 November 2012), "O'Reilly calls atheists fascists, claims Christianity not a religion", Examiner.com, retrieved on 2012-12-12