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 Glenn Beck appeared to be echoing Mormon doctrine on preparing for adversity.
August 27th, 2011
09:44 PM ET
Glenn Beck: Hurricane Irene is a 'blessing'By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor Conservative radio host Glenn Beck told listeners Friday that Hurricane Irene, the Category 1 storm that’s working its deadly way up the Eastern Seaboard, is “a blessing from God.” Beck has long urged his fans to stockpile food in their homes in anticipation of a global food disruption. He said Irene should be construed as a divine warning for those who have ignored that advice. Here’s Beck on his show Friday:
The Washington Post reports that in encouraging home stockpiling, Beck, a convert to Mormonism, is echoing Mormon church teaching. The church encourages members to build home storehouses of food that could last for at least three months. According to a website run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the official name of the Mormon church:
The site includes a food storage calculator. To build a three-month supply of food for a family of four, the calculator recommends 300 pounds of “wheat, white rice, corn and other grains” and 60 pounds of “dry beans and other legumes.” The Post notes that food storage is one pillar of the Mormon emphasis on self-reliance. soundoff (3,354 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Next »
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The only thing missing is his asshat.
The man in insane
As if the average Beckerhead would have anything to do with "helping their neighbors" if the SHTF. They'd be too busy setting up booby traps and cleaning their guns...
sicko!!!!!! were the tornado's that tore apart towns this past spring also a blessing?
So, when did Beck convert to being a Moron? I didn't know you could do that, or want to. I don't know much about Moronism, but if he represents their ideology, then they are just such...oh never mind
Glenn Beck never converted to Moronism. He was born a moron, and he'll damn sure die a moron.
I agree with you about "Moronism" but yes, a person can convert and be a Moron. In Glenn Beck's case he simply remained a "moron" and no conversion was necessary.
However, due to climate change (global warming) the storms are becoming more frequent and more severe, just as scientists have been predicting they would. I wonder how Beck reconciles his statements with his right-wing "there is no such thing as global warming" drivel he has been parroting from Republicans and Billy O' Reilly?
Morons say to store, among other things, white rice, but brown or rice with the inner husk still intact has much more nourishment and does not contribute to adult onset diabetes as does white rice. It does not store as well as white rice but if it is cycled out on a regular basis, it would be much better in an emergency than white rice.
what a dbag
Go to you tube dot com and search for "Nazi Tourettes".
You'll be glad you did.
Appreciate the info. LOLing at this Daily Show clip.
I wonder how the families of the 9 people killed thus far by this storm feel about Glenn Beck's blessing.
His delusional megalomania has made him completely blind to the fact that he's rubbing this nonsense in the faces of grieving people who have lost loved ones.
What a sick, pathetic, immoral individual.
With any luck, the families of those who lost their lives in this "blessing" will sue Beck into oblivion for deliberate emotional distress. His complete heartlessness is beyond belief, as is his peddling "emergency supplies" which he has a financial interest in.
The rise of the Fourth Reich!
I am not a Mormon, nor a Republican, nor a follower of Glen Beck...but there is nothing wrong with advocating a stockpile of a little food in case of disaster. Not a cellar that looks like a Kroger, but a few weeks of rice, beans and whatnot can't hurt anybody.
Don't forget two things: water, and a can opener !!!!
Come to think of it, I wonder how many people nowadays even know how to use a manual can opener?
I am not a Mormon either. But, as I understand it, they advocate buying a little more food than you need each week and building up a reserve. Not running out in a paranoid frenzy and filling your zombie shelter with dried beans and ammo.
Why the Wailing Wall?
Liberals SUCK.
Not as bad as Beck.
Yes, but conservatives SWALLOW.
I thought he kicked being a drunk and became Evengelical>
Beck is either a nutcase or he thinks everyone else is (and he profits from that). In either case, he should be dismissed and ignored.
Idiot...
Where did Beck Come from B4 CNN?
Beck has really lost it! I am sad to say I use to enjoy his radio show. I did not believe what he was saying, I just found it amusing. Well, I DON'T find this amusing.
It's disturbing that I share the same blood line as this man...Yes, we really don't have control over what the Universe throws at us as humans, but that is no reason to incite fear in people...Listen closely when I tell you this man IS NOT stable. Many of our relatives on the same side were and are just as unbalanced. Please keep a close eye on this man. At some point he's REALLY going to snap and it won't be pretty.
Bill, if God created the universe, who created God?
OOOOHHH!!! OOOHHHHH!!!!! I KNOW!!!!
Hurricane Irene is only blessing if she kills Glenn Beck.
amen to that