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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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How sad for this little ego-driven loser. My take? The hurricane adds to what terrorists, politicians and bankers seem driven to do – drive America to its knees!
"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."
A warning from God for ignoring Glenn Beck's advice!
Ah Beck a "profit" from God
*** Should read ,,,, Our sense of community might have been shaken, but possibly been reaffirmed, in some.***
Trying not to talk to ambitious here ....
None of you Beck haters get it...if you listen to his radio program for a while then you wouldn't be making stupid remarks about this man. Wake up folks and open your eyes he does not wish bad things to happen to people he is only warning all of us the price we will pay if we are not prepair...quit calling him a nut because if he is a nut don't you wonder how he made it? he is got to be doing something right.
Whatever... your also a nut.
He sure has... he realized that ignorant mindless sheep will tune in and listen to the most ridiculous lies and nazi comparisons by the truckload. He knows that right wingers are THE most misinformed, uneducated, and lacking in critical thinking of all Americans and they will believe ANYTHING they're told so long as it says "liberal=bad". This man is a liar..... this man is a charlatan.... this man knows no more than you about things and yet you tune in and listen to his ridiculous rants and lies all the time on the radio. The willfully ignorant are their bread and butter.... and it sounds like they've got you right where they want you.
We call him a nut because he's a nut. I've listened to him in TV and the radio and the amount of tin-hat insanity coming out of his mouth is frightening. This is especially true because we have people who think he's making sense. I even read one of his books. It should be have been in the comedy section, because the kind of 'proof' he had to support his theories had to be some kind of parody of what real writers would say.
"Protect us, oh merciful God, from this evil hurricane that you unmercifully sent us, in your divine mercy..."
especially for the people who lost their homes or even died this storm is surely a blessing... oh man, really sad how low one can go, what a lunatic 🙁
Yup. That's "only fitting." At least according to Roland Martin's CNN opinion piece.
So many hateful comments toward this guy, you're probably all obama voters but don't care that Obama rubs shoulders with Bill Ayres though...such a double standard
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/03/27/bill-ayers-admits-second-time-he-wrote-obamas-dreams-my-father
yeah he rubs shoulders doesn't he? probably has him to the white house every week to discuss how to destroy america huh? Wow you simpleton sheep are SO..... FREAKING.... PATHETIC.
and what exactly is obama's role on this topic ? no brain, no decency but a lot of tea it seems...
Yes, it is a lot of negative comments against this loser lunatic, Mormon crazy , guy, because he is that a lunatic, racist, right wing Mormon repub guy, freaking man. He is not even a religious , he is just a luny freak
I don't know who is more lunatic, or you or this lunatic, crazy, liar , Beck , did u forget to take your medication? You continue posting the same lame lies from fake news ( Fox News ) Pathetic
You can't stockpile supplies... Obama won't let you it's now against the law..... Wake up and save Amurica!!! Palin 2012-2014.5!!!
So you're telling me Glenn Beck is encouraging me to go out and break the law? Shocking! What the heck are you putting in your tea...
yes continue dreaming you crazy right wing freaks , I don't know who is more crazy and freak you , or the crazy lunatic Beck, Palin is not running she is just getting all the money she can from people like you all moron, ignorant right wing people
Something tells me the Lord frowns upon booze, drugs, and divorce...but not when you're Glenn Beck... Ah, a la carte religious beliefs...
Having your house stocked in case of any type of disaster, for any of the seasons, is just common sense. It has nothing to do with religion. Why leave your home in dangerous weather when you don't have to. It is all about thinking ahead.
and no one is arguing that having supplies at the ready is a bad idea.....
Having extra food in storage is something my Mom always practiced, with raising 9 children and 2 that weren't hers, it was a necessity. Common sense should tell you to do that sort of thing, not just Church, or a change of weather.
I'm hard pressed to understand how any natural disaster can be deemed a "blessing". People have died. Homes and businesses have suffered loss from this storm. Our sense of community have been shaken, but possibly been reaffirmed, in some. I do not need anyone to tell what course of action to take here, it is most apparent or will be, as events unfold.
What you do is up to you. How you do is up to you. If you can help others...do... Life is short, live it as long as you can, the best way you can.
The same way Roland Martin says "it's only fitting" that they happened this week.
But the left lazily and hypocritically views one as extreme and ignores the other.
It's a blessing because Beck believes that God uses natural disasters to remind us that he's all powerful, and kills innocents to remind us of his love for us.
AMEN!
Ah God, all powerful and almighty. You would have thought that if this is the case, he would have appeared in person. And yet he sends wind, rain, frogs (look it up in ye Olde Testament), boils and the like. Hmmm. Perhaps a plague of pedophiles would right us! (hmm, no, Catholics). What about bearded women haters? (hmm, no, Islam). Ah ha! What about a bunch of folks who chop off the tip of there kids penises ( hmm no, Judaism, didn't work). Ok what about about a Sci-fi writer and call is hmm, scientology. Yup! good enough for me. Now, on to hinduism.....
Go away you hypocrites religious people, you ar the same the use the Bible to spit hate and division , you don't love God, liars , how you can love God when you hate your neighbour , the Bible that you are preaching here in hypocrite comment says that too, so shut up and go away, hypocrites
He sounds like he's drinking again and fell off the wagon from up on "high". Maybe the US should hire the Libyan rebels to come and remove Beck from all public podiums. What a nut job! Fox News. Glenn Beck. Al Qaeda. Who's worse?
You are 100% right, Beck is a lunatic, hypocrite liar Mormon guy
Beck had better stock up on toilet paper because he's full of sh**.
Amen.
HAHA!!! I wish there was a "like" option for comments like this.
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My god is better than your god because he's the "correct" one to worship.
Moron to Mormon without skipping a beat.
Glen, the only way I can consider the hurricane a blessing is if it had washed you out to sea.
CJ- Charity is given without expecting or working for a return. The money in aid for the needy the LDS church spends is in efforts to gain converts. Everything the church does is in efforts to grow larger and to gain greater power and influence. It is a self serving organization. I am writing from inside knowledge and experience.
Remember, voters. Glen Beck is one of the Tea Party's favorites. What a nut!