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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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Is Beck allowed to go out in public without a "keeper"?
The only sign from god I care about is the heart attack that will kill this fat loony retard.
I am with you all the way. I do hope this fat thing has not yet reproduced.
The only blessing that can come from this is if Fenway Park is destroyed.
LOL.
Then we will just build a bigger and better Fenway Park.
what a f'ing psycho!
If GOD were real he would have decapitated Beck long ago.God maybe leaving him around to teach us a lesson about hate and lying.
haha...idiot..
What an idiot!
sadly, a bunch of people are going to take this idiot's ramblings and turn them into some tirade against the mormon church. believe me, if i could shut him up...i would. but the people who say they "really" know about the mormons and how crazy they are...first spend 40+ years in (and a few out) of it, then come talk rationally about your issues. i dare say that most of you would find my family (and most of my mormon friends) to be utterly normal and even a bit left-leaning....not the sheep these people tend to portray knowing personally. no hate here toward anyone, just despising the irrational ranters on these types of forums.
Why does some idiots listen to this nut? Does he have any bla ck listeners other that Herman Cain?
The only reason that Glenn Beck continues to have a platform for his stupidity and hatred is that the media continues to cover every word he says. Why?
Glenn Beck suffered a sudden attack of appendicitis, not bad either
Is he back on the bottle or weed?
I've heard that Meth has that effect...
I would not normally say this, being a Christian Atheist, but the only possible blessing I can think of relating to Glenn Beck would be his death. Religious/political ultra-radicals, like him, were responsible for 9/11...just keep that in mind.
You're either a Christian or you're an Atheist. You can't have it both ways. (By definition) 😛
What's a Christian atheist?
While social conservatism is acceptable and has some very good values; conservative lunacy is certafiably crazy. Preaching fear is a tactict that the far right and far left have been doing to sway the public. Just as we are now politically aligned to the far left, the lunacy of the far right scream louder that we are going to be the next Sodom and Gommorah.
When breaking down all the media hype only fuels those on either side and only the independent thinker who does not play party politics is left to wallow through the garbage to find a morsel of truth.
While I agree with the basic premise of your post, I'm not sure where we are exactly currently "politically aligned to the far left" in the US. The current administration is run of the mill Corporate Centrist Democrat (much like Clinton), and far from the political left wing, let alone the far left.
Yes, he's a nutjob, but having supplies at home is actually a good idea, of the things for which to call Glenn Beck a nutjob, this ain't it. "In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil."
@Norm Autrey: "evangelical Mormom[sic]" - no such thing. Mormons are not evangelical.
loony
stupid
this man must have a VERY small penis.
And a small brain too.
Sorry, just a stiff neck. Guess there ain't no God.
please go away we are tired