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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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What's the definition of insanity again? Is it celebrating things that hurt people?
Be adults and don't listen to him or don't let CNN and others minipulate your minds....
Hey Glenn, stop making us the laughing stock of the world. Kindly move to a 3rd world country like Afghanistan where you will find likeminded people, just with a different religion. Same crap, different god.
Man made god, not the other way around, that's why there are more gods than washing powders at the supermarket.
Someone needs to put this lamer out of his misery. Ask the people who died during the storm if it was a blessing...oh that's right. Glen Beck, you're a loser.
I'd be willing to bet that Mr. Beck doesn't have a bag of beans OR wheat in his house at all. Common sense comes into play with anything. A thunderstorm usually lasts 30 minutes, a tornado maybe 5 or 10 minutes, a hurricane – a few days. We're not in control of the weather or the seasons. Do what you have to do to survive.
he looks red in the face .....i bet hes got some wild turkey or moonshine on him
Im sorry people... My son is a retard.
I have no problem with the retardation part, Mr Beck Sr: It is the hate that I hate.
I checked the Fox News website and couldn't find anything on their website about Beck and his "blessing." Googled Beck and his "blessing" and found many sites about this article but none were from Fox News. I know he no longer has his show on Fox News but apparently they really severed their ties with Beck big time. Even Fox News knows he is a lunatic nut job. I love reading all the comments!
Glen Beck makes me want to puke - and to think that people will support this lunatic is just reprehensible.
awe , hes drinking again.........end of story
Jason, I'm not so sure he ever quit.
WOW Jesse, your English is horrendous. I suggest not commenting in English on the internet until you have learned to be comprehensible.
Wow...are there human beings who actually listen to this verbal defecation? It's hard for me to believe that Beck takes his own words seriously but I have not found a qualifier that tells me that it's just a show. Beck is nothing short of a witch-doctor where he will share a page in history with the likes of McCarthy. A mention that will embarrass anyone who shares the name Beck today, and in the future.
Glen? This is the Rapture. Would u please, as a compassionate Christian, send me the location of yr storage silo? I´m going to be stuck down here with the rest of us sinners and i´m going to need something to eat for the next seven yrs, waiting of course for you saints to come back and rule over us. If i were u i wouldn´t say no... it would not look very Christian in front of the Lord, u might be left down here, and we sinners might be forced to commit a few capital sins on u. Your brother in Christ.
what an effin' idiot.
Put your book of Mormon down and breathe, Glenn.
Just goes to show you what idiots thoes mormons are and now they have that crackpot Beck as thier show badge.
I hope everyone had 3 months worth of corn and beans to get them through the one day storm... LOL
The blessing just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
13 dead.
3 million without power.
Hudson and East Rivers overflow.
With Maher, Steward and Colbert, the act begins with jokes, until you realize they are serious.
With Beck, Palin and Bachmann it is the other way around.
Nice. Very true.
That the perfect statement. Should be carved somewhere.
Thank you, fed and McGuffin. I have received lots of "Likes" when I post this (made it myself) 🙂
Another "blessing from God", huh? Perhaps Rick Perry could pick this complete moron to run on his ticket.
Perry prays to his "God" for rain and it doesn't rain. He wants to secede from the country and now wants to
run to be it's President. One thing we don't need in this country is either a Mormon or a born again Christian, make that
hypocrite, for it's leader. We don't need them or their God to inform us as to how to live our lives.
unrealistic, like or not Perry seems to be front runner, Becks drinking again.look I dont know any of these political figures. his record as gov seems ok look Chi senator vs Tex gov. Point Perry ....Latino vote
Matthew 6:34 ~ "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
well done , Amen
Uh, what this article doesn't mention is that Glenn Beck has one of these food storage companies as an advertiser – and knowing him, he's got a financial stake in it too (like his goldline crap).
Dear Glenn,
move away to Utah,
and never speak again.