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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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"Some people say the we should build a bigger tent (ie attract minorities to the GOP). I disagree. What are we? A circus?"
-Glenn Beck in The Conservative CPAC Conference
"All they're talking about is: 'We need a big tent. We need a big tent. Can we get a bigger tent? How can we get a big tent? What is this, a circus?" Beck asked."
http://tinyurl.com/4e66e62
I think Beck is right but he doesn't express himself very well. This is the way I would put it. Ultimately, nothing G-d does is for the bad, everything He does is for mankind's benefit, althought sometimes this can be very hard to see. We can't understand how G-d operates. However, when He presents us with difficulties, such as hurricanes, they can be opportunities for personal growth. We can learn from Hurricane Irene the importance of preparing for the future. Perhaps this is what G-d wants us to learn from this.
I would give Beck credit for being right. But considering his sponsors do packaged emergency food packs and such you really have to question the motivation.
Beck has said much stupider and much, much creepier stuff than this and this article mostly serves to keep him in the limelight he craves.
His show? I thought he lost his show...why can't he just go away already? Why doesn't the media just let him go away?
BTW, "clearheaded" the doctrine of AA is a belief in a higher power as you choose to define that higher power and not Jesus specifically.
Store up food? There's nothing Biblical about that. Read Matthew.
ya sure you are as bad as him
the way he said it, he is trying to be a prophet
and a Mormon one
I find it funny that people will complain about atheists... but then they spout of nonsense like the hurricane is a blessing from god. Who is the evil one here?
What a FREAK!!!!
Beck is a nutcase. The only "god" in his pocket is the money he makes off from other stupid people who think his drivel is truth.
"IT'S NOT JUST GLENN BECK: FOX News Has Lost 21% Of Its Audience This Year"
http://www.businessinsider.com/glenn-beck-ratings-fox-q1-2011-3
The number of advertisers in Mr. Beck's show in England are now ZERO.
http://stopbeck.com/remaining-sponsors
Long live free enterprise!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! ... I needed a good laugh.
austin is in man love with beck..how sweet,come out the closet Austin.It's ok now to be gay.
Hey Glen, would you call it a blessing from GOD if Irene killed your loved ones...Don't think so. Please watch what you say.
Irrelevant wackadoodle
"Ramon, what exactly did he say that was hateful or instilled fear that isn't accurate?"
"Barack Obama is a racist and hates America"
-Glenn Beck
"Ramon, what exactly did he say that was hateful or instilled fear that isn't accurate?"
I refer you to the 300+ companies that had Beck fired from Faux:
http://stopbeck.com/dropped-sponsors
I don't see why people are trying to negatively spin his words. He basically says be prepared and be there to help others.
Are you even remotely familiar with the subject?
he's only out to help himself.He'd drive his escalade over you if you were having a heart attack then sue because you scratched his paint.
[Why isn't everyone calling this "Noah" wannabe the Anti-Christ?] Storing your food, good idea. But when mobs of hungry people smell the aroma of your divinely-inspired, delicious ,hot meals seeping through the cracks of your windows and doors, and come storming into your home, will you do the right Mormon/Christian/Muslim/Jewish thing, and share your blessings? Or will you open fire with your Glocks and AK-47s? Or will you barter your food for gold? The options are simply riveting!
If Irene was truly a blessing, Beck would not be around.
That's one of the best comments I've read so far.
Best comment ever. Indeed if god was involved he could do us all a favor by sending some locusts over to fox.
He is a pestilence; a divisive, little, smarmy shade of a man.
Leaving Beck's insanity out of it, disaster preparedness is a good idea. Self reliance is a good idea. If you live in a flood plain, hurricane zone, or earthquake zone, it makes sense to prepare for the possibility that a disaster will happen. Yes, he's crazy, but in this case, he makes a good point.
Think how dumb you'll feel if there's a natural disaster in your part of the world and you're caught with your pants down because you didn't like the messenger. That's also crazy.
Flood plane, of course.
You had it right the first time, "flood plain", and I totally agree with you. Can't stand Glen Beck or his often un-American, anti-Christian views, but anyone who points out that people should prepare for disasters, is correct. The United States had a stored food supply of at least 100 days. During the Bush administration, this shrunk to less than 3 days. It hasn't come back during the Obama administration. Plan ahead, that way at least there's a chance if it is needed.
It would be a good point if it were his. He stole it and is using it in a way that it was not meant to used. This man is vile.
Its people like him that make me wonder if drinking alcohol while pregnant should be illegal.