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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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Isn't there a word for people who hear God talking directly to them?
Oh, yeah, "paranoid schizophrenic"!
Isn't there a word for people who say there is "a"(as in one) word then give you two?Oh yeah ...stupid.
Dewd, that's 2 words! Cantcha count?
God has nothing to do with anything. its a freaking hurricane. nothing more than nature. Food storage and all that, do it if you want to, but leave god out of it. god and politics dont mix. the only blessing would be for a earthquake to create a big hole under Glenn becks home along with a few others. Don't listen to this religious jibberish its all nonsence. I mean storing food is a no brainer if you want to be storm prepared. but as far as god is conserned you have nothing to worry about. Have a great day! I am going to go outside and wait for god to stike me down with lightning, Hope i dont go to hell.. i'm scaaared. get a grip people.
God works in mysterious ways. So do I! Where you at? I'm going to try to strike you down with lightning!
What? Glen I've listened to you live and you were great. Now you're just another nut job.
Glenn Beck is the devil
You've got that right.
The devil wouldn't tell you to prepare. He'd want you to be caught off guard and suffer.
Why is telling people they should be prepared make him the devil exactly?
This man is a totsl jerk and should be ignored as such !
A true blessing would be if this idiot would just shut up!!
Amen to that.
And what's wrong with being prepared? If a boy scout told you that, you would think he was wise.
If a boyscout told me to be prepared because of some "global food disruption", I'd still think he was crazy.
Don't kick Beck to the "curb" just yet. He is not the only one who thinks America is in for a REALLY HARD TIME. Several years ago George W. Bush Senior, bought over 100,000 acres of land in Paraguay's northern "Chaco" region. The Bush land is close to a new U.S. military installation,and near a huge tract of land purchased by Rev. Sun Myung Moon. This land also sits astride Latin America's largest water aquifer, the Guarani aquifer. This covers any "drought" problems associated with Global Warming. The Paraguayan Senate voted to “grant U.S. troops immunity from national and International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction.” and immediately afterwards, 500 heavily armed U.S. troops arrived with various planes, choppers and land vehicles at Mariscal Estigarribia air base.
SOMEHOW I DON'T THINK THE BUSH FAMILY OR REPUBLICANS ARE BETTING ON AMERICA.
A warning only for the east coast...and what about the rest of the USA and world? Idiot beck.
I don't need to know any god to know I'm not in control of the natural disasters on the Earth. In fact, Mr. Beck, I never had that delusion to begin with.
I think he makes a point. Come on, people live in New Enlgand and they don't have flashlights and batteries? There is nothing extreme or crazy about people having Common Sense and being able to have a basic emergency plan. I think Beck is right on this one.
You're absolutely right. Instead of knee-jerk reactions because he tells you something you don't want to hear, everyone should have the humility to admit they could learn something from everyone.
Should be prepared for NATURAL disasters, yes. What does this have to do with god?
Very weak storm for a Hurricane. Cat 1 or less. Too bad we will now have to listen to how the government is going to make it all better for the next year. What in New Jersey could possibly be worth a billion dollars let alone 10s of them. Scam central is about to begin kiddies. If you want to see why we want smaller government watch what NJ does to get our tax money to rebulid something that was not there to start with and will not be there when the money is gone.
This is why I'm an atheist. Because people like Glenn Beck are results of a moronic childs' storybook called the Bible and it spews hatred and nonsense.
Most children being disciplined by their parent think the parent is spewing hatred and nonsense. If a loving Heavenly Father is trying to get our attention, what does he have to do to get it?
Why does anyone care what an alcoholic, ex-Zoo Keeper record spinning comedian says about anything?
MORON-ISM not mormonish. why does the press give this moron a voice – you should give him a straight jacket.
tum mera lund chooch chooch kai ga ! Moo me pani agai hay !
Ahhh.. look at the all the lonely people!!
No one is there to bless, destruction/death is nothing to feel blessed about. Moron.
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The true blessing would have been for God to wash away this hateful sick man with hurricane flood waters. His vitriol poisons the minds of the weak with anger and prejudice.
Is Glenn Beck relevant?
Well, his rating fell badly and was fired from Faux. He keeps the most loyal followers, wackos among the wackos.
Why does Glenn wear a bullet-proof vest when he prophecies? Here's an idea. Maybe the GOP needs to get rid of Fox news and just start their own televangelical TV station? It would at least make Beck, Palin, Bachmann, Angle, and all the other religious whacko GOP candidates look more honest.