[Apologetics] FW: Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader for conservative Christians

[Bret Bellamy]

Art,

While there are some things that Beck says that I would agree with, he is too far out for me on many things.  When I used to watch him, he seemed to go further and further into a lot of "conspiracy theory" things that seemed to be out where the buses don't run.  I keep a big caution sign in the back of my mind because he often comes out with off the wall things that reinforce the rad-lib stereotypes of conservatives, especially conservative Christians.  

Bret6


-----Original Message-----
>From: Art Kelly <akelly at americantarget.com>
>Sent: Aug 31, 2010 12:52 PM
>To: apologetics at gathman.org, apologistdave at gmail.com, Jimmy Murphy <jmurf80 at gmail.com>, Ward Collins <wcollins at netins.net>
>Subject: [Apologetics] FW: Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader for	conservative Christians
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Art Kelly 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:51 PM
>To: David Comcast
>Subject: RE: Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader for conservative
>Christians
>
>Thanks, David.
>
>I knew Beck was a Mormon but did not realize he was a convert from
>Catholicism.
>
>Mormons have a totally different concept of God than do Christians (or
>Jews or Muslims).  Since Mormons have very little in common with
>Christians, Beck should stick with political subjects.
>
>I don't watch Beck very often, but one of the few times I did, he was
>subtly criticizing the Council of Nicaea.  I asked someone who watches
>him a lot about this and was told he interweaves Mormonism into his
>program from time to time.  It may be that Beck's rally was actually an
>attempt to evangelize on behalf of Mormonism.  I'd have to look closely
>at what he said to be sure, but I think that could have been his real
>goal.
>
>Art
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Franke [mailto:dfranke00 at comcast.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:25 PM
>To: David Comcast
>Subject: Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader for conservative Christians
>
>Interesting article for background.
>
>Saturday morning I had my TV tuned to C-SPAN and the Glenn Beck revival
>on the Mall, while I worked at my computer.  I was mostly mystified at
>what I was hearing. I couldn't figure out why a political rally had
>turned into a religious revival--and then such an ineffective one at
>that.
>
>Before, I had watched Beck on TV exactly twice.  The first time
>convinced me that all of his circuits are not working.  The second time
>I said to myself, "Well, I can see why some people are drawn to
>him--he's a pretty stirring speaker" (if that's all you are looking
>for).  This Saturday I just found him boring, at great length.  I hear
>stories that Tea Partiers left the show, silent and seemingly bored.  I
>can understand that.  They had traveled at personal expense and
>inconvenience, and put up with Washington's brutal August heat...for
>what?  A great political opportunity had been wasted.
>
>From this article, I learned Beck is a Catholic-turned-Mormon.  Well,
>that explains part of the mystery for me.  (POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS
>ALERT:
>STEREOTYPE AHEAD.)  Catholics and Mormons just aren't good revivalists,
>at least in a mixed crowd.  You need a Baptist or Methodist...or
>something more exotic...for that.
>
>I do believe him when he says that when he originally asked for the
>August
>28 date at the Lincoln Memorial, he didn't realize it was the Martin
>Luther King anniversary date.  And of course the irony is that no
>liberal civil rights group had reserved the Memorial for that date.
>When enraged liberals started emoting, Beck...quite naturally...quickly
>realized that this was God's Plan For Glenn Beck.
>
>Boy, if you thought Glenn Beck was dangerous before, just because of
>some missing circuits, he is REALLY dangerous now that he's a messenger
>for God.
>
>
>
>
>
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