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

[Art Kelly]

 Bret,

Your phrase, "out where the buses don't run," is great!  You have a good
ability to express yourself.  I still remember your apt designation of
the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury as "the chief druid." 

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Bellamy [mailto:bbellamy at mindspring.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:03 PM
To: Art Kelly; apologetics at gathman.org; apologistdave at gmail.com; Jimmy
Murphy; Ward Collins
Subject: Re: [Apologetics] FW: Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader
forconservative Christians

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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