Glenn Beck and Mormonism
by admin ~ December 14th, 2009. Filed under: Evolution of Mormonism, Mormonism and Politics, Mormonism in the News, Mormonism is Funny (Humor).I have really resisted talking too much about media personality Glenn Beck online because, well, I think he’s kind of a tool. Not only do I personally have issues with his politics of fear and divisiveness, I think he is a goof. Truthfully I don’t like giving him any additional attention. There’s a good chance I am more sensitive to him and what he produces because of my relationship to the LDS church. That said the guy is a loon— and I can’t see how people take him very seriously.
I did find this article in the Boston Phoenix interesting. Beck is continuing in the ‘proud tradition’ of some conservative Mormons before him— and is clearly referencing LDS ideas in his crusade.
My question: Does LDS doctrine promote these ideas or the Chruch is just a good home for those who think this way?
February 1st, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Interesting article–I’d say the answer to your question is probably a little bit of both, but I’d say it leans more on the side of the Church being a good home for people who think like Beck. His paranoid/apocalyptic rants fit nicely into the mold of someone whose faith is based on the idea that we are in the midst of the last dispensation.