Glen Beck dismisses non-religious Americans in rally

[Joanne98]

James Kirk Wall, Author of To Be an Agnostic: An Agnostic Approach to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Glen Beck and I share a great admiration for the Founding Fathers of the United States. We celebrate their wisdom, character and integrity. I watched much of Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington D.C. on C-SPAN expecting a focus on the best ancient virtues, American values and how we can get the right representatives and leadership in Washington to take us on a better course. What I received instead was an evangelical preacher and a constant drum beat of how we need the Western religious concept of God in our lives.

We need to recognize our place with God. God is king. We should show our children how we kneel and pray to God. Look to God. God is the answer. The reason things have gotten bad is because we have turned away from God.

Knowledge and wisdom has led to Beck’s realization of the greatness of our country. When it comes to learning about American history his mind is a sponge. Unfortunately when it comes to religion there seems to be no willingness to learn and explore any alternative views. His mind has solidified around a belief that there can be no other answer than to be religious for a bright American future. Is Beck speaking from wisdom, or does he think he knows what he does not know?

History is an endless roller coaster ride of good and evil while ancient religious text remains static. Would a devotion of the entire population of the United States to the Western concept of God make this country better? Does a commitment to God in countries in the Middle East make them stronger? Does the rapid rise of China as the world’s second greatest superpower have anything to do with religion? Would the world be a better place if everyone was Christian like Mel Gibson?

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/religion_theseeker/2010/08/glen-beck-dismisses-non-religious-americans-in-rally.html

[monmouth]

1. "God" is the lazy man's excuse for blaming, excusing or promoting

what ever it is man does not really want to deal with. "It's God's Will"..."God is on our side"... When these people cannot give a constructive answer or look for reasoning behind an event they resort to poor God. He's getting damned sick of it I would bet...LOL.

[Kerrytravelers]

3. Whenever someone give me that non-reason, I simply quit engaging.

[maddogesq]

7. What was that old bumpersticker, IIRC?

"Jesus is coming...and boy is he pissed off."

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Whenever times are hard people like Beck turn up and make all kinds of noise like that. Always.

[Moostache]

4. Beck and all the other religious carnival barkers are all the same.

Religion has been nothing more than the organized fleecing of humanity by the powerful for all of recorded history...it is a boil on the ass of humanity and is long overdue to be lanced...

I pity anyone that actually believes the kind of dominion-based tripe that Beck spews out of his mouth like vomit at a fraternity hazing session. If you are dumb enough to turn off your own critical thinking skills in place of filling your head with Beckian "wisdom", then you deserve to be fleeced. My real beef is with people who are not content to merely ruin their own lives but feel the need to extend their misfortune to others.

[ladjf]

6. Thanks for a cleared headed description of how Beck uses

religion to advance his own agenda. nt

[NC_Nurse]

5. It's a great way to keep the masses pacified so they don't blame the REAL culprits.

[The Wizard]

8. Religion provides cover for

those unwilling to think for themselves, and those who want their issues solved by the imaginary sky hero. Essentially, it's for lazy thoughtless people.
"You cannot petition the Lord with Prayer."
(Jim Morrison)

[yellowcanine]

9. "When it comes to learning about American history his (Beck's) mind is a sponge. "

:rofl:

Beck as historian, oh my. How much further off could he get?

[sadbear]

10. Beck is metamorphosing into Father Caughlin.