SO I am going to ask when did Beck start his own church or re-write the bible?
I never said he started his own Church but he has been preaching to the masses on his radio show for quite sometime now. He does not practice what he preaches, you know why? Because it doesn't get ratings and advertising.
Eric Deggans from St. Petersburg Press.
At a moment when ultra-conservative Tea Party activists need to look more mainstream to independent voters before a crucial midterm election, Beck just handed them the blueprint for keeping conservative supporters in the fold while downplaying their most divisive beliefs.
Of course, Beck being Beck, he also contradicted himself. "We must get the poison of hatred out of us," he said at one point. "We must defend those who disagree with us." But in the past, Beck has called the President of the United States a Marxist, whose health care policy amounts to "reparations," insisting he is a racist who hates white people. He said on Fox News Sunday that "people aren't recognizing [President Obama's] version of Christianity." That sure felt like a veiled reference to persistent, mistaken beliefs that Obama is a Muslim, though Beck has criticized Obama's ties to controversial Chicago preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Maybe Beck's move toward eliminating hatred could start with his own radio and TV appearances.
Do you listen to Beck? Or watch his Television show? C'mon
To be exact I have yet to hear him say anything that has perverted any thing to do with his religious beliefs unless you are saying Mormon religion has done just that, perverted Christianity right?
Do you listen to Beck? Or watch his Television show? C'mon!
The man is a Charlatan, he is wrapping himself in the American flag while holding a Bible(or book of Mormom) while he does his morning zoo radio show acting like the self professed rodeo clown. Do not get me wrong, I have seen some of the things he said at his rally, and I liked some of the things he has said but coming from a hyporcite such as him it rings hollow. It is about Glenn Beck and his brand, that is it.
Let's see, Beck was first supposed to unveil his, "Plan for America for the next hundred years", then it turned into "Reclaiming the Civil Rights movement"(what a joke that is), then it turned into a religious revival which was more of his Apocalyptical view of America. One of his guests on his show on Friday before the rally and a speaker at the Lincoln Monument was John Hagee, I suggest you check him out.
I won't even touch the subject of the bible outside of this - can't a revision be considered a perversion?
Here is just a sample of what Mormons believe and practice, now there are different sects(hmmmm....almost like the Muslims that we've talked about) that include:
From Wikipedia
Mainstream Mormon Theology:
Mainstream Mormonism is defined by the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members of the LDS Church consider their top leaders to be prophets and Apostles, and are encouraged to question them on matters of theology, by means of self-study of the Book of Mormon and the Bible. Self-prayer is encouraged as well. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is by far the largest branch of Mormonism. It has continuously existed since succession crisis of 1844 that split the Latter Day Saint movement after the death of founder Joseph Smith, Jr.
Partly for public relations and proselytizing reasons, the church seeks to distance itself from other branches of Mormonism, and particularly from the practice of polygamy. The LDS Church practiced polygamy in the 1800s. However, the church abandoned that practice around the turn of the 20th century when male members began using the excuse to marry much younger females. Today, the church maintains a degree of orthodoxy within the church by excommunicating or disciplining its members who take positions or engage in practices viewed as apostasy. For example, the church excommunicates its members who practice polygamy, or who adopt the beliefs and practices of Mormon fundamentalism. The church also may excommunicate or discipline those within the church who openly oppose the church's top leadership, which is viewed as a sign of apostasy.
Mormon Fundamentalism;
One way Mormon fundamentalism distinguishes itself from mainstream Mormonism is through the practice of plural marriage. Fundamentalists initially broke from the LDS Church after that doctrine was discontinued around the beginning of the 20th century. Mormon fundamentalism teaches that plural marriage is a requirement for exaltation (the highest degree of salvation), which will allow them to live as gods and goddesses in the afterlife. Mainstream Mormons, by contrast, believe that a single Celestial marriage is necessary for exaltation.
In distinction with the LDS Church, Mormon fundamentalists also often believe in a number of other doctrines taught and practiced by Brigham Young in the 19th century, which the LDS Church has either abandoned, repudiated, or put in abeyance. These include:
the law of consecration also known as the United Order (put in abeyance by the LDS Church in the 19th century);
the Adam–God teachings taught by Brigham Young and other early leaders of the LDS Church (repudiated by the LDS Church in the mid-20th century);
the principle of blood atonement (repudiated by the LDS Church in the mid-20th century); and
the exclusion of black men from the priesthood (abandoned by the LDS Church in 1978).
Mormon fundamentalists believe that these principles were wrongly abandoned or changed by the LDS Church, in large part due to the desire of its leadership and members to assimilate into mainstream American society and avoid the persecutions and conflict that had characterized the church throughout its early years. Others believe that it was a necessity at some point for "a restoration of all things" to be a truly restored Church.
and Liberal reformist theology:
A small movement within Mormonism seeks theologically liberal reform within the religion. Many of these are members of the LDS Church and work for liberal reform from the inside. Others have left the LDS Church but consider themselves to be cultural Mormons. Others have formed new religions. One of the first of these, the Godbeites, broke from the LDS Church in the late 1800s on the basis of both political and religious liberalism. More recently, the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ broke from the LDS Church as an LGBT-friendly denomination. An online church called Reform Mormonism has attempted to reform Mormon rituals and situate Mormonism within liberal rationalism.
I will steal a quote from Beck, ""I think he is a Christian that Christians don't recognize".
Well, you would know Mr. Beck.
