Beck: Constitution "divinely inspired"

[nei]

Originally Posted by djacques

I know that Mr. Beck professes the Mormon religion and that is very different from what I recall of my Catholic school catechism, but is there any Republican who wants to defend that bit of blasphemous oddness?

That the US constitution is divinely inspired is one of the tenets of Mormonism. Glenn Beck is echoing his religion's theology. It may be blasphemous from the perspective of a Catholic but by definition it is not to a Mormon.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by djacques

I know that Mr. Beck professes the Mormon religion and that is very different from what I recall of my Catholic school catechism, but is there any Republican who wants to defend that bit of blasphemous oddness?

I can totally get why you would disagree with Beck's statement, but how on earth does it qualify as "blasphemous"?

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by djacques

From Glenn Beck yesterday (did nobody else notice this?):



I know that Mr. Beck professes the Mormon religion and that is very different from what I recall of my Catholic school catechism, but is there any Republican who wants to defend that bit of blasphemous oddness?

Is there a link to what you call quoted? So you get Dish Net for TV so you can watch Glenn Beck some, now and then. Surely you don't pay the $4.95 per month it takes to see him on his internet site.

I didn't get all of Beck's show, yesterday but sure didn't see what you say you did. Is there a chance that you got this from MM or Stink Prog.

[djacques]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

I can totally get why you would disagree with Beck's statement, but how on earth does it qualify as "blasphemous"?

Identification of the Deity with a form of political organization--let's stipulate that it's a really good one--is not blasphemous?

If I claimed my recipe for chicken parisienne was inspired by God, would you not consider that blasphemous?

[djacques]

Originally Posted by roysoldboy

Is there a link to what you call quoted? So you get Dish Net for TV so you can watch Glenn Beck some, now and then. Surely you don't pay the $4.95 per month it takes to see him on his internet site.

Glenn: “We are going to double down” – Glenn Beck

[djacques]

Originally Posted by nei

That the US constitution is divinely inspired is one of the tenets of Mormonism. Glenn Beck is echoing his religion's theology. It may be blasphemous from the perspective of a Catholic but by definition it is not to a Mormon.

Thanks, I suspected there might be a difference but I didn't know for sure.

[nei]

Originally Posted by djacques

Identification of the Deity with a form of political organization--let's stipulate that it's a really good one--is not blasphemous?

As I said earlier, it's one of the tenets of Mormonism. A religious belief cannot be blasphemous, heresy might be a better word.

[djacques]

Originally Posted by nei

As I said earlier, it's one of the tenets of Mormonism. A religious belief cannot be blasphemous, heresy might be a better word.

A religious belief may be blasphemous from the perspective of other religious beliefs.