Glenn Beck has gone full Hubbard

[Lemur]

Well, who's going to make more money and have more love slaves, a media personality or a guy who founds his own religious sect? L. Ron Hubbard had the answer for that, and it looks like Mr. Beck is following in his footsteps.

Beck is now preparing his followers for Armageddon. On Monday, in the first of three rallies he’s holding in Israel, a mostly American audience gathered in the ancient Roman amphitheater in the northern seaside town of Caesarea to hear from Beck and leading end-times preachers like John Hagee and Mike Evans. “I have spent the last few years trying to find a solution to what’s going on [in] the world,” said Beck, standing on a floodlit stage at the pit of the open-air structure, Roman columns behind him and the scent of the ocean in the air. “Anybody who’s listened to me or watched me for the last few years, you know about five years ago I said, ‘We’ve got to get off the exits. We’ve got to get off the exits. We’re passing the exits!'”

His voice grew more and more urgent, sounding rather like Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka narrating the Wondrous Boat Ride: “There’s going to come a time when there’s nothing but freeway and a cliff!” Then, suddenly oddly calm, he said, “We’re there.” From the crowd, there were scattered assents. “While there may not be a political solution, the good news is, the God of Abraham ain’t running for office!” The cheering crowd leapt to its feet. “Be not afraid! Know who he is! Know his face! Know that he is a God of covenants and a God of miracles! We are leaving the age of man-made miracles of spaceflight, and we are reentering the age of miracles of God.”

[Montmorency]

I hope they didn't damage anything. :(

[Veho Nex]

I lold so freaking hard, I seriously hope they serve some punch to these guys. They deserve it.

[Cecil XIX]

It might be useful for this discussion to hear Beck in his own words rather than relying on an editorial.

[Rhyfelwyr]

He's hardly making a religious sect, this stuff is pretty mainstream in US Evangelicalism from what I gather.

I agree that the second coming will happen soon. 50/50 whether its in my lifetime or not.

[HoreTore]

He's hardly making a religious sect, this stuff is pretty mainstream in US Evangelicalism from what I gather.

I agree that the second coming will happen soon. 50/50 whether its in my lifetime or not.

The Rhy of the 3rd century probably said the same.


Meanwhile, for the rest of us, it's part-hey-time! Enjoy your prayers, church-boy!

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

The Rhy of the 3rd century probably said the same.


Meanwhile, for the rest of us, it's part-hey-time! Enjoy your prayers, church-boy!

That's the thing, he does.

And you enjoy the sex.

Thing is....

One day he will have prayers and sex, whilst you will still just have sex.

[Papewaio]

One day he will have prayers and sex, whilst you will still just have sex.

Oh no, married atheist men still have to pray... ie get on their knees and appeal to a higher power to have sex.

[Montmorency]

Maybe Horetore holds sex in such high regard that the value he places on it exceeds the value Rhyfylwyr places on sex by the value that Rhyfylwyr places on prayer.

In that way they come out equal.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Oh no, married atheist men still have to pray... ie get on their knees and appeal to a higher power to have sex.

You are doing it wrong.

[Ronin]

crazy rightwing and now turning on the religious thing.

so...I´m calling a gay sex scandal...in the next 6 months or so? :P

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Oh no, married atheist men still have to pray... ie get on their knees and appeal to a higher power to have sex.

...now how do I forward this post to Wasabe-san? 'scuse me, Wasabe-sama?

[Rhyfelwyr]

The Rhy of the 3rd century probably said the same.

3rd century Rhy would not have seen the return of the Jews to their homeland which is a big prerequisite for the second coming.

In fact it would have seemed impossible, unthinkable to 3rd century Rhy.

But Biblical prophecy never fails, its a brilliant book, all of human history and all of the future in one. And I can just read it and know what happens. Amazing!

[Centurion1]

3rd century Rhy would not have seen the return of the Jews to their homeland which is a big prerequisite for the second coming.

In fact it would have seemed impossible, unthinkable to 3rd century Rhy.

But Biblical prophecy never fails, its a brilliant book, all of human history and all of the future in one. And I can just read it and know what happens. Amazing!

3rd century rhy would be a good member of mother church

[Samurai Waki]

3rd century Rhy would not have seen the return of the Jews to their homeland which is a big prerequisite for the second coming.

In fact it would have seemed impossible, unthinkable to 3rd century Rhy.

But Biblical prophecy never fails, its a brilliant book, all of human history and all of the future in one. And I can just read it and know what happens. Amazing!

Bollox.

[drone]

Is it wrong to mute this while listening to Eulogy by Tool?

[Papewaio]

But Biblical prophecy never fails, its a brilliant book, all of human history and all of the future in one. And I can just read it and know what happens. Amazing!

Really? All of human history and all of the future? One would have to have a fairly narrow definition of humanity to get that.

I must have skipped the chapters on 'India', 'China', 'Japan' and the bit about how to find 'Australia'.

Not to mention the ones on advanced Calculus, Nuclear Power and how to program in Basic.

Or even the sections on how to write music for Hymns... seems I must have gotten the abridged version.

I'm pretty sure most of the times I've swatted for an exam it wasn't a Bible I popped open... it might have been if I had studied Theology... but I'm pretty sure even Theologians have to use other books for reference in some of their topic areas.

[Tuuvi]

Ugh Glenn Beck. I think he gets worse and worse as time goes by, I remember when I was around 14 my dad used to listen to him on the radio and he seemed reasonable. Of course I was young back then and maybe I just didn't know any better

[HoreTore]

That's the thing, he does.

And you enjoy the sex.

Thing is....

One day he will have prayers and sex, whilst you will still just have sex.

What is it with you christians and your obsession with sex?

[Major Robert Dump]

Ugh Glenn Beck. I think he gets worse and worse as time goes by, I remember when I was around 14 my dad used to listen to him on the radio and he seemed reasonable. Of course I was young back then and maybe I just didn't know any better

No, h used to be very reasonable, then one of two things happened:

1) He figured out that reason does not sell, moderation does not influence and that fringers will believe anything if it somehow reinforces their already-held outlook.

2) He went in for that hospitilization, and they did something to him. They cut a wire, they gave some meds, whatever. But seriously, he was getting gradually worse and worse and after the hospitilization he lost it completely.

[Vladimir]

Beck does good theater, but still a little scary.

That's the thing, he does.

And you enjoy the sex.

Thing is....

One day he will have prayers and sex, whilst you will still just have sex.

You're young, and don't know this, but eventually the sex goes away too.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

What is it with you christians and your obsession with sex?

What is it with you Norwegians and your obsession with sex?

Isn't that what you're always telling us though, that we have an unhealthy attitude to sex and need to get laid instead of doing all this praying?

You're young, and don't know this, but eventually the sex goes away too.

This explains why old peopkle pray more, first to have more sex, and then because they have nothing else worthwhile to do.

[Ronin]

You're young, and don't know this, but eventually the sex goes away too.

so does your heartbeat....is that a sign of it's unimportance?

[HoreTore]

What is it with you Norwegians and your obsession with sex?

Because I said "part-hey-time", I'm obsessed with sex? What kind of logic is that?

Isn't that what you're always telling us though, that we have an unhealthy attitude to sex and need to get laid instead of doing all this praying?

No.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Bollox.

It's just reality so what is there to argue about?

@pape: yeah, you know what I mean...

[Montmorency]

You're young, and don't know this, but eventually the sex goes away too.

What about senior sex?

[Vladimir]

What about senior sex?

You know. It's odd but I can't read the last two words of your post. I get to "about" then I feel a sense of fear and disgust that I have to look away.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I'm eating lunch!

[Beskar]

Reminds me of the new Torchwood series, it is only America that would make religious connections with everything.

[Fisherking]

So, Beck goes crazy and that is the trip-wire for everyone to go off talking about sex?

I saw the Jobs thread was about gold.

Is everyone having the 6 martini lunch, or what?

[Samurai Waki]

It's just reality so what is there to argue about?

What planet are you living on? It's not reality, and it never has been.