Monday, October 4, 2010

Remind me again ...

... what your beef was with Glenn Beck's radio show? I think he's rubbing off on you. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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Titus said...

Look, I got a little maudlin, I know... what can I say?

I have repeatedly said that I LIKE the fact that Beck can be as forthright as he is about his faith... it is his show, and he is the one spending millions of dollars to put on events like 8/28 and Restoring America, and the shows he does are HIS shows.

I simply think he sometimes gets further afield with his call to faith and Christian principles during his commentary on politics and figures within politics that do not (either overtly or covertly) profess the same level of faith.

The best example I can give is that he "resents" (my word, not his) having his faith mocked by the Left, but he will allow himself to mock the faith (or lack thereof) of President Obama. I understand that his point on Obama's "professed" faith is that it is less than genuine... but ultimately, anyone's faith is NO ONE'S business but God's and their own. After all, in an ideal "restored" America, the professed or practiced faith of a President should mean NOTHING to the people he represents. Muslim, Christian, Jew, atheist... as long as he fills his role as PotUS with honor, dignity and an eye to the best course for the nation as a whole... what difference does it really make?

Were the fears of those that didn't want a Catholic President shown to be justified after the election of Kennedy? Both Hoover and Nixon were Quakers (traditionally pacifists and against oaths and allegiances), but no one ever questioned their ability to lead dispite the "calling" of their faiths.

One's faith does not "define" their character, but I feel it reflects it. Associations made in the name of faith definitely do... and Beck doesn't do a good enogh job seperating that distinction in his show. He's too quick to sanction his own beliefs ahead of anyone else's (specifically Obama and Co.'s)... that was my point.

However, I have never denied that he has the RIGHT to say what he will... he's the one writing the checks, so he's the one that can say what he wants.

October 4, 2010 at 9:19 AM

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