It's a good thing that Beck's Judeo-Christian "God" came through like HE did with the Miraculous Geese Flyover Miracle. Otherwise, Beck would have had to make up a "Restoring Honor" rally miracle. He would have had to settle for the old 'Heh, look at that cloud, it looks sort of like the shape of Jesus. No not that cloud, that one, over there!" Or, 'Hey, look over there in the reflecting pool, it's the face of Ronald Regan. No, not there, over there. Do you see it? Do you see it? Do you realise what this means? It means that the Book of Mor... I mean... the Bible really is the Word of God, and that he loves America the mostest.'
What must the "itchy" fingered nuclear powers of the world think of Mr. Beck's intermingling of religious fundamentalism with the function of the American government? It's a good bet that they have trouble sleeping at night knowing that Beck is an even nuttier version of Rush Limbaugh. Let's face it, the GOP is embracing Beck, and his cultish followers, just as closely as they are embracing Limbaugh and his cultish "Dittoheads". Isn't it weird, that Limbaugh doesn't believe a word of the Book of Mormon, yet he pretends like Glenn Beck, and Mitt Romney, are perfectly normal, even though they believe in that nonsense?
Actually, it's beyond weird. Let's jump in the "wayback" machine to see if we can find out what Glenn thinks about Biblical eschatology, and whether the world's nuclear powers should be "freaked out" by Beck's influence on the GOP, the party of "No START!".
Beck's Favorite End of Days Theory . . .
From the August 9, 2006 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck:
BECK: Look, everybody is talking about politics today, and we will, too, later on in the program. But first, I want to talk about something much more important. August 22nd -- it is the day that Israel might be wiped off the map, leading to all-out Armageddon.
August 22nd could be the day that makes people who are the most skeptical about my World War III theory say, "Holy mother of God, what's happening?" August 22nd could be the day that agnostics get down on one knee and start to pray, "Sweet Jesus, are you coming today?"
Please be aware that this is not Beck's theory. He's just repeating it, as if he agrees with it. See the difference? Here, let's have Glenn explain it.
BECK: Let me make this clear. This is not my theory, and I hope that it's wrong. Princeton University's Professor Bernard Lewis, this guy, look him up. He has been called the most influential post-war historian of Islam and the Middle East. He is suggesting that Iran's Islamic end-of-times prophecies could be fulfilled on August 22nd. This August 22nd, 13 days from now.
De-babel-ized Beck-think: Princeton University Professor Bernard Lewis said it first, so, if there's no Armageddon, on the 22nd, it's Lewis' kerfuffle, not mine. And, I'll say it again, so that I'm definitely off the hook. Lewis said it, not me. CYA.
BECK: President Ahmadinejad has repeatedly stated that he wants to personally bring back the 12th imam by destroying Israel. That's Armageddon. He says that he would respond to the West's question about his country's nuclear program at the end of August.
That's the thing that bothered me a couple of months ago. Now he's insisting that he will respond on August 22nd. Again, I'm not saying that this is going to happen. I mean, a lot of dates come and go, and nobody's the wiser, but at a time when we are in the early stages of World War III.
Beck so wanted Lewis to be right about the 22nd that, as he waited for the conflagration to begin, he produced and played this wonderful little End of Days jingle on that August 22nd show:
"It's the end of the world and we all know why. It's August 22nd and we're all gonna die. It's the end of the world and we all know why. It's August 22nd, and we're all gonna die. We're all gonna die. We're all gonna die. It's August 22nd, and we're all gonna die."
Beck ended the program by eating a slice of "Doomsday cake". Okay Glenn, we get it. We're supposed to look at the bright side of . . . and these are your words, "experiencing the joys of vaporization". I'll bet Putin and Hu thought that was a real knee slapper.
Consider Beck's source for making the aforementioned predictions. Professor Bernard Lewis, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, had suggested that Iran might self-fulfill the End of Days eschatology that is prophesized in the Quran. Lewis stated in his op-ed that August 22nd "was the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq", and because of that, Lewis claimed, it "might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world." Lewis also argued that "It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind."
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