Focus on the Family website yanks Glenn Beck interview

[davidinalameda]

WARNING-THIS IS FROM WORLDNETDAILY.COM

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84683

Focus on the Family, the evangelical organization founded by Dr. James Dobson, has removed from its website an interview with former CNN host Glenn Beck following complaints over the politically conservative TV personality's Mormon faith.

The original article about Beck's best-selling new book, "The Christmas Sweater," appeared on the ministry's CitizenLink website on Dec. 19, but three days later an article published on ChristianNewsWire criticized Focus for promoting a Mormon "as a Christian."

"While Glenn's social views are compatible with many Christian views, his beliefs in Mormonism are not," writes Steve McConkey of Underground Apologetics on ChristianNewsWire. "The CitizenLink story does not mention Beck's Mormon faith, however the story makes it look as if Beck is a Christian who believes in the essential doctrines of the faith."

The article has since been pulled from the CitizenLink website.

[babylonsister]

1. Delicious, and "Underground Apologetics"? Oy! nt

[Swamp Rat]

8. LOL!

YUM! YUM! :9 :D

[Wapsie B]

2. Just how do the Mormons and conservative fundies coexist without killing each other?

Their lust for power must trump even their religious convictions.

[LeftyMom]

5. By focusing on their shared hatred of all of us.

[babylonsister]

10. Yep. So imagine if we took away that opportunity. Where would they be? nt

[LeftyMom]

11. They'd just find somebody new to hate. Hate is one of religious people's best things.

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

12. At the risk of

incurring more disturbance, what if Obama asked a known conservative to speak at his inauguration? Is he trying to take the bile out of the snake, so to speak?

[LeftyMom]

13. Nah, he's triangulating and it bit him in the ass.

[babylonsister]

14. Thanks for your reasoning and examples. That helped. nt

[Quantess]

3. Glenn Beck is popular with Christians? Yuck.

I thought he was just a secular, whiny, right wing asshole. That makes me think even less of Christians, now.

[Trajan]

6. Well .... apparently NOT very popular with Christians ....

QED his being yanked from Dobson's site due to 'complaints' ....

[Quantess]

9. But, many Christians would like him if he weren't a Mormon, do I have that right?

I can't even believe Mormons like his persona. He acts like such a whiny, adolescent brat. I call him the aging toddler, because that's exactly what he looks like.

[LeftyMom]

4. Ooh, infighting on the religious right.

Between the arguments, counterarguments and conspiratorial types who think the arguments are a satanic plot, this should be fun to read.

[Greg K]

7. Makes you wonder what would happen if Romney ever won the nomination. nt

[DRoseDARs]

15. There's always 2012. Palin could pick him as her running mate...

:)

[Starry Messenger]

16. Ha ha!

Well, that was a short-lived coalition. "Thanks for all the money Mormons! Now under the bus you go, sinners."

[Undercurrent]

17. Oh what fun!

The Repubs are unglued all over the place. Ole Beck thought he had a ticket to ride with the fundy in crowd with his shinny new Faux TV show, and new found righty exposure. Wrong. The Christian fundies just hate the thought of that magic underwear.

While the Glen Beck article was still up on the Focus on the Family website, before it was pulled, the Underground Apologetics on the Christian Newswire website REAMED the Mormans, and Focus on the Family for posting the article:



Focus on the Family Promotes Mormon Glenn Beck at CitizenLink

MADISON, Wisc., Dec. 22 /Christian Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family has a story on Glenn Beck, a Mormon, on their CitizenLink Website. Glenn Beck was a CNN host and will move to Fox News in January. Beck is currently promoting his book, "The Christmas Sweater." The CitizenLink story focuses on Beck's faith and why he wrote "The Christmas Sweater."

While Glenn's social views are compatible with many Christian views, his beliefs in Mormonism are not. Clearly, Mormonism is a cult. The CitizenLink story does not mention Beck's Mormon faith, however, the story makes it look as if Beck is a Christian who believes in the essential doctrines of the faith.

Through the years, Focus on the Family has done great things to help the family and has brought attention to the many social ills that are attacking the family.

However, to promote a Mormon as a Christian is not helpful to the cause of Jesus Christ. For Christians to influence society, Christians should be promoting the central issues of the faith properly without opening the door to false religions.

Some of the false doctrines of Mormonism include polytheism, an attack on the trinity, that Jesus was the spirit-brother of Lucifer, that God the Father is married to Mother God, temple baptisms for the dead, the Bible has missing parts and many errors.

Christians are to stand up against the social ills of society, however, we are to put Christ first and His essential biblical truths. Steve McConkey, Underground Apologetics, says, "If we claim to be Christians, we do not need to compromise our central doctrinal truths to win the culture war. Instead, we need to promote essential truths first and the battle to win the culture wars will flow from that. We should not cease to be ministries that promote Christian truth because God is bigger than all of us."
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/111989018.html




Then the Morman Times weighs in:



Focus on Family pulls Glenn Beck article
By Joel Campbell
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008

James Dobson's Focus on the Family ministry has pulled from its CitizenLink Web site an article about talk show host Glenn Beck's book "The Christmas Sweater" after some complained that Beck's LDS faith is a "cult" and "false religion" and shouldn't be promoted by a Christian ministry.

When contacted Friday, a Focus on the Family worker at the ministry in Colorado Springs, Colo. confirmed that the article had been pulled at this link and read a prepared statement for callers who had called about the Beck article:

"You are correct to note that Mr. Beck is a member of the Mormon church, and that we did not make mention of this fact in our interview with him. We do recognize the deep theological difference between evangelical theology and Mormon theology, and it would have been prudent for us at least to have pointed out these differences. Because of the confusion, we have removed the interview from CitizenLink."
http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/joel_campbell/?id=5597

[Solly Mack]

18. Snort.

[depakid]

19. Who on earth would buy that idiot's book?

:shrug:

[jmowreader]

21. In six weeks, any good progressive would

That's how long it takes, I figure, for a Scaife bulk-bought RW book to make it to a cellulose insulation plant so it can be ground up into something useful. More insulation is always good.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

20. Everytime I see Glenn, I think Marty McFly and Doc need to get back in the time machine

because we're living in a scary alternate timeline where Biff has become a successful commentator