Glenn Beck is influenced by Mormonism and while I agree with a lot of the work he is doing regarding Acorn and the whole mess in DC, I still have a nagging of doubt about him.
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I heard Beck explain how he became a Mormon on his show a while ago. It was interesting. To sum it up, he said:
1. Neither he or his fiancee had any real religious beliefs.
2. His fiancee was refusing to marry him, because she felt children needed a religious framework to be raised in, and Beck couldn’t provide that.
3. They decided to pick a religion to raise their kids in, looked around and chose Mormonism because of the family values it imparted.
4. They both became Mormons, got married, and the rest is history.
I got the impression it wasn’t that he believe Mormonism (or any other religion) was true, he just felt Mormonism provided a lot of benefits for raising a family.
His opinion about the existance of God and the truth of Mormonism (or some other religion) may have changed since then, I don’t know, but that is how he came to be a Mormon in the first place.
And it isn’t an unreasonable move. He wouldn’t be the first person that didn’t believe, but started attending a church because they felt the church would be a good influence on their kids.
And one day they will choose a church that has the path to the Cross.