Posted on 08/30/2010 3:22:50 AM PDT by Ronbo1948
Not only did a lot of people show up at the Lincoln Memorial and around the reflecting pool on Saturday, the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s famed “I have a dream speech”, but the mainstream media drew criticism for reporting the obvious. They were mostly white.
Maybe I just wasn’t paying attention in the weeks leading up to the event, but I assumed Glenn Beck was going to use the platform to call attention to the key issues with which the nation is struggling and which will influence the outcome of the forthcoming November midterm elections. Obviously I was wrong.
I have been to an evangelical tent meeting. I actually met the late Oral Roberts long ago in Columbus, Georgia where he invited me to attend. I can still recall the fervor of that evening and I was reminded of it while watching Beck.
There was a lot of talk of God, but I don’t recall that Dr. King, a preacher of astonishing power, was preaching Christ Jesus that day forty-seven years ago. King focused on the problem that had been troubling the soul of America since the days of the Revolution, the days of the Civil War, the Reconstruction, and the hundred years that had passed since then.
There is zero possibility that any sane rational person could have drawn that conclusion from my statement.
Incidentally, your statement about 'praying to a “higher power” of your choice thingy...' is inaccurate. The steps only mention praying to God.
Well said. I watched the whole rally and thought it was well done, it stayed away from throwing personal/inflamatory bombs at those politicians who have earned them, and focused on a particular message: that God has been absent in the public square. (which as a deacon, I totally agree) Beck is far from perfect (his own words) and as another poster alluded to, someone I listen to with much discernment. But to call Beck a FASCIST is over the top.
I don’t have any experience with AA philosophy or mentality, but I would like to note that Beck routinely criticizes Obama’s “Collective salvation” concept as “pure evil” and notes that it is the springboard into social justice.
His message on his radio show is that Jesus Christ saves you individually and is as far from groupthink mentality as anyone I hear.
There is zero possibility that any sane rational person could have drawn that conclusion from my statement.Excellent. Can I use that in the future?
Please don’t equate whatever Beck does with AA. He is just one man.
Having watched all of it on TV and wondering at the time ... how are they going to attack this??? The attempts have been farcical as I thought they would be. Actually, nobody has brought it up yet, but there were no burkas spotted ... OMG, a group was left out! I also didn’t see the Cub Scouts represented. This was also travesty. I think Beck pulling this off in a way that literally can not be criticized is quite an accomplishment in itself.
someone I listen to with much discernmentI agree. I listen to him with discernment, too. I listen to everyone with discernment. There's no human on earth (my wife included [sorry, darling]) who I listen to without thinking for myself what it is they are actually saying.
While I am not a Beck follower, I do watch the show and saw the C Span coverage of the rally.
Apparently, you did not, because everything you said was in direct contradiction to things Glenn Beck actually said both in the rally and on his show.
So, that makes you a troll.
A Boy Scout led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of the event.
No it doesn’t. An individual seeks a relationship with his higher power to be relived from the compulsion of alcoholism. The poster does not understand AA and did not watch the show or the coverage, hence he is a troll. You are simply mistaken.
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A Boy Scout led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of the event.Yes, but if you check the racial heritage of that Scout I think you'll find he was lacking in proper Minority Credentials.
That was delicious!
Then you're not listening or not paying close enough attention -- he is quite adamant that it is GOD who will save us, not "a person."
Nor does he mention that MLK's niece, Dr. Alveda King, was a featured speaker. Surely she counts for something, and should be mentioned as I am sure she would have been had she appeared at Sharpton's event. But the media, in its attempt to slap Beck, has slapped MLK's niece by avoiding to mention her attendance or the words of her speech. How racist is that?
Yet, he of course makes no mention that Sharpton's crowd was hardly a mixed one. And Sharpton seemed to only have one white speaker. Nor does he or any media mention that Sharpton and his speakers spoke about force, fighting for more, and the injustices of the past. With voices raised in anger they addressed and incited their crowd to be upset and displeased. There was no talk of giving back, of praising God, or of being a responsible, loving citizen, things that MLK advocated. They should have asked Dr. Alveda King what she thought of their platform. But, since she stood with Beck, I am sure that was enough of a statement of her feelings.
You have a problem with the Founding Fathers and their “firm reliance on Divine providence” as well, considering that is Glenn’s message in a nutshell?
I've been listening to the guy since 2000...he's the same guy now as he was back then.
He used to hold improptu rallies in the local radio station parking lot. Sort of like flash mobs of today, except he'd give the word over the radio...and people would show up and stand in the parking lot of the radio station with signs (the station was along a major thoroughfare.)
He just has a bigger audience now...so more people show up when he announced a rally to stand for what you believe in.
In reading the Bible, GOD often picked flawed people to be his messengers. Most of the time, they didn’t want to have to take on that role, but they went on to have great influence.
I watched the Beck rally on the Internet, and I came away with the feeling that I had attended a great Revival. It was so refreshing to hear people talking about GOD and Jesus Christ in positive ways. To hear about the POWER of prayer and living one’s life in such a way as to meditate and to stop and LISTEN to what GOD is asking you to do.
I think today a lot of people are frightened about the rally, because they felt the “power” that came from this many people standing together in earnest prayer and reflection. It was quite powerful, as anyone that watched it felt - it was undeniable.
Anyone that is determined to live their life counter to such positive principles probably would be frightened and disturbed by it.
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