Some of the responses here are not surprising given the spiritual atrophy here in the US. A couple of points to ponder
1. Beck advertised this as a ‘spiritual’ event and not a political one. With this being the case, then it is every bit reasonable to evaluate Beck’s spiritual world view in contrast to that of Christianity. Beck advocates mormonism, done subtly, but done none the less. So it is further legitimate to examine whether it is proper to ignore the vast theological gap between mormons and Christianity. It can’t be ignored. A similar gap exists between Judeo-Christian beliefs and Islam. The false claim is we both worship “God”, but closer theological examination shows that the ‘god’ of Islam has nothing to do with that of Judaism and Christianity and everything to do with the consolidation of the idols the arabs worshiped at the time, with allah being the moon ‘god’.
2. How much of this event is a personality ‘cult’ of Beckism? He throws his adhoc mix of Christian sounding mormon terms around, along with a bogus history of hebrews in the pre-americas and conservative values like mud on a mudbogging course. This is easily a foundation of sand, not rock.
3. If the mormon church was so fixed upon supporting the Constitution, why did they violate it by advocating polygamy and the discrimination against blacks.
Just wondering if you picked up the subtle references to Mormonism that were at this event? I did and then some. However his love for our country seems to tower of his belief in Mormonism....though I think he is likely doing what many do when they first get into Mormonism and try to reconcile Mormonism to Christianity...as least as much as he knows. The question is how much the LDS leadership will let him do his own thing before they really push to promote LDS. I think if they push him...he'll push back.