That's great.
As for the difficulty I raised, that God is rejected wherever Jesus is rejected
By that logic, the Jews have rejected God as well. I think a lot of rabbis who would disagree with you.
I was there the whole time and never heard Beck reject Jesus. If anything he wholeheartedly loves and supports Jesus and all the work that people are doing in his holy name.
One of the Christian pastors said that he had questioned and probed Glenn Beck extensively about his (Beck's) faith and beliefs, and after the thorough examination found him to have a deep belief and commitment to his Saviour Jesus Christ. That pastor said he would not have come on stage with Beck had he (the pastor) found Glenn Beck lacking in Christian faith.
I trust that that pastor has a better understanding of Glenn Beck's convictions and faith than you do.
Well, any given member of the Catholic church might be a closet Baptist at heart, and any given Mormon might be a closet evangelical. But like you say, I’m not privy to that. Beck has chosen to publically associate himself with the Mormon religion and it’s teaching and he’s a big boy and certainly willing to accept the consequences of that decision. I respect that, but one of those consequences is the inevitable comparison of his church’s teaching with that of traditional Biblical Christianity. They are objectively not the same, as both parties to the debate will tell you.
But more to the point of my original post, I heard Beck’s presentation, and if he were following Scripture and the explicit teachings of Jesus and the Apostles, he would not and could not advise people to find God in churches/temples/mosques that reject God’s Son.
I understand how difficult to swallow that is, I really do, but as I pointed out before, it’s not even my idea. I would love to be a Unitarian. No, really, I would if I could. I would love to think that everything will turn out great in the end for everybody. Unfortunately, I cannot believe both that and the words of Jesus. That logic you find so distasteful is authoritative Christian doctrine. So if you put me in the dilemma of choosing between being a nice squishy Unitarian like Beck or following what Jesus said even if it makes me unpopular, I hope you realize I have no choice. I have to go with Jesus on this one.