I don’t care whether or not Glenn Beck is good for Mormonism, but I guess some people do.
Philip Barlow, the Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University, said that Beck is “something of a polarizing figure” among the Mormon community.
Barlow noted that Beck’s statement that the Constitution is an “inspired document,” his calls for limited government and his emphasis on not exiling God from the public sphere “have considerable sympathy in Mormonism.”
But Barlow added that Beck’s claim that social justice is “a code word for Nazism and fascism” as well as his some of his more inflammatory remarks about his political adversaries have turned off some members of the church.
If Mormonism continues to grow at its current trajectory, in 300 years we could all be Mormons. Happened with Christianity in the Roman Empire. So, maybe I should care if Glenn Beck is good for the religion, but I don’t. I don’t think most of his fans realize that he’s a Mormon, or that they would approve of that if they did know.
