After his rally on Saturday, Glenn Beck appeared the next day on Fox News Sunday where the host asked him if he regrets referring to the President as someone who has a deep seated hatred for white people. Beck replied that he does regret it and that he now realizes what he was really seeing was President Obama's theology. Beck then goes on to explain he believes that the theology the President follows isn't really Christian and that's what has bothered him. It was really disturbing to me to see this because its a theme that has played out in American History over over. Kennedy was eyed with suspicion because he was Catholic and many felt that he would be loyal to the pope over the nation and be at his beck and call. Another important side note is at that time and still now many protestants don't consider Catholics to be real Christians. The same fear rose but not as much with the candidacy of Mitt Romney because he is Mormon. Many Protestants and Catholics do not see Mormons as real Christians and many Evangelicals hold the view that they distort the Bible. Glenn Beck is also Mormon and which is part of the reason I was surprised. Beck's audience is largely made up of Conservative Evangelicals and I always wondered if he would ever delve into the subject of theology considering so many evangelicals hold such negative views of Mormon Theology. On a side note, I personally believe that religion is an extremely personal belief and that no one has the right to question your beliefs and state they don't live up to their standard.
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