No, Glenn Beck is not a Christian. He is a Mormon.Mormons, like commentator Glenn Beck and politician Mitt Romney, are not Christians.
For sources of varying authority on this question see: here, here, here and for the rest, here.
It is fair to clarify this black-and-white fact about Mr. Beck because he has been raising all sorts of antagonistic questions about President Obama's religion. He held a rally this weekend that was framed as a religious event, when in fact all it did was inject religion into our public political rhetoric as a means of fostering a sugar-coated patently white racist agenda.
After Washington rally, Beck assails Obama's religion... and see this rather scathing take down of Mr. Beck by Mr. Jon Stewart.
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck voiced sharper criticism of President Obama's religious beliefs Sunday than he and other speakers offered from the podium of the rally Beck organized at the Lincoln Memorial a day earlier.
By Felicia Sonmez
WASHINGTON — Conservative commentator Glenn Beck voiced sharper criticism of President Obama's religious beliefs Sunday than he and other speakers offered from the podium of the rally Beck organized at the Lincoln Memorial a day earlier.
During an interview on "Fox News Sunday," which was filmed after Saturday's rally, Beck claimed that Obama "is a guy who understands the world through liberation theology, which is oppressor and victim."
"People aren't recognizing his version of Christianity," Beck added...more...
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Beck himself recognizes that most Christians do not accept him as a Christian. See the tough Chris Wallace interview of Beck on Fox.
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Just for the record, Mormons are Christians. The church's official title is The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter Day Saints.
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