I'll admit I don't know much about Mormon theology, but don't/didn't they view whites (Joseph Smith, et. al. specifically) as the true Israel from both a spiritual and genealogical perspective? And associate dark skin (or at least some dark-skinned peoples) with the curse of Cain?
The whole mission of the church is "The gathering of Israel." Where the Abrahamic covenant is restored and extended to the whole human family, via Ordinances at their Temples.
There is a parallel to the curse of Cain Ham in the Book of Mormon, too. Where sin causes the skin of the Lamanites to turn dark, which explains the dark skin of Native Americans.
The LDS Church has since backed off the latter point, allowing non-whites to receive the priesthood, and marking that teaching as in error. (They are trying to be a world church, pursuant to the former goal.)
However, in Glenn Beck's case, the simpler answer is that he's a ticket-taker who happens to have been Mormon. His response to the JQ aligns with that analysis more than Mormon theology. EDIT: You see the same thing with Sanderson and the LGBTQ+ stance he's taken.
Yes, and Mormons were pretty much against blacks having leadership in the church until the seventies too. I don't know if there's any theological basis for it, but it just seems like in CURRENT YEAR they are among the worst of the worst in the modern evangelical movement. They fund tons of immigrant sponsorship groups and try to convert non-whites all over the world to their faith.
In Glenn's case he's acting like the typical grifter pundit who feels the need to tear down fringe voices who might sully his image, or maybe just cozy up to the Jewish community because he knows how powerful they are. (he's once called himself an aspirational Jew) You'd think if Mormons considered the covenant fulfilled and Europeans the real Jews, they wouldn't need to obsess over the modern nation state.
... if Mormons considered the covenent fulfilled and Europeans the real Jews...
They consider the old covenant fulfilled, but there is no racial aspect to who the New Covenant's people are/can be. The doctrine is that you're adopted into the House of Israel, with a tribe assigned by a patriarch. There's no barrier to entry except that many will be called and few chosen.
To my mind, that's why the LDS leadership is sleep-walking the process of choosing the world. They're trying to convert everyone, save everyone. It's very evangelical. Yet by trying to go mainstream, the master of the world, the Adversary, gains a say in corrupting them. Osmosis vs Reverse Osmosis of evil, basically. Bog standard spiritual warfare.
They fund tons of immigrant sponsorship groups and try to convert non-whites all over the world to their faith.
Right. As I addressed above, large swaths of the LDS are totally naïve as regards race (both Black and JQ)-- the mainstream LDS lacks the theological basis to be otherwise after the decision to open the Priesthood in the seventies. Most of the 1800s sensibilities were assumed by the founders of the church, and not written into the doctrines. What little doctrine there was (like the priesthood restrictions) have been written out since.
Then you have your Romneys, Sandersons, and Becks-- ticket-takers, basically.
Both issues exploit the biggest weakness of the LDS: wolves are in the fold, so to speak, and there's no mechanism to deal with it internally.
The most important thing to know about Mormonism is that from the moment Smith died they started a schism about politics (polygamy being the big one) and have just kept casting out the less-progressive members of their church every generation.
They are extremely easily bullyable into changing their doctrine to match Leftist dogma, especially because they allow "continued Revelations" to be adopted from important members claiming to get visions from god.
I'll admit I don't know much about Mormon theology, but don't/didn't they view whites (Joseph Smith, et. al. specifically) as the true Israel from both a spiritual and genealogical perspective? And associate dark skin (or at least some dark-skinned peoples) with the curse of Cain?
Not wrong on either point.
The whole mission of the church is "The gathering of Israel." Where the Abrahamic covenant is restored and extended to the whole human family, via Ordinances at their Temples.
There is a parallel to the curse of
CainHam in the Book of Mormon, too. Where sin causes the skin of the Lamanites to turn dark, which explains the dark skin of Native Americans.The LDS Church has since backed off the latter point, allowing non-whites to receive the priesthood, and marking that teaching as in error. (They are trying to be a world church, pursuant to the former goal.)
However, in Glenn Beck's case, the simpler answer is that he's a ticket-taker who happens to have been Mormon. His response to the JQ aligns with that analysis more than Mormon theology. EDIT: You see the same thing with Sanderson and the LGBTQ+ stance he's taken.
Yes, and Mormons were pretty much against blacks having leadership in the church until the seventies too. I don't know if there's any theological basis for it, but it just seems like in CURRENT YEAR they are among the worst of the worst in the modern evangelical movement. They fund tons of immigrant sponsorship groups and try to convert non-whites all over the world to their faith.
In Glenn's case he's acting like the typical grifter pundit who feels the need to tear down fringe voices who might sully his image, or maybe just cozy up to the Jewish community because he knows how powerful they are. (he's once called himself an aspirational Jew) You'd think if Mormons considered the covenant fulfilled and Europeans the real Jews, they wouldn't need to obsess over the modern nation state.
They consider the old covenant fulfilled, but there is no racial aspect to who the New Covenant's people are/can be. The doctrine is that you're adopted into the House of Israel, with a tribe assigned by a patriarch. There's no barrier to entry except that many will be called and few chosen.
To my mind, that's why the LDS leadership is sleep-walking the process of choosing the world. They're trying to convert everyone, save everyone. It's very evangelical. Yet by trying to go mainstream, the master of the world, the Adversary, gains a say in corrupting them. Osmosis vs Reverse Osmosis of evil, basically. Bog standard spiritual warfare.
Right. As I addressed above, large swaths of the LDS are totally naïve as regards race (both Black and JQ)-- the mainstream LDS lacks the theological basis to be otherwise after the decision to open the Priesthood in the seventies. Most of the 1800s sensibilities were assumed by the founders of the church, and not written into the doctrines. What little doctrine there was (like the priesthood restrictions) have been written out since.
Then you have your Romneys, Sandersons, and Becks-- ticket-takers, basically.
Both issues exploit the biggest weakness of the LDS: wolves are in the fold, so to speak, and there's no mechanism to deal with it internally.
The most important thing to know about Mormonism is that from the moment Smith died they started a schism about politics (polygamy being the big one) and have just kept casting out the less-progressive members of their church every generation.
They are extremely easily bullyable into changing their doctrine to match Leftist dogma, especially because they allow "continued Revelations" to be adopted from important members claiming to get visions from god.