A story posted to CNN.com that says “imposter Christianity” is a threat to democracy in America is making the rounds in conservative circles, and Glenn Beck took the opportunity to try to dispel some of the claims during the open of Thursday’s show.
“Can we compile some evidence that everything CNN is contending here is wrong? Gee, after nine pages of footnotes, yeah we can do that,” Beck said before mockingly reading portions of the article.
Beck mostly took issue with the quotes from Kristin Kobes Du Mez, writer of The New York Times bestseller Jesus And John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation who said “white Christian nationalist beliefs have infiltrated the religious mainstream so thoroughly that virtually any conservative Christian pastor who tries to challenge its ideology risks their career. These ideas are so widespread that any individual pastor or Christian leader who tries to turn the tide and say, ‘Let’s look again at Jesus and scripture,’ are going to be tossed aside.”
“My gosh, I’m terrified now,” Beck mockingly said. He then added “CNN is clearly not talking about some minority offshoot here. They’re insinuating that every church in America, especially if you have a white pastor, is infected.”
He reiterated the line “virtually any conservative Christian pastor” from the article.
“I think that pretty much encapsulates almost all Christian churches.”
Beck later went on to say CNN attempted to skirt two of the biggest talking points in political circles.
“You know what they’re really talking about here, right? Homosexuality and abortion. The doctrine on these issues is clear. And no true Christian pastor will tell you that either is not a sin.”
Beck also described Thursday’s segment of “part one” of his rebuttal and alluded to continuing the takedown during the first hour of Friday’s program.
