The dichotomy that is Glenn Beck and his followers.

[GentryDixon]

Glenn Beck proclaims ‘God is giving me a plan’ and his bat shit crazy followers are lapping it up.

Glenn Beck is a proclaimed Mormon. Most Christians believe the Mormon Church is a cult and their followers are not Christian.

So I can only assume if his fan base is saying they are willing to follow a non-christian cult leader they are not Christian? Can this be?

[polichick]

1. They don't think that far - it's enough that he cries about something they're afraid of.

[GentryDixon]

5. That is the sad truth.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. Listening to Glenn Beck is the closest we've ever come to replicating Vogon poetry.

I would imagine those stunned enough into thinking Beck makes sense wouldn't be bothered by being Christian and following a Mormon.

[Turbineguy]

6. Beck maybe could use this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/vogonpoetry/lettergen.shtml

[Marr]

3. The most useful bit of information I got from the book, "The Authoritarians", is

the fact that authoritarian followers are particularly bad at-- and unconcerned with-- reasoning. When they hear a conclusion they agree with, they assume the reasoning is sound. They're very easily manipulated as a result.

[polichick]

4. I've only read excerpts, but thought that explained a whole lot! nt