RADIOMay 05, 2023

2 stories that PROVE America's battling ‘FULL FLEDGED EVIL’

America isn’t currently in a battle against men — Republican or Democrat, Glenn says. Rather, our nation is in a battle against ‘full-fledged evil.’ And in this clip, Glenn shares 2 stories that prove just how DARK our society has become. One of those stories includes an after school SATAN CLUB, run by the Satanic Temple. A federal judge just ruled the Saucon Valley School District (in Pennsylvania) MUST allow the club to run. Glenn gives all the details, plus, he describes a small, but powerful, action you can take TODAY to help stop this madness soon…

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: I truly believe, that if there is a God, his -- his work, his glory has got to be that he can save, man, his creation.

And create a world, where if we understand what's going on, we'll be joyous.

That we have joy in our life. We are meant to have joy.

And I -- I have -- it's weird.

About three weeks ago, or so, I was praying. And I heard. I need you here, every day for the next two weeks.

And so I dedicated myself. I would come in and do the show. And then I would come in and pray.

And I'm having a hard time seeing things -- this is exact opposite for me.

I've tried to be positive for a very long time.

And I couldn't. I'm like, oh, my gosh. The news of the day. And then I would get sidetracked. I'm having a hard time not talking you to about the good things. And I don't mean about the good things that are going on. Because those are a little sparse. I mean, just the things like, you are in control of your own life. You are in control of your own emotions. You are in control.

You were born for a reason. You -- if you are -- if you are locked in this trap, where you were like, I'm a bad person. Or I've done all things. Or I can't be of use, because I'm too small. Whatever that is.

That's all a lie. And I want you to know, that we are not -- we are not battling men or Democrats or Republicans.

We are battling evil. Full-fledged evil.

And what does evil do? Evil perverts everything.

Evil twists all the words, to make you believe, it doesn't exist. And that it's actually kind of a good thing, you know.

Listen to this story. The after-school Satan club, was brought by a parent who wanted a non-Christian religious club. That would be safe. And inclusive for their non-Christian children.

So you go to the satanic temple? Okay.

Judgment issue there, right off the bat. Hey, mom, I don't really think that's a good idea.

The federal judge now has ruled that a Pennsylvania school district must allow an after school Satan club. They ruled in 1962, no state-sponsored prayer. Violation of the establishment. That's not true.

Bring that up right now. I'll bet you that there are people that are looking for the case. If somebody has the balls to read the Bible, or say a prayer every day in a public school, and they make a good case for it.

I'm telling you, that will get in front of the Supreme Court.

And I think they would overturn this.

But that was ruled in 1962. Have we gotten better? Or have we gotten worse?

Okay. Now, because of free speech and all of this.

You have to allow the worshiping of Satan. That's what they say. You don't. It's evil. No!

So the school board in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, now they say are obligated to allow the Satanist Club.

Now, listen to this. Is this amazing. The Satanic Temple, which sponsors the after school Satan's Club likewise applied to use school facilities after being contacted by a local parent, who hoped to bring the reasonable. A non-Christian, religious club. That would be safe and inclusive for their non-Christian children. They went on to claim, that the programming undertaken in the name of Satan, was opened to all students.

And it promotes the Satanic virtues of benevolence, empathy. Now think of this: Benevolence. Empathy. What are we talking about right now?

What is in our society? Can you be a little more benevolent?

Can't you help these people a little bit more?

What? You have no empathy for what these people -- what these things have been going through.

It's been twisted. There is a point to where you say, oh, my gosh. This is the 150th time you've stolen from CVS. And, boy, I feel bad. Because you had a really tough life. But you're going to jail!

Okay? There can be empathy and love, but justice must be on the other side of the scale. Justice and mercy. So they went on to say. It promotes benevolence. Empathy. Critical thinking.

Critical thinking.

GLENN: This comes from the Dark Ages, where you're like, don't question. Don't even question.

Well, I don't -- can we not even look into that?

No. That's the devil making you want to do that. I haven't heard that, since I don't know when.

Nobody even talks about that anymore. No. It's okay to question.

Honest questions. But, you know, it's like you're going to the Mercedes dealership, and, you know, because you're going to church.

There's the Mercedes. And you're like, okay.

Now let me go to a -- the place that Biden is using now just -- it's all government money. It's completely corrupt.

And let me talk to them, about why I should have an EV.

They're really corrupt. They have the wrong things going. It's all a scam.

Oh, I'm just going to listen, and ask my questions, at the Mercedes dealership. I may not buy a Mercedes.

But tell me why this is the car I should have.

And I would like to know some skeptics around. But they're not part of the corrupt EV company that's -- that's just dirty.

Okay? What are we doing?

You're asking questions and you're going to Satanists for answers? What kind of answers do you think you're going to get, Mom?

Also, problem solving. Creative expression. Listen to this one. Personal sovereignty.

Really? Satan was the one for personal sovereignty?

Satan was the one who said, I'll rescue them all, because I'll tell them exactly what to do.

And you think he's for personal sovereignty.

Oh. And compassion. This is what is -- is happening now in our society. We are not battling people. People have fallen under some sort of hypnosis. Some sort of spell.

I swear to you. I don't know what happened to them, to get them. I'm guessing it's just been a slow trip. And before you know it, you're like, yeah.

The Satanist Club. That makes sense. No. It doesn't, sweetheart. It doesn't.

I am your brother. I will always love you.

But I'm going to tell you the hard truth.

You are on the wrong path. And it's not like we're talking about tax policies. We're talking about evil.

And I don't know how people don't see that right now. Listen to this one. This is actually from Newsweek. And it was written by Ashley McGuire.

And she says, it's okay to be Roman Catholic, right?

That was a question that Congressman Jeff Van Drew posed to an FBI official in recent investigative hearings run by Congressman Jim Jordan. Somebody has to answer me, please.

You'll forgive him for asking the hearings, ignored almost entirely, save a handful of conservative news outlets, that were looking into the leaked FBI memo, alleging some sort of connection between radical traditionalist, Catholic ideology in the FBI's words and violent extremism.

In its title of the memo, it states that racially or ethnically violent extremists in radical, traditional Catholic ideology, almost certainly presents new mitigation opportunities.

Does that bother you?

What does that mean? New mitigation opportunities?

What does that mean? You're looking for crimes?

You're out there -- you're not prosecuting crimes. You're looking for crimes. It discusses new avenues for tripwire and source development. Including through outreach through traditional Catholic parishes, and the development of sources.

Meaning, get the local priest and parishioners, to spy on each other.

So they say, oh, no.

That was a mistake. Really? Was it?

Because that was pretty amazing. And it went out to all of the FBI nationwide.

Okay. Now, what's really bad is the Catholic Church is probably the one that is getting the most pushback on abortion. Just -- there's been 150 attacks on Catholic churches.

The number -- the -- since they started tracking in 2020, the number now is over 300.

There was 150 attacks, right after Roe vs. Wade.

So now, this Catholic president, he's overseeing a Justice Department that is targeting the Roman Catholics, because they're extremists.

Now, is that -- are you an extremist because you don't agree with the policy of the president?

It is really -- it is -- let me say this: Today is the national day of prayer.

Last year. Roughly 15 Christians were killed for their faith, every day.

There were 2,110 churches that were attacked and destroyed.

There were 140,000 Christians who were displaced only because of their faith. In North Korea, if they think you're a Christian, you get deported to a labor camp, or you're executed. If they find you with a Bible in Somalia, they'll kill you immediately. Christian converts in Yemen are targeted to their faith, abused, assaulted, raped, and killed.

In Libya, Christians are routinely murdered by their own families. Nigeria, 41 Christians were massacred while worshiping in their church on Pentecost. The list goes on and on. Pakistan, Sudan, India, Afghanistan, China.

According to Open Doors World Watch List, there are 50 countries where Christians face very high or extremely high persecution.

But today, in America, is our National Day of Prayer. By law, our president is required to release a statement that sets this day aside for National Day of Prayer every year. Now, you might think -- you might be thinking, oh, that's a proclamation, just to save face. Our leaders don't actually believe in prayer.

Yeah. That might be true. But just think about this. In America, we're worried that people might be pretending to be religious. In North Korea, and all around the world, they have to pretend not to be religious, or they die.

This year, I want you to go into your office. I want you to go wherever -- wherever you have some friendlies around you. But it's a little bit risky. I want you to go in and say, hey. It's a national day of prayer.

And I just we can all agree, I think our country is in trouble.

I don't care what side we're on. We're in trouble. Can we take a minute and pray together? Do it. Do it.

STU: That's what Tucker Carlson said. He came out. Never would do another show.

GLENN: Yeah. Well, do it. It has to be done.

Christians have to take a moment and think and pray and thank God that we still live in a country, where God can be welcomed and praised.

Shocking train video: Passengers wait while woman bleeds out

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

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GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

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Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.