Beck: 'Forces of spiritual darkness' at CNN plotted Blitzer's atheist gaffe

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says that "forces of spiritual darkness" at CNN arranged to have Wolf Blitzer ask a atheist tornado survivor if she thanked the Lord as a plot to promote atheism.

At the conclusion of his Tuesday interview with Rebecca Vitsmun, Blitzer told the woman who lost all of her worldly possessions that "you gotta thank the Lord, right? Do you thank the Lord?"

"I’m actually an atheist," Vitsmun politely replied, adding, "I don’t blame anybody for thanking the Lord."

During Wednesday's radio show, Beck asserted that Blitzer's question was "peculiar in the way that it was stated."

"I think he was fed some information about the guest he had on beforehand -- that's what producers do -- given some questions that he should ask, etc., etc.," Beck explained. "Some producer, who is sympathetic to the atheist plight or just doesn't like Christians or whatever it is, thought it was important to point out that, in the middle of the heartland in American where most people are God fearing, there are atheists there too."

"It's important because it informs others what they are being taught about atheists from atheism and the bully pulpit and other sources of bias that is not a correct reflection of reality in plain view," he continued. "We are not fighting against flesh and bone, we are fighting the forces of spiritual darkness. And it doesn't matter what people's intent are, but I will tell you that, that was there for a reason."

Beck insisted that he liked atheists, but Christians needed to prove that they were better.

"Have I done anything this week, have you done anything that would make anyone say, 'Wow, what is it about them? I want to be like that. I want to be able to provide hope to others in dark times,'" the radio host said. "If you haven't done anything different than what an atheist can do this week then your light is not shining very bright at all."

"Because, quite honestly, if there is no difference, I mean, wouldn't you rather stay at home on Sunday? Wouldn't you rather just go ahead and just do what you wanted to do and not listen to some invisible guy in the sky?"

Watch this video from The Blaze, broadcast May 22, 2013.

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(h/t: Right Wing Watch)