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What do Michael Jackson, Elvis and R-Kelly have in common? Each one of them crumbled and literally lost their sense of reality under the weight of fame.
The Michael Jackson Molestation Case is one of the most tragic examples of fame gone awry in modern day history. Michael is aruguably the most talented and influencial performer in the history of pop music. A recent court decision, a major setback to Jackson's defense, ruled that jurors will hear testimony from at least nine witnesses who claim they saw Jackson engage in inappropriate physical conduct with five different boys between the ages of 10 and 13, including then-child actor Macaulay Culkin.
Unfortunately we never know from day to day how much of the Jackson debacle is spectacle and fabrication and how much is truth. One thing we are sure of is somewhere down the yellow brick road Mike made a few lefts instead of rights and ended up in a strange place far far from Kansas. I will say in his defense that being weird and mentally unstable does not make one guilty of everything that the media decides to blow up. Post modern media has become such a powerful and imperious force that whatever picture they surreptitious paint for America we buy hook, line and sinker.
So why do so many mega stars like John Lennon and MJ end up eventually literally losing their minds? It all boils down to one word, “worship”. Although there are 100’s of entertainers that reach star status and some mega-star status only a select few reach worship status.
Its really quite simple, man was not designed to handle worship, no entity for that matter, is designed to hanldle worship other than the Creator of creation, God and God alone. When humans receive the level of worship that a performer like Elvis received, to put it bluntly “it blows their mind.” I have watched footage of Michael Jackson in the 80’s in say Japan or Italy and the man literally shut a whole side of town down. Thousands of one glove wearing, Penny Loafer sporting fans would crowd the steets and surrounding hotels and structures just to get a glance. This man has worked no miracles, has saved no one from a decadent and lost life however women will lose their flighty little minds and faint at the grind of his pelvis.
That is why Christian Entertainment and Christian entertainers are so important. Christian entertainers who are truly submitted to God need to be easily accessable to America especially our youth. When I say Christian entertainers, I mean the type that know how to work the crowd and are talented and creative, yet know the importance of always redirecting the praise up to the Lord of Lords.
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