Hollywood Celebrities and Pop Culture - The Rape of the Mind
By Michael Bresciani (08/10/06)
Fans of the fabulous celebrities are prone to cast off all dignity for the
glimpse of one of their idols. Many people are also willing to cast off
their better judgment and common sense in their unbridled applause of the
famous. Where does it end, how did it begin?
Fame, fortune, and power stand at the top of the heap when it comes to
what we call success. Most peculiar of these is fame. It seems the rule,
which is rarely spoken out loud is, anyone who is very well known didn’t
get that way because they did everything wrong. Oh really! Who hasn’t
heard the names of some famous criminals like John Dillinger or Al Capone
or John Wayne Gacy? Many of these criminals were even trusted and held
hero status in the minds of some people.
Actors after all only portray the very worst human behavior so they are
held above any level of culpability. Ignoring the power of suggestion and
the force of example they are generally held guiltless. That thousands of
youth, weak minded individuals and those with a penchant for criminal
activity may be directly influenced by actors is not supposed to be
addressed. How easy it is to portray those who decry this evil influence
as extremist, right wing extremist, bible thumpers, self righteous or a
few other appellations I can’t mention here. Does fame change the
standards of morality, sadly for many Americans the answer is, yes?
Faith in God is among other things a call to get rid of the influence laid
upon us by the rich, powerful or famous. It is addressed many times
throughout the Bible with admonitions like this one. “Thou shalt not wrest
judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift
doth blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.”
Deuteronomy 16:19 For those deeply influenced by celebrities, it requires
a lot less than a gift but only a glimpse or a word from their favorite
star can get them onboard some perverted or twisted secular view or cause
in the proverbial New York minute. This is the rape of the mind. These
minds are not weak minds but according to the Bible they are blind minds
and are easy prey. 2 Corinthians 4:14
In his brazen and irreverent style as a political humorist Bill Maher has
caught the attention of millions of American minds. That these minds were
largely suspended in mid air by absolutely nothing made them easy prey.
His show “Politically Incorrect” which ended in 2002 won several Emmy
awards during its run. In the summer of 2006 Mr. Maher appeared on the Jay
Leno show and in his usual pompous style espoused a good bit of his
liberal hype to the enthusiastic applause of the audience. The most
excited applause was elicited from the audience when Mr. Maher decried the
resistance to stem cell research that Maher attributes largely to the Bush
administrations policies.
He raised the audience to the heights when he said that what stifle the
good efforts of stem cell researchers are men like George Bush who have
decided all on their own when exactly life begins. He inferred that it was
Mr. Bush’s religious persuasions that have brought him to resist the great
high priests of the secular world, the scientists. To the average couch
potato trying to relax in his own home this may have gone unnoticed but
perhaps a few good folks may have wondered how Mr. Maher decided when life
does or does not begin. Why should his view of it be any more valid than
the presidents?
If the beginning of life takes place at some unknown point after
conception that is arbitrarily determined by just anyone then how easy it
would be to make a mistake. Those that say it’s after the first trimester
could be wrong by a month, a day or even a minute. What reasonable person
would like to take a chance on that deadly error? Do the math, those that
say life begins at conception could be dead wrong but that would still
leave no one dead. The proponents of abortion have no such assuring
outcome to their beliefs.
According to Mr. Maher and others who aren’t so sure when life begins, the
Chinese who are attributed for stating the following proverb must be
wholly incorrect. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first
step.” I suppose if we’re really to know if the proverb is true or not we
could just start traveling to Hollywood from wherever we are. When we get
there we could knock on the door of some celebrity and ask them if our
trip started on the first mile of the journey or at some other point along
the way. Oh, by no means takeoff for Washington D.C. because we already
know what that dumb old president is going to say. He is going to tell us
our journey began with the first step and with the first mile. Who could
trust that nonsense?
The priests of ancient Baalism offered children as sacrifice to appease
their gods. The Bible says these gods were actually no more than demons.
Is the offering of our unborn to the priests of science and secularism all
that much different? Has the end justifying the means now become an
acceptable substitute for doing what is natural, right and obviously moral
and humane? Humane? What would the animal rights activist do if they got
wind of a group of veterinarians who were pulling out whole litters of
puppies from their mothers bodies for some experiment? How many animal
hospitals would get picketed, burned or worse?
Mr. Maher and his enthusiastic audience may not be as sure as Mr. Bush
about when human life begins but there is one place they may want to visit
to help them in their decision. Instead of the Hollywood tour of celebrity
stars maybe they should travel to Wichita Kansas to see the building that
Operation Blessing recently purchased. The building was formerly used by
Central Women’s Services as an abortion clinic. On August 7th of 2006 it
was reported by several news agencies that the people of operation
Blessing sprayed the walls ceilings and floors of the building with a
substance known as luminol. They took both still photos and videos of the
inside of the former clinic that would curdle the blood of anyone
regardless of how heartless or hardened they may be. The room glowed like
something out of the worst horror movie of the decade. From the floors,
walls and even the ceilings an eerie glow of death filled the room and one
photographer grew so sick they had to flee the room before fainting.
Visiting this former clinic may not answer the question of when life
begins but it would go a long way to show how and in what manner life
ends. After that, the first question may be given a great deal more
attention and thought. For most of us with an average measure of common
sense we don’t need the Bible, the President or Hollywood celebrities to
tell us that most things begin…at the beginning.
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