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Idol Nonsense
I can’t believe it, but I’m about to blog about American Idol. This actually makes me feel a little less manly than I did last night when the employee at blockbuster questioned my rental choices. Who says “The Nativity Story” and “What Women Want” are not manly movies?? To be fair, Stephanie was with me, but umm…I guess the movies were my ideas. But just so you know…I did mention Rocky.
Ok…back to Idol. I watch the show…all the time. I’m addicted. So much so though that I read the online news about the show, the rumours, etc. I ran across this article yesterday:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17706687/
The article, in case you don’t want to read it, states that some supporters are questioning the Christian faith of Chris Sligh because he hasn’t sang “Christian Songs” lately. What a bunch of crap. Sligh is not my favorite, Blake Lewis is (and don’t beat me up, but Sanjaya used to be), but I have to say something about how stupid it is that people would say this. If you didn’t know, the first few songs that Chris Sligh sang were songs from “Christian” artists. (Mute Math, DC Talk, etc.) What I find funny is how people can say they worry when he is forced to sing a Diana Ross song. Does this make any sense?
One of the quotes from the story is from Jonathan Pait of fundamentalist Bob Jones University, which Sligh attended for several years. He said: “We really are somewhat disappointed with the direction he has gone musically.”
Do you think he really has another choice??
I worry that this is just another example to non-christians of why they are not christians, and an example of how “crazy” some christians can be. And I say that as a Christian. It’s almost embarassing. I pray that those people speaking out against Sligh’s so called bad song choice realize they should not worry so much about what songs he sings and should start worrying about themselves, or the much bigger problems in this world. I’m not saying these people are bad…but I’m sure they have something more to worry about than a guy singing a Diana Ross song.
I think Jesus said it best himself in Luke 6:41-42 “Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye.”
