“For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. . . .” -Romans 1:21-23
People are inherently religious. If they refuse to worship the true God, they’ll latch on to a substitute instead. PETA types go for the four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Meanwhile, agnostics and atheists think themselves sophisticated in their unbelief, but they’re always the first to fall for a cult of personality. Throughout the world, the secular Left has never met a demagogue it didn’t like — Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Che, Pol Pot, Castro, Chavez, Arafat, and so many others. Obamania is just the latest in the trend (though thankfully it’s gauzier and less bloody-minded.)
Check out this video and see if you don’t get a creepy, skin-crawly, Dear Leadery, California Über Alles vibe from the whole thing:
UPDATE: Roger Simon has similar thoughts — “Watching this video has disturbed me more than almost anything I have seen in recent years. It is the kind of exploitation of children that reminds me of Young Pioneer Camps I saw when visiting the Soviet Union in the Eighties.”
You’re right on.
I saw that clip earlier and couldn’t get through more than 45 seconds.
It was a little too lame to be creepy. And not lame in that stultified kitschy way that Pioneer camps were, but in a very suburban American way. Actually it kinda cheered me up to see that the Church doesn’t have a monopoly on the Saccharine Aesthetic.
“Actually it kinda cheered me up to see that the Church doesn’t have a monopoly on the Saccharine Aesthetic.”
I had a similar thought. . . though still found it creepy.