MJ Vs. The Pope
This is a tough one...both have a lot of young boy sex karma on their hands. At his height MJ was adored, literally, all over the world. When we were in Nepal his was the only face on what public media they had, T-shirts. He's an amazing performer. I remember the night he sang Billie Jean at Motown's 25th Anniversary show like it was yesterday, god, what a performance. The Pope inspired dreams of freedom in Poland, Lech Walesa and the ultimate demise of Communism. There is no single individual, in my mind, more responsible for the fall of Communism.
Beyond who they are as individuals, MJ personifies to me, the epitome of big business interests in world wide music. The Pope represents, similarly, to me, the embodiment of the corporatization of spirituality. Therefore, I find it very interesting to see them in concurrent states of demise and disarray as the 21st century takes off.
MJ built a world around himself. An amazing, intuitive child... with some deep problems. He felt a sense of great power as those valuable copyrights he stole from McCartney (Sony has them now) and others, along with his own string of hits, paid off. So, the arrogance and sense of inviolability grew until he felt safe, maybe even justified, abusing kids. He may genuinely see himself as some benefactor preserving the innocence of children. Things grow till they sow the seeds of their own demise and in the smallest and weakest little cancer patient poor kid, comes the seed of undoing.
The church stresses sexual abstinence, particularly in its clergy. Sex is viewed, essentially, as negative. They give it a little lip service, that maybe it can be part of marriage, so you can use rhythm. But the overriding message is that sex is dirty, something to be avoided, unless you are producing a Catholic. It' not even covert. Mother Theresa herself said her primary concern is not alleviating suffering but bringing souls to Christ.
Well, hey there, ever heard of the field of psychology? I mean, it's pretty well established that going for long periods without fulfilling the body's natural desire for sexual expression is damaging (and I mean with real human beings, not the internet). I can attest to this first hand, believe me. This is not up for grabs in my mind... it's reality. They had a Newsweek cover saying 90% of marriages are sexless. Then you look at our society in general which tells people, basically, sit in your office all day and be on the phone and take meetings and report back and tell the group and check in and keep your cell on and Blackberry too and.....it's endless and people are stressed and unhappy and sexless and they don't even know about it or care. It's wild. They should get a clue, cause my life a has turned around like night from day now that I have an active, healthy sex life. Your whole world changes. I was willing to accept so little for myself, without even realizing it.
Now, I know this is what Jesus wanted for us, cause, the guy was party central. He was drinking and hanging with the ladies and defending them and giving some things for people to think about like, don't judge, don't be so into money, think about God. He hated the establishment. He's one of the greatest revolutionaries that ever lived. It's too bad the Romans co-opted it.
So, I gotta go with the Pope, even though he's spawned from that line of co-opter/subverters and represents a philosophy that has kept billions of women barefoot and pregnant for centuries cause at least he has the right attitude about the war in Iraq. And, after all, I'm only comparing him favorably to MJ. Then again, MJ is only responsible for a few messed up boys, not thousands.
I find it terribly sad that a religion which does command so many people essentially counsels people to live their life in such a way that may produce more Christian children but will be without true happiness and fulfillment. And don't go writing me telling me how fulfilling it is to work all day and cook and clean and tend others and never yourself... cause I just don't buy it and both Jesus and Buddah said that following one's inner path to God was the way to fulfillment.
Beyond who they are as individuals, MJ personifies to me, the epitome of big business interests in world wide music. The Pope represents, similarly, to me, the embodiment of the corporatization of spirituality. Therefore, I find it very interesting to see them in concurrent states of demise and disarray as the 21st century takes off.
MJ built a world around himself. An amazing, intuitive child... with some deep problems. He felt a sense of great power as those valuable copyrights he stole from McCartney (Sony has them now) and others, along with his own string of hits, paid off. So, the arrogance and sense of inviolability grew until he felt safe, maybe even justified, abusing kids. He may genuinely see himself as some benefactor preserving the innocence of children. Things grow till they sow the seeds of their own demise and in the smallest and weakest little cancer patient poor kid, comes the seed of undoing.
The church stresses sexual abstinence, particularly in its clergy. Sex is viewed, essentially, as negative. They give it a little lip service, that maybe it can be part of marriage, so you can use rhythm. But the overriding message is that sex is dirty, something to be avoided, unless you are producing a Catholic. It' not even covert. Mother Theresa herself said her primary concern is not alleviating suffering but bringing souls to Christ.
Well, hey there, ever heard of the field of psychology? I mean, it's pretty well established that going for long periods without fulfilling the body's natural desire for sexual expression is damaging (and I mean with real human beings, not the internet). I can attest to this first hand, believe me. This is not up for grabs in my mind... it's reality. They had a Newsweek cover saying 90% of marriages are sexless. Then you look at our society in general which tells people, basically, sit in your office all day and be on the phone and take meetings and report back and tell the group and check in and keep your cell on and Blackberry too and.....it's endless and people are stressed and unhappy and sexless and they don't even know about it or care. It's wild. They should get a clue, cause my life a has turned around like night from day now that I have an active, healthy sex life. Your whole world changes. I was willing to accept so little for myself, without even realizing it.
Now, I know this is what Jesus wanted for us, cause, the guy was party central. He was drinking and hanging with the ladies and defending them and giving some things for people to think about like, don't judge, don't be so into money, think about God. He hated the establishment. He's one of the greatest revolutionaries that ever lived. It's too bad the Romans co-opted it.
So, I gotta go with the Pope, even though he's spawned from that line of co-opter/subverters and represents a philosophy that has kept billions of women barefoot and pregnant for centuries cause at least he has the right attitude about the war in Iraq. And, after all, I'm only comparing him favorably to MJ. Then again, MJ is only responsible for a few messed up boys, not thousands.
I find it terribly sad that a religion which does command so many people essentially counsels people to live their life in such a way that may produce more Christian children but will be without true happiness and fulfillment. And don't go writing me telling me how fulfilling it is to work all day and cook and clean and tend others and never yourself... cause I just don't buy it and both Jesus and Buddah said that following one's inner path to God was the way to fulfillment.
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