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Enough of my psychologizing for tonight.

Promise???? Your characterization of "extreme fundamentalist Christian" made me laugh. A hotel with a bar??? Get real!!! I suppose he shouldn't be caught dead in a supermarket that sells liquor! Doing a few little dance steps on a stage?? OMG, better gather the deacons together!!! Wow! I'm not sure I've ever heard so many misonceptions of Christianity, or in your words, "extreme fundamentalist" Christianity, in my life! (It sounds like it might be fun sport!!) Oh, and the "loose women" comment! LOL

My husband was raised in Guam and some of his friends were older military guys. He didn't really fit into either world -- the military (his dad was a Continental Airlines employee) or the Guamanians. I don't see anything weird about Chris not quite fitting in and having friends who were older. Life can be hard for missionary kids.

You may be right about him having problems getting along and not finding his niche, but that may not be unusual for a second son and one who is obviously gifted as a vocalist. It seems to me that AI is giving him his best chance to make that career a reality. Of course he'll have to learn how to get along with all sorts of artsy people... But wait! Some of them might be gay... :o)

As far as the other "free spirits" you mention, Jordin Sparks goes to my church here in Phoenix. If you read the comments made by each contestant in AI, there are other Christians in the Final 12 as well. I'm sure they all stay huddled in their hotel rooms in fear of glimpsing the hotel bar or loose women.

And as far as I know, there's nothing in the Bible prohibiting being on a stage. sheesh!

And as far as I know, there's nothing in the Bible prohibiting being on a stage. sheesh!

Right, and I don't understand a thought process that says God is opposed to people entertaining if they show THEIR talent!!! I know in my church the fundy-dudy personification of YOU SHOULDN'T BRING GLORY TO YOURSELF, ONLY TO GOD when you're infront of people is so misunderstood and an unwritten rule so thick you couldn't cut it with a chain saw. Good perfoming is an art, a craft, a GOD giving talent, it's supposed to breathe and have life...as God intended.

That's Entertainment!

My dear, I know very well from where I speak. My grandkids have been raised in an ultra-extremist-Christian sect. When we had a family reunion, they came from out-of-state with their parents (leaders in this ultra-conservative sect).

I made reservations and paid in advance for their rooms at a fine hotel. The dad was enraged that I put them up at a place that had a bar. And, in his weird perspective, "un- Christian entertainment"--a dance band.

Please don't lecture me. I have been exposed to the worst in "Christianity".

Also, the Best, here at FR.

Chris Sligh's father and mother belong to the same cult as my son-in-law.