I hear ya.
With regard to your American Idol society, I think it’s much more of a Entertainment Tonight society.
This senseless adoration of actors and musicians is extremely problematic. Both fields are okay, but to lend god-like status to either is destructive. Our society pays a heavy price for pushing this.
Our youth are more concerned about what some dumb ass kid (or adult) thinks than what is happening to our nation. “Sure, destroy the nation as long as X thinks it’s okay. I don’t care.” That’s the message unfortunately.
i was all about sex, drugs and rockNroll in the 80s but the latest crop of youth hasnt got a clue about anything except easy leisure with somebody else pullin the cart...my oldest son included...instant gratification has sunk to a whole new low these days [im sure my grandparents felt the same way] but i think we [the grownups who learned a bit of history and scripture] need to LEAD the way to repentence from all the 'idols' we serve in our daily lives...
The Lord is watching how we handle ourselves in this mess, unfortunately, that, i believe, is why our 'representatives' still have the ability to write...