Sad transformation.
Posted on 01/29/2014 10:44:00 AM PST by BlatherNaut
LOS ANGELES, January 28, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sunday night’s Grammy Awards show was all about shock value. Scantily-clad singers, same-sex “marriages” set to anti-Christian lyrics, simulated sex acts and a performance full of demonic imagery by pop star Katy Perry – who used to be Christian artist Katy Hudson – were just a few of the on-stage stunts that seemed custom-designed to offend Christian believers.
While most of the industry insiders in attendance cheered the provocative displays, at least a few decided they’d had enough, as one Christian nominee walked out in the middle of the show, and one Grammy award winner refused to show up at all.
Christian singer-songwriter Mandisa opted to stay home from the Grammys Sunday night. “We left the Grammys early,” Christian gospel singer Natalie Grant announced via Twitter. “I’ve many thoughts, most of which are probably better left inside my head. But I’ll say this: I’ve never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I’ve never been more sure of the path I’ve chosen.”
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The ten minutes I watched was something I hope never to see again. Beyoncé and her husband having sex on stage was repulsive. Ok clothes were on but they were a bumping and grinding and a lot of twerking going on.....it was horrid.
But the word Jesus is offensive and would get FCC complaints.
The Army of Tolerance are all desirous to open death camps for us normals
These “progressives” are very confused about what the meaning of “hate” really is.
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I saw pictures and there’s no way that what she was wearing was ‘ok.’
Where is that fraud Tipper Gore these days?
She and her husband played up “conservative” hysterics to seize the national stage (with Congressional hearings and talk show appearances) in the 1980s as Al Gore ran unsuccessfully for the White House in 1988.
Their belief in global warming is just as fake and their sincerity just as emotional.
***But I’ll say this: I’ve never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I’ve never been more sure of the path I’ve chosen.”***
Amen to that. Let us all remember that the Lord of Glory has already put us in the winners circle. Our victory in Him is eternal.
Sad transformation.
Amen!
Grimy Awards would be a more approptiate name for such vile proceedings
Spelling correction: “appropriate”.
We need to pray for Katy Perry (Hudson) that she comes into a saving knowledge of the Lord. I cannot imagine the grief her parents must endure. Prayers for them as well.
I suspect her parents are having a significant impact for the Kingdom, hence the issues with their daughter.
Agree, completely. Prayers up for Katy and family, indeed.
The late Judge Robert Bork wrote a controversial book in 1996 called “Slouching Toward Gomorrah” Modern Liberalism and American Decline” He was pilloried in the mainstream media for being a negative conservative alarmist.
That same year, former Reagan cabinet member, Dr. William Bennett published his “The Book of Virtues.” In it he attempted to call our attention to a process he termed the “coarsening of the culture.” He was likewise raked over the coals for attempting to point out what, in retrospect, anyone with half a brain would recognize as early attempts to prevent the slide that has brought us to this sad and lamentable place where we now find the former “shining city on a hill”.
Some of you older folks may recall that in 2003, Dr. Bennett admitted to having a gambling addiction during the period around the publication of his book. He was again publicly castigated for his transgression.
That would have also been around the same time when Bill Clinton was being fellated in the Oral – er – Oval Office by one of his young subordinates, one Miss Lewinsky. DNA testing of some – ahh – “spots” on one of Miss Lewinsky's dresses proved to be of Clintonian origin.
During Clinton's ensuing impeachment – which most of the media called various names synonymous with “frivolous” – he vehemently denied his transgression and does so even today. As much as they tried, the leftist media could not completely ignore a congressional impeachment proceeding. But they did all they could to downplay the seriousness and the impact of it on Clinton's presidency.
(It came out later that the Israelis had Osama bin Laden in their sights 3 different times and, preoccupied covering his "tracks" in l'affaire Lewinsky, Clinton declined to take action. One can only guess how his failure to act might have impacted the events of 9/11/2001! It's entirely possible that 9/11 might not have happened and over 3,000 Americans might not have perished that day!)
The difference? I don't recall that Dr. Bennett was ever accused of being fellated by subordinate females in his office but was set upon by the media for his admitted sin of gambling. Bill Clinton was given a pass by this same media, setting the stage for their worshipful, genuflecting “coverage” (covering up) of Obama and his ongoing criminal enterprise.
Forgive the foregoing digressions. I inserted them in an effort to head off the inevitable beat down and cries of hypocrisy coming this way from the leftists who might stumble across my rant.
Let me cut to the chase.
Nearly all the virtues we may have possessed in 1996 are now but a distant memory for a disturbing number of those around us. The most cursory trip into the internet will reveal them. You only need to read some of the stories coming out of the Obama administration: Benghazi, IRS harassment of opponents, generally Democrat vote buying and outright fraud, the failure to hold accountable those around him who are either incompetent or, as in the case of Obamacare, following his deceitful orders to create a base for the single-payer system he and they wanted all along.
Of course, politicians of all stripes have lied for eons: Obama and his mendatious minions have honed it into an art form.
I refused to watch the so-called State of the Union fib fest but I do hope some of you kept a tally of the Chief Pontificator’s prevarications. I suspect the list consumed several large tablets. I could go on but space – and the TV induced 90 second attention span of the average American – is limited.
Which brings me to TV and a phenomenon to which Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan introduced in his book “The Medium is The Message.”
If the “coarsening of the culture” was moving along briskly in 1996, today it is hypersonic.
We plop down to watch TV only to find Janet Jackson having a “wardrobe malfunction;” a nearly nude Miley Cyrus “twerking” with some guy in prison stripes and stroking herself in private places once reserved for the bedroom; the Grammy Awards so slanted to the left wing, liberal, libertine and gay agenda that at least one Christian performer left the building in protest.
We're getting “the message” alright.
While earlier American presidents have come close, we're heading straight into uncharted waters. But other nations have led the way: Greece, Rome, The Wiemar Republic era in Germany, Sodom and, of course, Gomorrah.
I'm afraid I have no choice but to end this with some really bad news: We're no longer slouching toward Gomorrah. We have ARRIVED!
PS: File this under “Preaching to the Choir – Again”
My guess is that Katy(whoever) could make money by pretending to be Christian, and now can make it by being anti-Christian.
Has Katy been divorced by the family yet?
Which one of them skipped out of the show? That must've been a sight to see.
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They were probably all running to the store to buy the CD’s. Shame on us Christians, we are the ones that are making these people filthy rich, contributing to our own destruction.
I read that it was the second highest watch grammy’s ever.
I think being a Christian is just an easy way in for these people. They then decide to ‘mature’ and become what they become.
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