Madonna: theologian/philosopher

This past weekend, the Drudge Report quoted pop superstar Madonna, from her upcoming documentary film I'm Going To Tell You A Secret:

"...the beast is the modern world that we live in.  The material world.  The physical world.  The world of illusion, that we think is real.  We live for it, we're enslaved by it.  And it will ultimately be our undoing."

She also warns, "people are going to go to hell, if they don't turn from their wicked behavior."

Not coincidentally, this New York Times article from last year includes a snippet of an interview that Madonna gave to Larry King, in which she states:

"I was looking for something ... I mean, I'd begun practicing yoga and, you know, I was looking for the answers to life. Why am I here? What am I doing here? What is my purpose? How do I fit into the big picture? I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family."

The same New York Times article includes an in-depth profile of Madonna's recent embrace of cabala (or kaballah, depending on how one chooses to spell it), which is a mystical offshoot of Judaism.

As a Christian, I am somewhat suspect of the teachings that Madonna used as the basis for her comments.  But it is hard to argue with their truthfulness -- we do live in a world that, because of mankind's willful embrace of sin, is hopelessly broken.  And its structures of sin, whether they involve fixations on success, power, wealth, or pleasure, will ultimately leave all of us empty and defeated.

One could be a skeptic and observe that Madonna's search for truthfulness came after she had amassed great fame and wealth, and after she publicly engaged in probably every form of debauchery imaginable.  She has done it all and, miraculously, survived to tell the tale.  This is the life that so many people crave, to experience all of the physical pleasures of the world while they're young, and then retire peacefully into a season of mature spiritual growth and leadership.  It's probably the single most successful trick that Satan uses to keep us entangled in our own self-centeredness and away from fully committing our lives to Christ.

But I, for one, am grateful that someone like Madonna felt the need to come forward and make such a statement.  She is obviously grappling for truth, and her statement is a powerful confession that truth and spiritual fulfillment are not to be found in the things of this world.  Sadly, though, she still seems to have some deep issues with the Roman Catholic Church, the church of her birth, which she expresses by additionally opining that "all priests are gay."

I hope that these issues do not spill over into Christianity in general, which offers true salvation through Jesus Christ and perfection through the work of the Holy Spirit.  Until she finds those things, Madonna will undoubtedly keep looking for her ultimate purpose.

 

Comments

Pretty good work.... how do you find the time to do this in between jacking off to porn on the internet?

[Devil]

Hey.... The devil has taken over my soul and will allow me to find you

[Mike]

I see that MENSA has turned out in force this morning.

And they're searching Technorati for "michelle+malkin+angry."