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Celebrities and the Money god Unmasking the false gods © Reality Bites 2010
“No-one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. ” Matthew 6: 24
The Key Issue: Worldviews
Why ‘worldviews’? Why don’t we just talk about a person’s ‘faith’ or ‘religion’? Today ‘faith’ and ‘religion’ are not used of secular people. ‘Worldview’ includes everyone.
Worldviews … • are not academic or intellectual. They are common to everyone. • are ultimate life commitments that are held by faith. • are revealed in how we live, and in how our society functions.
Worldviews are what we live, not what we might claim.
Marlon King, 29, a Wigan Athletic striker, was said to have become angry after a woman rejected his advances, and told her: “Don’t you know who I am? I’m a millionaire. You’re not even in my league. ”
Ashley Cole He was dubbed "Cashley Cole" after disclosing in his autobiography that he almost crashed his car in shock on learning that Arsenal, his former club, was offering him a mere £ 55, 000 per week.
Hidden Belief Autonomy No-one has the right to tell me what to do!
Consumerism trivialises life. Important things become unimportant and vice versa.
Robbie Fowler “That’s the problem with football, it’s ruthless, and so are the people involved in it …. . You are a commodity and you can be treated in the most awful manner if they think it can help them in the slightest way. ”
Anna Nicole Smith In 1994 Anna Nicole Smith aged 26 married billionaire Howard Marshall aged 89 in Houston Texas. Has she made herself into a commodity?
“I’ve tried long-term relationships but I’ve got a fast-moving internal mechanism. There’s a tyranny of choice, endless options. You buy loads of washing machines, cars, jeans – why not consume people in the same way? ” Russell Brand
Hidden Belief Everything can be bought and sold!
Katie Price "No one can live without money. Money and religion are the big things, and that's it, and I stay away from religion. We love to earn money, who doesn't? It gets you things and it's security. ”
Shell Short “My obsession with looking like Jordan has left me £ 30, 000 in debt but I won’t stop having surgery!”
Shell Short "I break down in tears worrying about my debts, but when I look in the mirror and can almost see Jordan staring back, I know it's worth it. "
Daily Mirror Story Husband spends £ 10 k on boob jobs for wife and daughters
Rose, who went from a 32 A to a D cup, was ecstatic. “I love Katie Price and I’d told the surgeon I wanted boobs just like her. I was so thrilled, I couldn’t stop looking at them. ”
Cheryl Cole The cost of being Cheryl Cole: X Factor star's £ 1 k-a-day lifestyle - Exclusive
Just ask Cheryl Cole. Simply being herself is a pricey business. Those designer clothes, bags and shoes cost a fortune. Then there’s the money spent on glossy make-up, hair extensions, fake tan and gleaming teeth. And that’s before you add in the trips abroad, her staff and 26 year-old Cheryl’s smoking habit. Tot it up and it’s £ 377, 010 a year – over £ 1, 000 a day – to keep her looking like she’s got the X Factor.
”I remember some years ago going through a very trying philosophical ordeal with a fountain pen. ” Stephen Bayley
Stephen Bayley In this book Bayley and Mavity argue that if we are living in a godless and soulless universe then the only intelligent response is to ……. SELL YOURSELF. Go and make a pitch!
Hidden Belief Our self-worth is rooted in the goods and services we buy.
So how does this celebrity world disciple ordinary people?
Desire Ali
A five-year-old, Desire Alli became the youngest person ever to pass a GCSE exam by registering a C-grade pass in maths.
"I treat maths as a game so I don't think of it as an exam, " she explained. Asked about her future, she said: "I want to be a princess living in a big house so I can count out my money. "
Don the Salesman “We both sat down on the pavement and wept. We felt so ashamed. ” A committed consumerist – “I am what I buy. ”
Fear and Insecurity We felt so ashamed. The boy and his trainers
Natalie Dylan An American student who is auctioning her virginity to pay for a masters degree in Family and Marriage therapy has seen bidding hit £ 2. 5 million ($3. 7 m). Has she become a commodity?
The Advert “She comes to us here at the bunny ranch with a very special gift. Natalie is a virgin and would like to sell this priceless and rare commodity in a very exclusive and private setting. ”
Russian Girls A poll of Moscow highschool girls had 60 per cent stating that they would consider exchanging sex for hard currency.
Imogen D’Arcy In 2008 a 13 year old girl from Leeds committed suicide because she thought she was “fat and ugly”.
Let’s bring this together. Autonomy Obsession with trivia Deep Insecurity I am what I buy Everything is up for sale Rampant consumerism
Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy s*** we don't need. ”
Stories of celebrities who are living in the biblical story. There is hope for our broken world!
Damiano Tommasi This international Italian player has become a hero in Italy for asking his team to pay him only the minimum wage! When he was playing for Roma in 2005, this devout Catholic man instructed his club to pay him a salary of just over £ 1000 a month.
Lomana Lua comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo and there are some inspiring stories of this acrobatic footballer visiting old people and paying their medical bills. He has set up a day centre for some of his country’s poorest people. He is a committed Christian.
Kaka has the words “God is faithful” stitched onto the tongues of his boots and he often engages in public acts of prayer without any timidity or bashfulness. His goal celebration consists of him pointing to the sky as a gesture of thanks to God and he is proud that he was a virgin when he married.
Gilberto da Silva As a young, highly promising pro, Gilberto gave up football for 5 months in order to be with his mum when she was very ill. He wanted to support his family both emotionally and economically. All his friends thought he was totally crazy! He is a committed Christian.
New Way of Doing Mission Learn from Jesus and Isaiah Tell Subversive Stories Challenge Idolatry Talk about God’s kingdom breaking in!
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