Posted by
William on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:37:28 PM
“We’ll always have Paris”, was a great line from Casablanca but seems to be the curse of contemporary pop-culture. That Paris is another spoiled trust fund baby that never had to grow-up is tragic. She is a role model for my children of what not to be when you grow-up. Like Cher, Madonna, Brittany and many others before her, we get to watch her slowly and publicly ruin her life in a repeat of King Solomon’s lament that “all is vanity” and “there is nothing new under the sun”. Glen Kaiser put it more bluntly when speaking of the culture of drugs, sex and rock-n-roll stated, “there are a lot of people in hell because of these things.”
Most of our ills in life are self-inflicted and every once in a while we can clearly see this in others. It is a lesson and a warning.
Since her incarceration, Paris says she has found god. She seemed vague on which god and how she found this deity. Base on previous celebrity conversions like Bob Dylan and Jane Fonda, I’m skeptical. Changed lives start with changed hearts. Jesus talked about seeds that sprout and wither in the heat of the sun. Celebrity conversions remind me of that parable.