Have celebrities and rock Gods like Jimi Hendrix filled the chasm left by the decline of organised religion?

Question

And if so, how did this come about?

Answer 1

I'd like to suggest football as a substitute for religion.
I was watching a recording of Saturday's Match Of The Day on Sunday morning a while back and when I switched the tape off I found myself watching a happy -clappy church service and I noticed the movements of the football fans and the church goers were very similar.
It set me to thinking. Huge stadiums that are our society's equivalent of cathedrals. Players who are nigh-on worshipped by fans and, most of all, a fierce tribal loyalty for your own side and equally fierce opposition to others, especially one or two chosen ones, which have their roots in history, often along ethnic lines.
So what I'm suggesting is that, for some people, the structure of organised religion is still in place. They've just moved the goalposts.

Answer 2

However musically talented Jimi Hendrix may have been, I can't quite imagine anyone praying to him.
Who said the "decline of organised religion" has left a chasm? I don't agree with that. I think people just started to learn to accept reality, i.e. there is no kind, wise, old man with a beard watching over us.....everything is random.
Including the great danger and cruelty of modern life.

Answer 3

Very probably.

It used to be that great emperors died and became gos. Then, holy people died and became saints. They would make statues and icons of them.

Now, this has happened with more modern greats who have died. How many posters and statues have been made of the likes of the Duke of Wellington, James Dean, Marilyn Monoroe, John Wayne, Jimi Hendrix and others? All have died and become like gods since.

The reason why organised religion has declined is because we were designed to live under certain conditions: to worship God, look after our families, and take care of the Earth.

Sin, the agricultural revolution, the industrial revlolution and evolution have come together and diluted the message religious leaders are prepared to give. They used to be full of fire and brimstone, frightening the people into worship. Now, they barely make a ripple, spiritually speaking. I mean, according to most of their doctrines, hell is supposed to be a place where the bad go to be punished. Now, they barely speak of it.

There is no passion or soul in their sermons now. So, not only do people think there's every reason not to listen to them (They believe in evolution, materialism, sensual pleasures) the church leaders themselve no longer have the power to draw them close to listen to their words.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yes, because people forgot about God and decided to worship men instead. Ironically, Jimi Hendrix and other successful artists like them died and joined the "stupid club" as Kurt Cobain's mother said of her son who died at the age of 27 along with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison at the same age. People worship these artists and glorify them when their lives weren't even glorious and their deaths untimely and tragic.

Answer 6

No. They filled a chasm that was already there--and the chasm is within people. And the rockers themselves--most times--had the chasms too.

They weren't gods. They were just inordinately successful, very well-known, musically talented individuals.

Gods don't aspirate their own drug- and alcohol-induced vomit and die, never to rise again.

Answer 7

...Let's hope not. I believe he was a talented musician, but his music exalted promisuous lifestyles and unbridled use of illegal and harmful drugs. A druggie as everyone's God? Not hardly.
...As for most celebrities' - I see few examples of those I would wish to follow.
...As for organized religion, I gave that up years ago, when I came to faith in Christ - eternal life - a personal relationship with God; not some rote set of do's and don'ts, where I try to please God in my own strength.
...I pray that all readers will "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved." Acts 16:31

Answer 8

In a way - yes. We are designed to worship something. If we choose not to worship the one True God, we will find something else to fill that void. Throughout history you can see what people have worshipped, from the Sun, to animals, to money. Today, yes, I think celebs are a big one, as is sex and sports. We devote our lives to different things. God called it idol worship. Our idol is whatever we give the most attention to.

Answer 9

Unfortunatley not. Would that it were possible for a society to be founded on the great works of Mr Hendrix.

Answer 10

Despite what you may think organized religion is alive and kicking. As long as people continue to worship they will continue to organize, it's human nature.