Babylon Sisters… Shake It! or Please Stay in Vegas Baby

https://news.grabien.com/story-j-lo-performs-stripper-bowl-during-super-bowl-halftime

Commentary and Offended

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L. A. Marzulli

First the good news. I’m really glad the Chiefs won. I don’t watch football but I usually tune into the Super Bowl as I think it’s a barometer of where we are as a culture.

Bob Jones allegedly had a prophetic word some years ago. Essentially he stated that when the Chief’s one it would signal a revival.  The chiefs haven’t won in 50 years. We certainly need a revival in our country and so I’m all for praying it in!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaOiBtDGiGE

The bad news is that, as some of the comments suggest below it is now socially acceptable to watch a half-naked woman with your family dance on a pole.

Comments about the sexualized nature of the Super Bowl performance began during Shakira’s opening act. 

Fox News’ Raymond Arroyo tweeted: “My 16 year old just now: ‘The #Superbowl is the only time of the year when it is socially acceptable to watch half-naked women with your family.’ #PepsiHalftime #theseKidsDontLie”

Arroyo, who appears in a weekly culture segment on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” followed up: “We went from Ella Fitzgerald to J-Lo on a pole. And this is cultural growth? #PepsiHalftime”

There’s a song by Steely Dan, Babylon Sister Shake It. This is what the so-called vapid and jejune performance was, Mystery Babylon in your face. J-lo and Shakira are the High Priestesses. They are worshipped by the other dancers. Then there’s J-lo imitating Jesus on the Cross.

I’m just amazed at the way they sneak this stuff in and it’s given a pass by the idiots who run the Super Bowl half time show… This is America and I can choose not to watch the game and half show. I can turn the TV off. However, if I do that then I would not be able to post this commentary.

The antics of J-Lo and Shakira may be the nadir of Superbowl halftime shows. Musically there was nothing that stood out not a single note especially when some yo-yo-yo clown with a mic comes on stage flashing gang symbols and we can’t understand a word he’s saying not to mention there’s nothing musical about what he’s doing.

There’s no take-a-way, nothing uplifting. Nothing you would point to and tell your child to take note. Simply put the half time show belongs in Vegas where the slot zombies and bleary-eyed weekend gamblers can enjoy the gyrations to their heart’s content…

America in some ways is a modern-day Babylon and unfortunately, this offensive half-time spectacle reflects what is now acceptable in our culture. I’ll point us back to the good news. Bob Jones had a prophetic word and I’m going to stand on that. I’m going to pray for revival. I’m going to focus on bringing people into the kingdom. I think time is short. He might pour out His Spirit one last time before we go up… Maranatha!