Amos, why do you insist on italicizing your opinion?

The religion that is popular culture is no different than organized religion IMO. We can learn just as much spiritually from the worship of the wealthy and the beautiful at the top of the social hierarchy as we can the worship of the wealthy and the powerful at the top of the social hierarchy.

The pope and Paris Hilton both represent the same thing to those who worship celebrity, power, media rituals, etc.