Was James Dean Really Jesus?

Democracy in our American Republic is misunderstood. So is the Free Market. Ever since I graduated from high school, instinctively I knew I had no faith in American Capitalism. It was too difficult to understand. How could Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and other torch singers find such success? They always would thank the Creator. Who made those decisions who was afforded that magical Disney-like success? The decade of the l980’s was unlike no other in American history. It was laced with artistry, passion, and excess. Couldn’t it figuratively be represented by the notion of Romanticism? The 80’s were an organic time where fashion, art, and love were paramount to American existence. The 80’s possessed the moxy of the l950’s, the love-in sentiment of the l960’s, and the acidity and urgency of Viet Nam in the l970’s. America was ripe to live and live in a way that was pleasant to her. Enough war. It was not until much later a value judgment was made, and Times Square, once a pinnacle of human freedom and expression, became Disney. Disney? Who decided what once was a Mecca of adult freedom now deserved cartooning? We were supposed to begin to believe life in America was a fairy tale, and the test of life magically would work itself out? We were duped to believe America had security with which to relax our Socratic ideals. No longer were we supposed to doubt our government, our media, and our society. We were expected to believe. “Believe in Yourself,” while the infrastructure of America came tumbling down. America always has possessed attitude. Attitude was seen in our iron horse, our Rock ‘n’ Roll, and our muscle cars. Fonzy showed us how to be tough and soft at the same time, a formula for success in America. Proposition 8 teaches us how to be soft, and now is not the time to be soft. With the foundations of America crumbling, what we don’t need is uncertainty in our religion. As Time and Newsweek continue to shoot arrows through the concept of God, hedonistic Americans continue to pitch an agenda of self-absorption and narcissism. To this day America still does not get God’s sacrifice of His only Son. It would seem we need new Christian Crusades through America to spread the good word. The word is humans don’t get for themselves. What is more important is you realize that getting for yourself is fruitless. Only then are you free to live like Jesus. Jesus could be the Easy Rider. Jesus could be James Dean. Jesus could be John Wayne. Jesus was not soft. Jesus was not a push-over. Jesus knew the drill, and that was that life was hard. Hiding in selfish sentimentality is not the Christian way.