Sunday, March 9, 2008

Week 9--Response to Aaron's Blog

It’s hard to disagree with the Frankfurt School and all their pessimism after Wednesday’s class. Our culture is certainly “consumeristic” and “controlled by the illusion of finding fulfillment in products and services.” The “cool factor” in pop culture is the power of the idol to control us and the reason we consume the idol. Without this illusion of “coolness” we would theoretically not put faith in these products, at least not to the same extent. I also agree with Aaron that coolness has the power to obscure who we really are deep down inside as spiritual beings. The mystery that surrounds coolness (the inability to define it exactly) is connected to an aloofness and hiddenness that’s not befitting the kind of transparency that’s expected of Christians.

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