One of the world’s most popular singers and performers, Beyonce took the stage during the Super Bowl with the fire and passion that few artists create. Her show pulled so much electricity, that the circuits in the New Orleans Superdome overheated, and shortly after play resumed lights in half the stadium went dark. As news reporters scrambled to fill the airtime, they discovered that her show also blew the stadium’s electrical service twice during rehearsals. This lady can truly perform.
While the TV broadcasters babbled with half-relevant content, the Twitter universe was also ablaze. During Beyonce’s show, she flashed an odd hand sign. Apparently, when someone holds their hands together into the shape of a triangle, this is a secret symbol of everyone with ties to the Illuminate, or to Satan worshippers themselves. Called by some “The Demon Eye,” and others the “All-Seeing Eye,” Seeing Eye,” the Blogosphere followed the Twitterverse over the next few days and speculated on dark meanings behind her salute.
Demons and “Satanic Conspiracies”
As a Christ-follower, I’m called to be aware of the spiritual reality in the world. God created angels, demons and even Satan. The hunger in a man’s heart to connect with a reality beyond ourselves is testimony that we are created with a spiritual nature, not evolved from animals. We desire to find our spiritual home with the One who made us and created us for his glory. Still, I don’t look for demons under every bush. When Christians spout superficial fears about demons and the spirit world, or world-dominating political conspiracies, and then apply them without any intellectual support, we deserve the criticism we attract. Jesus was all about looking at the inside of a person, not the outside. If I’m his follower, I’m called to be just as discerning, and slow to jump to conclusions.
So back to the big game and Beyonce, let’s pull back the veil.
- Beyonce’s stage during the big game looked like a place of worship, with thousands of adoring fan dancing like the priests of Baal around their sacrifice on Mt. Carmel. The imagery presented Beyonce like a goddess.
- Beyonce’s hubby, Jay Z, runs a clothing line that features the “All-Seeing Eye” design into much of its graphic work.
- One of the mottos of Jay Z’s clothing line is “Do As Thou Will” a self-centered attitude that got God’s people into trouble throughout history, but that’s not uniquely demonic. Every two-year-old toddler has a bad case of “I want it my way.”
- Allister Crowley, the founder of the Church of Satan, uses both the triangle hand sign, and preaches “Do as thou will” as part of his church’s traditions.
- Rock music as a culture and a business promotes a “Do whatever you want” world view, but this has been the attitude of the modern music generation since the Rolling Stones appeared on Ed Sullivan’s show.
None of these signs, symbols or “dark, secret connections,” says anything about Beyonce and her hubby’s participation in the illuminati, Satanism, or any other global conspiracy to dominate the thoughts, affairs and minds of men. To be completely honest, when Christians jump down these rabbit holes, we sell our credibility for a few minutes of self-justifying speculation. We do nothing more than give comedians like Dana Carvey material for Church Lady Skits on Saturday Night Live.
Jesus deserves better from his children, and Jesus expects us to land on truth, not speculation. In my next blog I’ll get to the source, and post a video interview with the artist, and let her answer in her own words.
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