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Can someone explain why there are tons of people who believe Beyonce and other pop stars are demons and part of a cult?

Asked by cutiepi92 (2252points) August 2nd, 2013

I really am trying to figure out why people think this? Like where does this speculation even come from? What would even motivate someone to call a celebrity that they don’t even know a demon? I look over youtube and see videos where people are like:

“omg look at this person’s face here when I freeze the video! DEMON!! IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS/HER MUSIC YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!”

Now I am a Christian, but come on. I just don’t see any sense in this. Thoughts? Can someone explain?

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Tropical_Willie's avatar

Wait, wait – - – - – NEWS FLASH – - – - – “If you listen to rock and roll (Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis . . .) you’ll go to Hell” from the 1950’s.

JLeslie's avatar

Because they are idiots.

thorninmud's avatar

Lots of people define themselves largely in terms of what they’re against, so they populate the world with threats and enemies. Oddly, that siege mentallity strengthens their sense of self. For some, it’s gays; for some it’s Jews; for some, it’s popular culture icons.

Buttonstc's avatar

Does anybody else remember the old “if you play this record backwards, you can hear Satan speaking”? (This was in the days of physical records on a turntable long before MP3s)

Basically the same nonsense.

But this is a brand new one I’ve never heard of prior to this Q.

Maybe I’m just not reading enough YouTube comments~~

picante's avatar

It’s much easier to assign fault to others than to yourself. If I behave badly, “the devil made me do it.” To place demonic influences in pop icons takes a lot of burden off oneself ;-)

jca's avatar

Crazy people also feel that the school shootings in Newtown CT were a government conspiracy, also. People are just nuts.

cutiepi92's avatar

honestly we have reached a point where you can type “any celebrity name”+illuminati and get tons of articles about how they are devil worshipers. It’s so stupid

tinyfaery's avatar

Obviously, it’s the truth.

syz's avatar

People are idiots.

Kropotkin's avatar

As crazy as believing that Beyonce and other pop stars are worth adulating.

KNOWITALL's avatar

@Buttonstc My uncle and I used to spin them backwards all the time, that is soooo funny. They started making Christian albums that actually were made to be spun backwards, weird huh?! :)

zenvelo's avatar

Excuse me, but where are you hearing/seeing/witnessing someone that claims that about Beyonce? I think “tons of people” is a bit of an exaggeration.

Berserker's avatar

Reminds me of when people used to say that if you played Marilyn Manson songs backwards, they were all Satanic prayers and incantations. But in truth, if you play Marylin Manson songs backwards, they’re all cake recipes.

cutiepi92's avatar

@zenvelo well I was trying to watch her super bowl performance on youtube, and when you type in “beyonce super bowl” into the search box at the top, the immediately following search suggestions are as follows:

beyonce super bowl 2013 illuminati
beyonce super bowl 2013 possession
beyonce super bowl 2013 illuminati exposed
beyonce super bowl 2013 sasha satan

If those are the most recommended suggestions associated with the performance, I would think that’d be a sign that quite a few people are searching for that or looking for it right? More people than you may realize

And it you may not hear about it because you might not listen to hip hop music. I do and it seems like a lot of media conspiracies talk about illuminati, demons, and so forth. It’s prominent enough to the point where interviewers have asked them about it on talk shows and whatnot (different people, multiple times) so it’s not like it’s a rarely heard thing. Also, different artists even in their own music have mentioned how people think they are part of illuminati

mazingerz88's avatar

Cake recipes-? I may need some of that.

I can’t explain why but my guess is maybe it’s true. I forgot what she named her baby but I remember thinking about it as somewhat suspicious. jk-!

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Because if you play the MP3 in reverse, you can hear them chanting about a dolphin-worshiping nudist colony in Mozambique.

Blondesjon's avatar

Are there any links to these claims?

i gotta see i gotta see i gotta see

Tropical_Willie's avatar

@WillWorkForChocolate
No pictures, it didn’t happen! !

Pachy's avatar

That “tons of people” believe some pop stars are demons isn’t what amazes me. What amazes me is that they believe most of these and many other pop stars have, you know, talent.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

@Tropical_Willie Damn, some pop cultie must’ve snuck in and erased all my evidence!

Buttonstc's avatar

@zenvelo

Clearly you and I are both severely deficient in time devoted to reading YouTube comments :)

Prior to this Q I hadn’t heard anything about all this.

But I generally listen to music artists with some semblance of talent.

cheebdragon's avatar

Pretty sure Justin Beiber is evil…..only someone evil could create music that fucking awful.

jonsblond's avatar

Beyonce thinks you are full of shit.

or is that the look of a demon? oh shit!

Blackberry's avatar

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