A voice crying in Los Angeles...

(Tim, thanks to KL) Mr. Spielberg has agreed to work on the opening and closing worship services of the Beijing Olympics, but it's all up in the air now due to Mr. Spielberg's judgment that Beijing isn't doing enough to end the human rights violations in....Red China? The persecution of Christians there? The murder of unborn children against their parent's wishes (if such a statement makes any sense at all) across China's provinces?

No. Mr. Spielberg says Beijing isn't doing enough in Darfur. DARFUR!

"I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue business as usual. At this point, my time and energy must be spent not on Olympic ceremonies, but on doing all I can to help bring an end to the unspeakable crimes against humanity that continue to be committed in Darfur."

Really, if we're going to speak about "crimes against humanity," why not start with Red China? Or better yet, these United States? Is it really necessary to go halfway around the world to find something worthy of exercising one's conscience when Mr. Spielberg lives in a nation that murders a quarter of her unborn children each year? And if that isn't sufficient to awaken Mr. Spielberg, had he never heard of the crimes against humanity that have characterized Mao's regime from the beginning, continuing to this present day?

I suppose when we worship movie stars we shouldn't really be surprised if they start thinking they're prophets sent from god.