Only human

I think the problem with idolatry when based on idealisation is that if people knew their idols’ faults like being abusive even to their own children and spouses, hot-tempered in reality underneath the facade and violent to their worshipppers perhaps golden calves are only human or at least fallible in how and why they disappoint their fans whenever they screw up.

Even if celebrities are fashioned out of stone, steel and wood they still make mistakes like beating up their child whenever they cry, throwing out their spouses’ belongings to spite them and even have frequent meltdowns in public and on social media that they’re still fallible. Eaten away by rust, termites, wind and water those idols will always disappoint their followers (trust me this happened to me before).

They’re not necessarily bad, as much as they’re fallible whenever they beat up their spouses and children whenever their fans expect them to be nice, as if the idols’ true power to frustrate and disappoint their fans.

Your idol is rude and mean

That’s to give the problem with idolatry based on idealisation, you make them out of wood and steel expecting them to be nice to you and anybody else but they cuss a lot, throw fits and stones at people who bother them a lot, can’t even manage their own families and beating up their spouses a lot (like what Johnny Depp did to Amber Heard).

They disappoint you a lot because you don’t expect them to do things like stomping on a baby whenever they get mad, smacking people around whenever they get mad and crying in public whenever they don’t get things their way like keeping the animals whenever people tell them to stop hoarding. You expect the idol to be nice and bubbly, never mind it can be rude and grumpy.

The golden calf is alive and mean to its fans

As I said before about the problem of celebrity idolatry being based on idealisation where it’s if the golden calf came alive but does things its followers never foresaw like throwing fits at everybody, smoke weed in social media, gives the middle finger (or middle hoof) to fans and cusses a lot in front of younger followers that the golden calf isn’t ever what they hoped for and expected to.

A lot of celebrities are like this, where regardless of the character the problem is the same thing all over again in many permutations and forms. It’s as if you’re upset because your favourite actress hates dealing with her child as to lose her cool and smack them around, prefers to care for dogs, is mentally ill and abusive to her husband that your golden calf isn’t what you hoped to be, it’s only a human.

The golden calf will always disappoint its worshippers where fans might except it to be sweet, but it has a raging hot temper that on a bad day it smacks its fellow cows around and punches a worshipper in the face to the point where the golden calf will never live up to its worshippers’ expectations and idealisations.

Coming alive, but not nice

To give you the problem with celebrity idolatry being idealisation, that’s if the golden calf came alive but turned out to be rude to its followers and too independent to do things its worshippers wanted it to do, even so emotional the golden calf even has a meltdown and smacked its fans thrice. The golden calf might even be dealing with mental health issues like schizophrenia, not good at parenting, abusive and so irritable as to be really nasty on a really, really bad day.

Somebody’s actress is the golden calf come alive who even smacks her family whenever she loses her temper, affectionate to animals more and even curses a lot in front of a small child but it could be anybody else. The problem would be the same, if their favourite celebrity does things that disappoint their fans like having a regularly hot temper in public underneath the facade that it’s the real McCoy and not the ideal.

Same thing if it doesn’t want to take care of a child, even violent whenever mad at them and the fans too that the golden calf’s bound to disappoint whenever it messes up big time in front of them.

Even golden calves are fallible

When it comes to celebrity idolatry, there’s always the possibility of celebrities disappointing their fans to the point of being infuriating and heartbreaking that it’s if their favourite actress turns to be bad-tempered and rude, not a good mother (preferring dogs to children), abusive and mentally ill that the person they idolised as escapism is really another human being that they’re heartbroken about it.

Same thing would happen if she’s a massive animal hoarder who’d rather care for animals than look after fellow humans, not always the best at what they should be doing, petty, rude, does Wicca when people don’t expect her to and even making foolish mistakes like dangling a baby off the balcony. It could be argued she’s still a sinner like everybody else, doing foolish things like abusing her husband and child in a rage that even golden calves are fallible.

But that’s also the most heartbreaking thing for their followers who don’t expect their golden calves to be foolish, violent to their families, have meltdowns and be bad parents but they are still human, however depressingly as it is.

Rich and famous, but still human

I still think even being rich and famous doesn’t stop people from being jerks, idiots and shrews where let’s say Johnny Depp is idolised by people but he’s also reputed to beat up Amber Heard to the point where if some of his fans knew that, they’d be very disappointed knowing that he’s not perfect and is very frustrating too.

It could be true for any other celebrity, where underneath the sweet veneer lies a foul temper, doing very unlikable things, in the wrong or foolish though that doesn’t make them any less of people as much as it destroys the idealised versions in their fans’ heads, as if they aren’t what they seemed to be. Let’s say Corey Haim was idealised the same way, even though he’s fallible and human.

River Phoenix had some admirable qualities but he too was only human, indulging in drugs and possibly not always the kind person fans make him out to be. In some regards, even golden calves can turn out to be petty, rude and demeaning to their fans and also to their lovers, not always the best at what they’re doing and even bad at parenting.

This isn’t to say they’re necessarily bad, as much as their humanity can disturb fans’ idealisations without knowing they make stupid mistakes like leaving their child whilst caring for the dogs, hot temper and even schizophrenic.

Idolisation of celebrities

When it comes to celebrity fandom and the like, there’s a tendency to imagine the idealised version never mind that said celebrity never fulfills it but in ways if the fans knw, they’d be disappointed like how their favourite actress isn’t that good at mothering humans, preferring to baby dogs and has a fiery temper underneath the facade that it seems the real version isn’t the idol they worshipped, only a mere human being put on a pedestal.

I suspect the problem is if the fans knew about their actress being this fallible, it would disappoint them as the character they idealised isn’t what they make her out to be. She may be sweet, but also has a temper that runs deep in her personality. She might be relatable, but also disappointing enough to know that she is a fallible creature who may not always take care of her children a lot, but still a human being.

The expectations are so high, fans are even disappointed about their favourite celebrity being wrong in some cases. Their favourite celebrity turns out to be a bad mother, a shrew to her husband and favours dogs more than children but for all her flaws, that doesn’t make her any less of a person though that destroys the illusion of the fans’ ideal version of who she is. But it seems even idols are fallible, broken and never as perfect as fans will them to be.

The fallible golden calf

When it comes to the real problem with idolatry, the real problem is idealisation in which the golden calf is put on a pedestal and imagined to be nearly flawless even though it has some flaws like broken parts, defective in some regards and even full of rats and cockroaches going in and out that scares and upsets its followers.

Somebody might turn their favourite actress into a golden calf but the cracks are open like a hot temper, rude to people, mentally ill, not always a good parent and making bad mistakes like caring for dogs more to the point where fans are upset at her inability to do things right, even though she’s only human like them: fallible, sometimes doing wrong things and even embarrassing people in public.

The ideal version of her clashes with her actual personality where you might say she’s sweet but that’s also not realising she can break away from that illusion whether if she berates people in public, loses her temper big time or does really foolish things to the point where the ideal version is the idol, the real version is a fallible human put on a pedestal.

The red flags are there, but if the fans knew they’d also be disappointed that their idol is fallible and makes dumb mistakes like not caring for her child and preferring the dog more that she’s only a human and not a demigod.

Idolatry and its problem

I still say the real problem of idolatry is idealisation where you’d think they won’t disappoint you until you realise their faults like having a chronically bad temper despite the sweet facade (hence your expectations until she turns out to frustrate you this way), not a good parent and even an animal hoarder.

The idol you idealise isn’t perfect, she makes mistakes like preferring the dog over the child, losing her temper a lot to berate her husband and even cussing in front of a fan when mad that you love her, but she’s not perfect and does unlikable things that it hurts you a lot, to the point where the anger is mutual but that’s extrapolating from my experiences here.

Let’s say you idealise Caitlin Snow enough to call her an idol of sorts, never mind that she thinks she’d get away with stuff if she becomes a wolf like killing animals with her dogs until held accountable by Barry Allen and made to hunt rats only. You don’t want your idol to be imperfect, even though they are whenever they have to face their mistakes like these.

The idol makes mistakes like abandoning the child for the dog, losing her cool a lot to berate people and even a compulsive animal hoarder to keep her calm, even if you don’t expect her to do those things but being human, she’s bound to fail to meet your expectations. To the point where she (and anything else) are a poor substitute for let’s say God or at least not a good substitute for friends.

Especially if she does things you don’t expect her to do, you feel hurt when she does that as she’s only human.

Too close to love you

I think some of the real problems with idolatry of people and others is the tendency to idealise them, but not realising they have flaws that might disappoint you if you knew of it something like idealising the actress for being sweet, but in reality she has a hot temper, animal hoarding, not always the best mother and even foul-mouthed that the idol you make out of her is nothing like her in reality.

That doesn’t make her any less of a person despite all her flaws or sins like being unable to look after the baby because she’s depressed and sick, preferring dogs to children, hot temper at any time and even rude to people. She is still a normal human being, capable of vices like a fiery temper at any time like smacking her husband around, not always the best person in real life but still.

The other problem’s that once the flaws are revealed, she’s really no different as you might idealise her for being a lot like you and not like your previous girlfriends (neglecting children in favour of animals, rude and emotional) but she turns out just the same and that hurts you because you idolised her so much that the idol shouldn’t be allowed to do things like losing their child because they don’t like kids a lot.

But that doesn’t make them any less of a person, even for all their faults like animal hoarding and the like.