American Idol: How would Abraham vote?

Painting of Abraham by Guercina 

Although Abraham is not being considered as a replacement for Ryan Seacrest, it is nevertheless informative to consider the patriarch's "track record" when it comes to judging idols.

The Bible does not offer as many lively details about this as either the Midrash (Oral Torah) or the Koran.  These latter sources more than make up for whatever might be left to a Bible reader's imagination.

As some stories go...

Abraham's father, Terach, was an idol-maker, as well as an idol-worshipper.  Nimrod, the then most powerful man in the world, was the idol Terach worshipped the most.

Abraham was motivated by power of a different sort.  It didn't take him long to figure out that worldly power is fleeting.  As a little boy, he had been mesmerized by the stars and sun, but felt abandoned each time they disappeared from view.  He therefore put his lasting faith in the One who created these wonders, rather than in the wonders themselves.

One day Terach had a camel to catch, so he asked Abraham to mind the idol-making store for a while.  When someone came in to purchase an idol, Abraham asked, "How old are you?"  The person said, "Fifty."  Abraham responded, "Isn't it pathetic that a man of fifty wants to bow down to a one-day-old idol?"  (Not an award-winning sales technique...)

Another time, Abraham grabbed a hammer and smashed all but one of these store idols to pieces.  Abraham then placed the hammer in the hand of the one remaining idol.  When Terach returned, he shouted, "Who did this?"  Abraham concocted some story about the idols quarreling over a basket of bread, then sadly explained how this very last idol had bludgeoned his comrades to bits.  "And you expect me to believe that!" Terach exclaimed.  "How could they possibly do that when they don't even have minds to think with?"  "Exactly my point," Abraham replied.  "They have no power at all - so why worship them?"

Now nobody is saying that American celebrities are mindless and powerless...  But the question still remains: Why worship them when the source of their minds and power lies elsewhere?

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_and_the_Idol_Shop