Here’s a story about a sacrifice so great, it belongs in The Good Book.
Emerging pop star and ex-American Idol season seven runner-up, David Archuleta, will put his career on hold as he goes on a two year Mormon mission.
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The singer will be sent abroad, or somewhere in the States, to fully embrace his faith. This includes doing things like studying and teaching others about Mormonism. He will have very little contact with family and friends.
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It’s a lot different from the pop star lifestyle, we’ll tell you that!
We’ll also tell you that we’ve seen this before, artists who give up the women, money, jewels and basically all the awesomeness that comes with being famous for a higher religious calling.
We’ve seen it all from gangster rappers turning Jewish, to junkie rockers getting clean because of Christianity.
And it’s all in our list of musicians who went rogue for religion. Check it out!
