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A rant about religion in reality TV shows - why is it so heavily promoted?
I love me some reality TV - I've seen dating shows, game shows, travel shows. Stuff like Survivor, Big Brother, Too Hot To Handle, The Ultimatum, among others. My absolute favourite is The Amazing Race, which I've been binging on and off for years. I love seeing the travel, rooting for contestants, observe their decisions and enjoy the drama that happens between people. My one big complaint about ALL of these shows, which genuinely makes it difficult to watch sometimes, is the fact that there is always at least one couple (oftentimes more than one) who JUST. CANNOT. STOP. PREACHING. EVERY. OPPORTUNITY. THEY. GET. no matter what. "Everything happens for a reason, I am so blessed to be here, the Lord will guide me through this, look at this proverbs tattoo I have *kisses cross*". What's even worse is that very often they tend to reveal this already a few episodes in. So here I am, getting really invested in someone in particular, and think that they are a cool person who I'd love to see win and who I'd totally have a beer with... and then Jesus takes the wheel. Obviously religion isn't the only factor here, and they still may 100% be a totally awesome person, but it just leaves such a bad taste in my mouth and it makes it so hard to continue rooting for them.
It is frustratingly exhausting to have it shoved down your throat CONSTANTLY. Look, I'm all for live and let live, their lives - their business, but like...
1) why do you have to make Jesus your entire god damn personality?
2) why do these networks allow for this? Is it because the networks are also inherently religious? I wouldn't think so? Maybe I'm wrong but I'm basing this on the fact that these networks show some pretty crazy stuff and, at least on paper, always promote diversity and try to include contestants of all walks of life, ages, races, etc.
3) why do we never, even a single time, see someone go like "I am an atheist, and I got to where I am because of my own hard work, I don't need a God to be successful, and I'm going to win this without any sort of divine intervention."? Why is there zero atheist representation in these shows, like ever? at least I haven't seen any a single time, if you have, please point me in the right direction.
Does this bother anyone else? Do you think this will ever change?
#religion
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I love me some reality TV - I've seen dating shows, game shows, travel shows. Stuff like Survivor, Big Brother, Too Hot To Handle, The Ultimatum, among others. My absolute favourite is The Amazing Race, which I've been binging on and off for years. I love seeing the travel, rooting for contestants, observe their decisions and enjoy the drama that happens between people. My one big complaint about ALL of these shows, which genuinely makes it difficult to watch sometimes, is the fact that there is always at least one couple (oftentimes more than one) who JUST. CANNOT. STOP. PREACHING. EVERY. OPPORTUNITY. THEY. GET. no matter what. "Everything happens for a reason, I am so blessed to be here, the Lord will guide me through this, look at this proverbs tattoo I have *kisses cross*". What's even worse is that very often they tend to reveal this already a few episodes in. So here I am, getting really invested in someone in particular, and think that they are a cool person who I'd love to see win and who I'd totally have a beer with... and then Jesus takes the wheel. Obviously religion isn't the only factor here, and they still may 100% be a totally awesome person, but it just leaves such a bad taste in my mouth and it makes it so hard to continue rooting for them.
It is frustratingly exhausting to have it shoved down your throat CONSTANTLY. Look, I'm all for live and let live, their lives - their business, but like...
1) why do you have to make Jesus your entire god damn personality?
2) why do these networks allow for this? Is it because the networks are also inherently religious? I wouldn't think so? Maybe I'm wrong but I'm basing this on the fact that these networks show some pretty crazy stuff and, at least on paper, always promote diversity and try to include contestants of all walks of life, ages, races, etc.
3) why do we never, even a single time, see someone go like "I am an atheist, and I got to where I am because of my own hard work, I don't need a God to be successful, and I'm going to win this without any sort of divine intervention."? Why is there zero atheist representation in these shows, like ever? at least I haven't seen any a single time, if you have, please point me in the right direction.
Does this bother anyone else? Do you think this will ever change?
#religion
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