I've been watching "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here". I don't want to. My hunger for all things stupid is making me do it. Here is a group of people who have no right to be famous [and by people, I really mean Creepy Flesh-Coloured Beard & Co.] who go out into the Costa Rican jungle and "rough it out". The point is to stay as long as possible, because every person there is representing a charity. And the longer they stay, the more money they can raise for that charity.
As we all know, Spencer and Heidi deserve to burn. In hell or over an open fire can be debated. Preferably both. In the three episodes that I've watched, these two have done nothing but... they've done nothing. Spencer has said that he is the ultimate villain, and he plans to continue to be so. Whenever there's a challenge, both he and good ol' wifey have said that they're in the competition to win, and they don't care about anyone else.
Now, that's all fine and dandy. I have no problem with people out to win. It
is a competition. What I have a problem with, is when the group is split into teams, and every challenge is to win something for that said team, and you still say that you don't care whether or not the team wins.
Still confused?
Let me explain a little. There was a challenge where the teams [which are split boys vs. girls] chooses one person to go into this dark room and fish out as many stars as they can. In this room, there are rats, bugs, spiders, snakes, and cat fish crawling/swimming all over and guarding them. Both Heidi and Spencer were chosen, and when they went up to do it, the hosts reminded them that whoever wins will get food [meat, fruits, vegetables] for their team, while the other team gets leftover rice and beans. Instant response: "We don't care if the others eat."
After the challenge, which Spencer [so humbly] won, he was talking to the cameras, and he was explaining that he's in this to win, and you never know what he's going to do. He was even contemplating throwing the fish back into the water so that no one ate "because they're just a bunch of nobodies".
Normally, I wouldn't pay attention to this kind of dickheaded-ness. Really, it's quite stupid. The reason why I am is because they both claim to be Christians. Now, I have no right to be judging their personal lives, but it's hard, when they are so forcefully pushing it into my face. They are continously saying that materials aren't important, money isn't important, but every time they're with the group, they're belittling them for not being famous or rich enough. In fact, there was one moment when Heidi started crying because the label of her shampoo was torn off.
Is this the kind of Christianity that I want to be portrayed to the world? Where we talk about loving our neighbours and showing kindness to our enemies, yet are egotistical, rude, arrogant.. everything that Christianity is NOT about? I mean, these two people kept saying how they were going to leave the jungle, even though they're there to raise money for the less fortunate. In fact, in one episode, John Sally asked them what was going to happen to the charities they picked [even though Spencer didn't pick one, since he's only on there for the publicity], and Spidi replied with, "That's why we picked the biggest ones." John Sally [with whom I will offer myself to just for what he said] asked, "So what? They don't need the money?"
This is why Christianity is getting such a bad rep. In fact, I was reading in the news the other day where
David Silverman, vice president and national spokesman of American Atheists, said, [and I quote], "Right now, we're seeing atheism on a rise".** This just makes my heart break.
What can we do to show people that there really is something to believe in?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090522/pl_politico/22832_1
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A lot of things give Christianity a bad rep. Some of it is deserved, though not all!