........as someone who has watched alot of Big Brother series 1 to 10 I often find myself watching with different 'hats'...sometimes as an observer of human behaviour.........
sometimes as a voyeur....
sometimes as a couch potato who just needs to be entertained.....
as someone informed by the CHRISTIAN ethic I think it is good to put on that 'hat' from time to time.....
BB is founded on the principal that we choose 'Who is the Greatest?'...i.e. best personality.........it sets up contestants as rival personalities.....
of course Christianity is founded on the principal that all humans are made in the image and likeness of God......to be brothers and sisters NOT rivals.......so we can see God in all BB10s contestants....hence my observation that Freddie 'looked like Christ' at times.....
Jesus ' 12 disciples would have made a GREAT set of Housemates...always arguing amongst themselves which of THEM would be the GREATEST in the Kingdom to come......
Jesus took a little child and set him in their midst and said 'whoever becomes like this littlle child will be great in the kingdom...the one who serves..not the one who lords it over others'..
Jesus also said : 'the first will be Last ..and the Last Will be First'.....so, judging by that standard...Benazir or Sophia are the real winners of BB10 te he
To say the first will be last etc..is Jesus way of saying that our way of judging people is usually the opposite of GODs way...we will find all our value judgements turned upside down in the Life of the Kingdom.....
in our celebrity Botox Plastic culture we judge by who is sexiest, prettiest, wealthiest, bitchiest..but Jesus turns all these values upside down.......
From a Christian point of view BB presents both fascinating scenarios but also complex problems......how can we say one of Gods children is BETTER than another?........
it IS still worthwhile as a social and cultural exercise as LONG AS we dont really think that those who WIN are objevtively BETTER than those who didnt WIN.
WIN etc is a concept that needs constant deconstruction.....those who think they are WINNERS in this life may discover with a shock they have NOT WON in Gods eyes or future life.
I note Lisa wears a belt saying JESUS LOVES YOU from time to time.........she hasnt been one of my personal favourite housemates but she is a child of God and MAYBE, just MAYBE, she will shock us all and WIN. (wearing that belt)
After all, in Gods kingdom...anyone..and everyone can make it!...be APPROVED.
