Glee puts a frown on my face

I really don't think I can stand Ryan Murphy much longer.

I'm starting to think the Glee director/producer/writer/whatever he does has a case against the Christian faith.

Now I can't say I'm a pious Christian. Haven't been doing devotion for a long long time now and my attendance at Acts hasn't granted me the 'church celebrity' status yet.

With no religious high ground to stand on, I'm really just watching it and judging it like anyone else would. (okay all that religious upbringing might tip my judgement here a bit.)

But am I the only one who thinks that there is always a stroke of cynicism each time he takes the brush and paints the show's Christian element.

Quinn Fabray's President of Christ Crusader but it always ends up as some joke screenwriters can count on to lap up some laughs among the audience.

Sam Larsen, the dreadlocks guy, I thought he held some promise since Murphy said he wanted to cast the character as a positive Christian role model. Again, he becomes a laughing stock, being constantly made fun of for looking like Jesus ... literally.

On this week's episode, the end times Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye (and someone I don't remember) gets poked fun pulak.

And it wasn't just a passing statement, there was a scene where everyone who attended this Left Behind book club thing enacted the rapture, leaving their shirts and shoes on chairs and floors to scare some poor kid.

My heart cringed. The entire thing was painted to look like some extreme, religious cult thing. Urgh... I'm thinking of all the people who don't know Christ, and watches it, and agrees with Glee cos Glee made a cool joke out of it.

But I'm not laughing.








P/s: Otherwise, every other part of the episode was great - really poignant.

Balls

I hope you won't mind my language but sometimes, there really is no other, more accurate way of putting it. I've got to grow some balls.

Because it's getting darker and darker, deeper and deeper, lonelier and lonelier. I'm about to hit rock bottom.

And there's a choice I have to make.