This season is set in Washington D.C. I was awake the other night and couldn't sleep and had the privilege to view the first episode. It begins with a girl named Ashley. A self-proclaimed Christian from the get go. She believes that "When no one else has been there for her, Christ has" and views religion as a huge part of her life. We will jump now to Ty, whom I will call agnostic, not a term used by him, but me. He believes that there may be a force of some sort out there, but doesn't really know where he fits in it all and if there is a God.
We will jump ahead to a dinner scene in which Ashley and Ty begin a heated conversation about religion. This I find healthy. I think it is important for people to dialogue about their differences, otherwise, how else will we learn about others? They continue their conversation outside and she then asks him to not deny God in front of her. She feels that if he denies God, that it is her responsibility to speak up and say something.
Next we jump back to the house and Mike is seen speaking with Ty about religion. He hopes to learn more about the other roommates and their religions as well. He is hoping to be tolerant of Ty's views. The camera then cuts to Ashley listening outside the door. She then barges in the room and begins to act like she just walked in on a random conversation. She sits and listens. Then Mike gets up to leave and she begins to address the previous situation with Ty. She then asks him to never mention religion to her again and says that she sees "this" which to my understanding means "he and her" never working out and gets up to leave muttering under her breath how there are seven others in the house to get to know.
How can someone proclaim Jesus with every breath deny the very reason he came to save this world? I find her disgusting and disrespectful. Jesus Christ is ultimately who we are to model our lives after right? I find it hard to believe that Christ would have said those words to Ty, or to someone like him. He would have sat, listened and given words of wisdom. He would have prayed for him maybe. Definitely wouldn't have said, "Look dude, I don't ever see this going anywhere, so please, don't talk to me about my father again. I mean there are others in this world anyway."
I think the reason I can't stand her is because I used to be like her. If others didn't agree with my point of view, there really wasn't a purpose for getting to know them, so I didn't. I wrote them off, ignored them. I think Christ hates what I did, worse than the people who don't know what they believe in.
Thank you God, for changing me.
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