One More Reality TV Show
The media has coined another expression, "reality TV." Supposedly, reality TV shows depict average people in real situations. For instance, several people are flown to a remote island and made to slog through mud, eat insects and other delectables, while they attempt to survive with minimal supplies. I can certainly relate to that "real" situation – happens to me all the time.
Another such show entitled Temptation Island involved a group of people whose objective was to engage in as much sexual immorality and lust as they could. At least that show was realistic for some of the American population.
Yet another soap opera without a script will soon play on the nation’s television sets. The theme of this show is "back-stabbing." Judging from the commercials about the show which are currently circulating, several average people will be put in a "real" situation in which success is only achieved by "back-stabbing." I can hardly wait.
Actually I’m writing about reality TV because I have an idea for just such a program. The current and past "reality" programs don’t seem to describe most of the people I know. Of course, most television doesn’t even pretend to represent reality. My "reality" program would feature "real life" situations and would show what really happens to people who take certain courses in life.
For instance, viewers of my program would get to see what really happens in the lives of those who think that drinking alcohol is a good time. Unlike humorous television commercials for beer or other alcoholic drinks, my program would take the viewer into the bedroom of a young person whose life was spilled onto the roadway after having a good time drinking alcohol. The camera would pan around the room, viewing the items connected to a life cut short by the foolishness of drinking. There would be no talking lizards on this set, just the quietness of a room no longer used.
My program would provide footage of a husband beating his wife while drunk or a parent mercilessly smacking a three-year-old for crying because "mommy’s hung over and wants some quiet." That what alcohol really does for people.
On my program, teenage girls who commit fornication wouldn’t end the show with some trite "lesson" about how sexual immorality causes one to "grow up." Instead, my reality TV show would feature teenage mothers with no husbands, a child whom they often can’t support financially by themselves and no hope for the future that they once envisioned. Depressing footage of trips to the "clinic" to be treated for sexually transmitted disease would be included. Reality is that the way of the transgressor is hard (Proverbs 13:15; KJV).
Of course, my program would also film the lives of people who follow biblical moral principles. In their houses, the camera would film the loving husband, the virtuous wife and mother, respectful and obedient children and the tranquility which comes from following righteousness. At least the viewing public could then see what reality could be.