Glee, bite me.

I really like the show Glee, but sometimes it makes me want to break a pane of glass. It annoys me to no end that the evil head cheerleader brandishes a cross on her chest. Of course it's the "Christian" girl who just so happens to be the ring leader in a group of superficial, hypocritical, sexually frustrated teasing lemming be-yoches: The Cheerios. My eye is immediately drawn toward the little gold cross around her neck as she releases her most ruthless phrases into the high school's already drama-filled halls. Honestly--and maybe this is the point--I don't want to be a associated with it, the cross I mean. And that's sad. Obviously, there's no understanding of symbolism of the cross or any desire for that understanding, but this is beside the point. Who cares what it's supposed to mean. The point is irony. The so-called Christian is really corrupt. Come on, people. This has been done!

On the other hand, maybe we should take care to evaluate this commentary, however offensive at first. Just how badly are Christians acting? Do we even believe what we say we believe? More importantly, do we know what we believe? The cheerleader doesn't. She probably doesn't even know how to pronounce the word "introspection," and clearly has no idea what it means to treat someone how she wants to be treated. Maybe she has no idea what it's like to be treated well--for real. out of love, not fear of ridicule. I've noticed in my own experience that people are so used to being treated badly by each other that it has become normal to have all-out fights with "friends," including name calling, the week long gossip after its over, and a hefty grudge so it can be brought up again at a moments notice. So why try to treat people well when you get treated the same or possibly worse than when you treat them how they would treat you?
But this just isn't true. While the writers of Glee may be telling us so give up because even the "Christian" who doesn't even know she's not acting like one is behaving without regard for the dignity of those around her, people do respond to genuine acts of care and goodness. If not at first, then sometime afterward. There are people out there who are at least trying to live according to their model because, after all, they have at least established one.