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Should Christian singles take inspiration from Love is Blind?

By Rachel Mataraki2024-08-28T08:00:00

A handful of singles enter soundproofed ‘pods’ where they then date other singles without ever being able to see their potential companion. This is the TV show everyone is talking about, Love is Blind. Watching purely for cultural research, Rachel Mataraki offers her pros and cons on the popular series.

Most people love a good love story, the Bible is one long one and has been adapted for TV in numerous spin offs. If Song of Solomon was made it might have an adult rating. In my own love story I met my husband volunteering for earthquake disaster relief but it wasn`t until a decade later that we got married having been friends first. So what about Reality TV romance, can it be real?

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