Help on wheels. Ugh

Do friends' Facebook feeds count?

Other than that, I try to appreciate the author/creator's context. Game of Thrones has religion mixed in everywhere and that doesn't affect me. The TV show Vikings uses Christianity and Norse gods. The context is informed by assumptions characters make. The "realism" of the religion in question is irrelevant, because none of it is real lol.

In the context of a self help book, I'd also just use it to inform context. Not everything in any self help book is supposed to help everyone. The good ones will throw out an array of ideas and some will work for some.

All the friggin time..I'll change the stations in a heart beat..and can't stand fucking "Good Morning Christian America" on ABC..arrrrgh!

I've quit jobs.

I had one book out from the library on the UFO phenomena,and it seemed to start off all right, and then went more and more into a fundi rant, how these things are demonic, and the book became a tool to convert you to the true and only Christ. So yes, that book, I did not finish. It was misleading too. You did not know from the title or first couple of chapters where he was giong. Like a trick. I felt duped, annoyed.

Yes, but not always. It depends. If a particularly strong religious bent appear in my books, music, films, etc., I will throw it aside.

And to your comment about 'community' is what helps people, I agree, I would like to add that by stepping away from the religious indoctrination requires that we develop our own mental/intellectual strength in order to deal with our reality. While a religious person readily transfers their responsibility to their deity, we don't have that luxury.

(There's a Life of Pi spoiler alert below.)

Yup. But not so much as walk out of a movie. I didn't know anything about "Life of Pi". I watched the movie with a friend and I was shocked, not at the reveal that the animals in the lifeboat were actually people, but of the religious message at the end of the movie. I can't even remember what that message was. I only remember being surprised at it.

yes, its a real downer sometimes.

yes, just recently actually. sorry, i don't recall the title - my way of garbage removal

I can enjoy some songs or shows that have some Christian content, as long as it's just part of the story, and not an attempt to advocate Christianity or convert anyone. But a lot of Christian music does nothing for me. I did enjoy the movie "The Name of the Rose" very much; I don't really care for Christian music that preaches how great God is or how we're unworthy sinners, and the like.

No. If it’s blatant misinformation, sure, but if it’s a self-help book or anything, I expect to find some links to religion, and that doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Sometimes it’s legitimate good advice and borrowing a Holy book’s quote can help get it across. Besides, just because I don’t believe of anything, doesn’t mean everyone who indulges in the media in question will. The world’s a big place. Some people are going to have religious beliefs, and that’s okay. It should be expected that media creator’s own religious beliefs might leak into their work a bit.

"The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman.

Not a song. Too many great songs mention a prayer or god briefly to stop listening.

I did stop watching NCIS-NO because it got religious fast. Then regular NCIS started up then finally LA had to go.

Story lines were stale anyway.

I listen a lot to instrumental piano or new age music on Pandora, and sometimes it's an old hymn or contemporary Christian piece. I always down vote or skip if I can, because even though the music is good, I know the words behind it.

No, not unless the inclusion is overly preachy or obnoxios. Then again, I would never deliberately start reading anything like the "Left Behind" religious propaganda series or any "science" book that came from Answers in Genesis.

On the other hand, book titles can be misleading, such as Gershom Goreenberg's excellent 2000 release, The End of Days. With a title like that, you might expect it to be a favorite in your local religious book store, but instead it's quite an eye-opening look at the dangers of fundamentalism of all stripes, especially as it relates to prophecies concerning the Temple Mount and the deadly serious intentions of true believers of the three main Abrahamic religions in which those prophecies are embedded.

News Programs, Political Pontifications, Newspapers. Sporting events. It's everywhere . I would guess that much art, books and music are the most sheltered......

Heck look at the way meat is imposed on us for every meal through the media
Sugar for every fricking holiday. Pounds of it.

A new Car! OK.....I'm done now. It's just Innocent Propaganda. Societal Impact of Thoughtlessness.....It'll go away ( no it won't)

News Programs, Political Pontifications, Newspapers. Sporting events. It's everywhere . I would guess that much art, books and music are the most sheltered......

Heck look at the way meat is imposed on us for every meal through the media
Sugar for every fricking holiday. Pounds of it.

A new Car! OK.....I'm done now. It's just Innocent Propaganda. Societal Impact of Thoughtlessness.....It'll go away ( no it won't)

News Programs, Political Pontifications, Newspapers. Sporting events. It's everywhere . I would guess that much art, books and music are the most sheltered......

Heck look at the way meat is imposed on us for every meal through the media
Sugar for every fricking holiday. Pounds of it.

A new Car! OK.....I'm done now. It's just Innocent Propaganda. Societal Impact of Thoughtlessness.....It'll go away ( no it won't)

No. It’s just a book or movie for entertainment for the most part. I actually read Amish books at times because the story line is really good.

I am a star trek fan, I loved everything about it until the deep space nine series. Went to far in to the religion crap. Dont know why but they did. Stopped watching that series.

I had been enjoying the rebooted Battlestar Galacyica until it got into heavy religious fields.

Usually an eye roll is the only reaction, but it depends on the message. If it's just some soft "God is looking out for you" bullshit I'll sneer and still finish the story. If it's one of those "You shouldn't be taking your meds because God will heal you" themes I get too angry to finish.

If I can imagine influence from the piece doing real harm, I can't finish it.

If it's not that central to the story no but the 'Battlestar Galactica reboot got way too religious for me. I did make it through the whole thing but I'm not going to watch it again. 'Lost' also got way too pseudo-sciency and pan-religious: especially in the last season.

I make effort to separate art from the artist. Also I work in the film industry and no film is the sum of one person. It’s a village of dedicated professionals from all walks of life so I have a tough time boycotting a film due to one persons actions or agenda. However religion is impossible to separate from propaganda. On some level almost all religions and cults are trying to win you over to their way of thinking and belief.

Teach people to think independently and critically.