You're not wrong. But I think the danger of streaming video services is far worse than just antireligious propaganda. It's the lure of being able to constantly distract yourself with audiovisual stimuli, and thus avoid ever needing to have an inner life at all.
I think there are far too many people who consider themselves religious, who catch all of those things when they pop up on Disney or Netflix or wherever... but they still spend hours a day consuming video entertainment in various forms. At that point, the content almost doesn't matter. What matters is the stuff you're *not* doing while you're staring at the screen (same as the poor schoolchildren who spend all evening at homework!). Contemplation, meditation, self-reflection, prayer, time in nature...
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Re: Netflix vs. Monotheism
Date: 2020-12-10 07:09 pm (UTC)I think there are far too many people who consider themselves religious, who catch all of those things when they pop up on Disney or Netflix or wherever... but they still spend hours a day consuming video entertainment in various forms. At that point, the content almost doesn't matter. What matters is the stuff you're *not* doing while you're staring at the screen (same as the poor schoolchildren who spend all evening at homework!). Contemplation, meditation, self-reflection, prayer, time in nature...