(cont'd from yesterday's post)
American culture and media is dominated by secular, materialistic views often marketed by celebrities. Are you buying? If you like a celebrity from sports or movies and you see him/her selling a product or an attitude over and over again, it makes an impression. Never mind if they are in no way qualified to tell you what to think. There's been some pushback against that.
It's not possible to live isolated from today's secular cultural messaging. Just be aware that that's exactly what you're getting. On drip. It could be accurate or not, but it comes with a slant toward a political or philosophical point of view. (Example: this black ex-cop participated in a forum about police issues. When the forum was posted, his views that didn't match the agenda were deleted. Message? That the politically correct view was confirmed by the whole panel.)
Media "catechism" dominates American culture. It will dominate you unless you make some effort to think things through, to think for yourself. That's what it's going to take - an effort.
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