Thats funny, cuz when I turn on my tv all I hear is sex sex sex, money, money, money! Of course, that stuff is transparant to you as well.
I'm afear'd that this thread will turn into an argument about this and go wildly off-topic, so I’d like to suggest that further discussion of TV/radio’s religious viewpoint go into another thread.
For the record, I think it really depends on the channels/shows you listen to or watch. Didn't someone here have that quote in their sig where Lewis Black on
The Daily Show commented on some of the people at Fox opposing the immorality of some of the other shows on Fox?
But I would hardly say that radio/television is indicative of a particular area’s culture, in any case. One hardly needs to be immersed in Christian ideals constantly to be in a Christian culture.
There’s a prayer circle, organized entirely by students, at the local (public) high school in my area every once in a while before school in the morning (the local paper’s editor likes to flaunt the "utter piety" of our town and always seems to use this as an example). Some fundamentalists, some more moderate; but these, oftentimes, are the same students who enjoy such shows as
That ‘70s Show,
Seinfeld,
Friends, anything on Comedy Central, and other shows that are
generally considered secular in nature for their content. After all, these teenagers are Christians, but they're also still teenagers.
To take a wider scope, this town is generally considered ultraconservative and a "fundamentalist stronghold" of sorts, because the Christians here are very activist and Christian morality tends to dominate local politics. As well, you can't drive down a single block without seeing a couple of crosses on people's lawns, and there are churches nearly everywhere. I would be hard-pressed to call this anything but a Christian culture despite the availability, and even popularity, of more "secular" forms of entertainment (which seem to exist in any reasonably large town).
BTW, I'm sorry to hear about your health and I hope you can find the willpower and faith in yourself that you will need to change.