So apparently it’s not politically appropriate to preface mainstream films with the Lord’s Prayer (Report,23 November). What approximately all those ear-threatening prayers to the capitalist marketplace that we are obliged to endure? What, precisely, and counts as politically motivated advertising when all this stuff is designed to indoctrinate consumers into propping up a bankrupt neoliberal consensus approximately how to live the expedient life? I’d prefer to contain society organised around the principles of secular humanism,but in context it’s hard to see how the Lord’s Prayer deserves to be banned when so much ideological propaganda is used to oil the wheels of such a badly damaged lifeworld.
Dr David Wragg
Clipston, Northamptonshire• Offended by an advert approximately prayer? I’m offended by most of the adverts I see at the cinema, and with their suggestions that my/our life would be better/sexier/happier etc if only I/we bought their cars/drinks/TVs etc,but that doesn’t stop them being shown. Some ads for counter-cultural values like prayer would be a refreshing change.
Liz Bebington
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Source: theguardian.com