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lmfao, I'm not religious, but why are his videos no good now that he prays at the end? He only does it at the very end, and most people stop watching before then.
If it's an assumption about his political beliefs, that seems unfair. Educated people in technology are typically left leaning, even when they're religious (I work with a few, and nobody I've met in IT is right leaning in a red state). I just don't watch his videos to the end if that's a useful video
This is just me, but I'm just done with religious people dominating society. Keep that shit private and personal or (ideally and) fuck off.
"religious people" are not the problem. Entitled, judgemental, hypocritical, and bigoted people are the problem. Many of those people would be the same with or without religion, but granted they are doing it under the guise of religion. People are always going to have beliefs about our existence, so it seems foolish to be done with anyone that has some form of belief and discusses it.
Religion should not be forced on anyone ever, which is why separation of church and state is so important (and being actively being destoryed). But adding a small expression of your beliefs to ythe end of your video is hardly pushing it on anyone. The worst impact it's had is all the comments being more about the prayer than the content of the video.
All that to say, you're absolutely allowed to refuse to consume anything made by someone with faith in something. You definitely aren't missing much from Network Chuck's videos. But I do think it's a slippery slope to generalize, given the amount of objectively good religious people throughout history. I wouldn't group them with the objectively terrible religious ones
I am not interested in religion.
If you want to share it with folks in your interest circle? Fine do it.
But YouTube is like a town square. You arent goona say a prayer after talking with a friend and then parting ways (and saying "God is with you doesnt count")
YouTube is not like a town square. YouTube is one way communication, not talking to a friend. It would maybe be like a printed announcement posted at town square that ends with a prayer or Bible verse. You can just stop reading when you get to the end of the announcement, except most people only read the very beginning of the announcement anyway. It would be like saying "I'm done reading any of the announcements from this person because they end with a Bible verse"