Does the inclusion of a religious message in a film make it propaganda?
Absolutely not, first of all, propaganda is not exclusive to propaganda. Any message that is fairly direct and clear could be interpreted as propaganda regardless of what its message is about. The same idea works with religion, while it definitely can be a subject for propaganda, it all depends on the way it is presented and how strongly it is shown that decides whether it is a piece of propaganda or not.
The Bible describes a lot of bad things. Why isn't this considered bad by most people?
In the Bible, there are certainly many scenes of violence, sin, and sex, however the Bible often justifies such acts, such as in the Israelite re-entrance into Canaan, which involved many deaths but was still presented in a positive light in this portion of the Bible because of the inherent cause of God's promised land to the Israelites. In terms of societal influences, there is also the fact that Christianity is the most practiced religion in the world and it does have a huge influence over the world's beliefs and ethics. Because of this, it may be seen as insulting and insensitive to criticize these scenes in the Bible.
If someone did not mean for a message to come through in a film, or meant for a different message to be communicated, does that change what message the film actually sends?
I think that it comes down to what the majority of viewers believe. For example, if a certain unintended message was perceived by a minority of the viewers, many would probably see this as a conspiracy-type notion with little proof but a message with many viewers backing it would definitely have traction and would certainly change the way people would see the movie or show.
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