Families Influence On Religion And Culture In The United States

As a child that grew up in the 1950’s, it is our family members that make us aware of our religious beliefs. We then continued our religious education when we attended Sunday school and morning church service along with our family. Many families also attended Sunday evening service as well as the middle of the week church meetings typically scheduled for adult bible study, choir practice and church business meetings. Some parents in order to insure their children receive a better education and to reinforce their religious beliefs enroll their children in parochial schools. Often these families continue their worship at home with prayer before meals and a family weeknight bible study. As a teenager and we spend more time away from home our opinions are changed by our friends, peers, teachers at school, girlfriends or boyfriends as well as hobbies or sports.

It is all of these influences that sometimes indirectly, but most of the time directly changes our lives as well as future of ourselves and our families. On a different scale ancient cultures, religions, civilizations, nations and empires were influenced in many of the same ways. Most of the time the kings and military leaders were persuaded by the religious leaders, seers, prophets, oracles or soothsayers as to how to rule their nation or plan their military strategy, while at other times the kings and military leaders used their religious leaders to form an obedience among their citizens or