The Influence Of Religion And Religion

Religions are one of the most traditional and discussion world wide. Youth experiment with delinquency and risky behavior more than other age. During adolescence, their minds are extremely malleable by peers, parents, society and religion. Culture and religion can go hand in with each other, specifically in my own life. Looking back my identity with being Jewish was just as much practicing compared to culturally jewish. The number of people that identify with certain religions change throughout time. Pew Research (2015) states, “In 2010, more than a quarter of the world’s total population (27%) was under the age of 15. But an even higher percentage of Muslims (34%) and Hindus (30%) were younger than 15, while the share of Christians under

Pullen (2015) stated, “Although anger between radically opposing religion exists, research shows that religion/spirituality actually decreases the incidence of anger.” Religion teaches positive morals and values at a very young age. In the Jewish religion, we are taught the ten commandments which are the ways we should live and worship. That had a positive influence in my life because it was not just my parents saying do not steal; it was more of an community and higher power telling me. I did not steal because I was told not to, I did not steal because I formed my own morals independently but they did influence them. In a differing approach, the radically opposing religions with cultural differences, are perfectly proven with the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Especially recently, with the civilian attacks between Israelis and Palestinians which are a result in cultural conflicts derived from religious conflicts. In this case, the individuals are using religion as moral justification for anger and risky behavior. With the differing of religious and cultural beliefs, the religion was actually part of it and it does not decrease the

Pullen than stated, the teens and adolescents who participated in religious activity had a decrease in risky behavior and expressing that behavior (Pullen, 2015). Teens who are devoutly religious may not actually participate in risky behavior because they believe God does not want you to do so, or they might take everything written in their religion to the extreme. With religion, it might not just be an individual relationship but a familial one. In this study, it touched on that there are certain causes of risky behavior but it could be more with family relationships in relation to religious practices compared just religion being the cause of risky behavior. The family processes have been affected by religion but then comes to question how teens and adolescents take religion on independently. All of the studies contemplated between what religion was actually affecting, the family processes or the individual