Originally Posted by digderidoo

But isn't it society that creates the individual? Religion, or Christianity in particular influences American culture, in my view it cannot be as simple as coming from the bottom up as the two interact. The top influences the bottom, the bottom influences the top. One only has to look at a dollar bill to see how the idea of God influences American society.

When western Christian leaders admit to praying to God before going to war tells me that this influence comes from the top down and is little different from a moderate Muslim country.

Paul