getting kicked out of a community affects the way a person thinks and acts. An individual will do just about anything for acceptance. So, if all a person has to do is believe what others believe and perform the rituals others perform in order to stay in a certain community, they will do so. Rituals, in a way, are like hand me downs. They are not learned by reading written materials, they are learned by practice. Never-the-less this leads to the next religious constituent: sacred texts.Sacred texts are found in most religions. They are written laws maintained from the time they were made. These scriptures are not made for one persons benefits but for all the peoples of the religions benefit. Usually people of the same religion will gather to read and or perform some of the sayings in these holy writings. In Hinduism there are the Vedas; in Christianity there is the Bible and so on. Religion could not be anymore a social aspect of life. It is a way for human beings to connect with each other. Influenced by family and enforced by the community, religion is something practiced for acceptance in a community and not for personal gain. Even if a person would rather change his or her religion, chances are he or she will not even bother due to their need for acceptance in the group that they live in. People feel better about themselves when they say that their religious affiliation is not just a mere follow the leader type game, but a deep personal and individual decision upon which impacts their lives tremendously. While this may be true for a select few, the majority of people must admit that latter of the fact. Whether they actually do admit it, though, is simply up for grabs....
