But they are all doing it.. ( Matthew 7 v 13 - 14 )

Many people quote J.B. Phillips translation of Romans 12 v 2, which reads,''Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within,so that you may prove in practise that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards  the goal of true maturity''. It is Mary. J. Evans, who writes the following,'' We are all influenced  by the culture,the worldview of the society in which we  live. It is vitally important for us to recognise that God's view of the world is sometimes very different and to learn to critique even as we observe our own cultures.'' Consider the media ,we seem to be expected to accept so many things that they push at us,abortion,homosexuality ,materialism, violence. As to the old west it appears they glorified thieves,robbers, and murders, many bankers had, and may still have a culture that is questionable..                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Remember it is a narrow but straight                                                                                                                      Road we are called                                                                                                                                           to walk.