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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
It is usually associated but not necessarily part of the definition.
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I think it does have some impact. For most of us growin up as kids 60s-80's, even if your family wasn't religious, we were more aware of the eye in the sky, going to hell, prayer in school, 10 cmdts, etc. I think a lot of it was growing up at the end of the cowboy age, the white hat age, we understood good vs evil. Heck, even fake wrestling taught good vs. evil as well as most TV shows, Waltons, Happy Days, etc. I think the bigger problem today is that everything is shades of grey.
Certainly, religions was the base for morality and even most law. As we went secular, morals have been redefined.
I'm sure these events have always existed, just not reported. I think the scary thing is useless crimes or fun killings. That seems to be something more new.