Differences In American Culture

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In societies today there are many different cultures, each culture has many different people who all share the same religion, and beliefs, most of the time. American culture is not a single uniform culture. America is a big melting pot of many different cultures and although some may be very similar, they are not all the same. Each culture has people within that culture, who tend to believe in the same religion. There are many different religions in America, such as christianity, judaism, buddhism , islam, hinduism, and many more. These religions all have different beliefs about a supreme being, as well as the right and wrong things to do. Each one of these religions has different ethical beliefs which makes it hard in society to say that one

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