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ever changing faith

the practice of religion has changed greatly over the past few years. in fact it has always been practiced in many different ways and those ways are changing more and more through the generations. this is important to understand because there has always been a question on how a religion is supposed to be it has been the cause of many wars and the end of many friendship. the question is which side is right, or can any side ever right. Now in the modren day many people are exploring new beliefs and are changing the way they practice old ones. In modern islam and judaism the ways practiced look a lot different then the way it did 800 years ago. in you look it is easy to see the change to hear it even in the simple the way that people are more open to talking about god in a different light and compare who he is in the different religions.

isamlic culture
 * In the recent decades, the average age of first marriage among women has risen from 18.7 in**
 * 1967 to 22.5 in 1996. The same age for men has not changes much and has only been slightly**
 * affected rising from 25 years in 1967 to 25.6 in 1996. The increase in the age of first marriage**
 * for women which has subsequently resulted in a decrease in immature marriages, is one of**
 * the major causes of lower rate of reproduction and several factors play a significant role in**
 * the increase in this age such as preference for higher education at this age, the rising level of**
 * awareness and social responsibilities, increase in urban settlement, new lifestyles and the**
 * change in attitudes** (598, 1)

many parents are still choosing and their reasons for why they chose a man are more for social standing and creating powerful and wealthy family connections these choices are not about love or happiness. in modern society a higher view on eductation and human rights have lead to more young people to devlope outside of old religous norm. marriage is beginning to develop for different reasons less marriages are being picked by parents because so now the children are choosing for there own. these marriages are happening later for women which means that they are also starting their family's later in life. this means that women are starting to have new roles in life like settling in urban areas and getting high paying jobs because of their higher educations.

**more Muslim men and women are in favor of individual choice in choosing a mate. (271,2)**
judaism
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Like their parents, most tend not to join synagogues, contribute to **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jewish // **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> causes, visit Israel, or participate in **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jewish // **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> rituals nearly as much as do **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the // **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> adult children of in-married families. (3) **

marriages in the jewish faith still look the same except for the people they are marrying. there are more and more intermarried couples who are having children coming from two religions which means they are less attached to one religion. this is leading to less and less of the culture passing down because the kids are also choosing to intermarry. this is because of the blending and sharing of religion that modern society makes so easy. you can see all about other cultures if you just look around you and now to many young people religion doesn't matter at all. what matters to people is who they love and maybe excepting that jewish men and women believe that good will love them as long as they love live right and believe so they find the practices non necessary for their children. most jewish people still marry jewish people but those who don't may still believe with out practicing.

**//Seven Blessings,// breaking the glass, circling the groom, a private meeting, and a reception (271,2)**
CONCLUSION this world is starting to except so much more then it used to its a slow moving process but its getting there. people especially in countries like america are no longer afraid to be who they are or fight for what they believe in. in both these religions the people are changing because they know more about what life has to offer. there could be more freedom and chose for women and a life thats not just about babies, the house, and their husbands. their is a future and learning and our country heck our world is lucky to have that because advances more minds could bring us could mean the chance for many to live. yes the change in religion has always been there but that is because of the change in the world. it is impossible for one thing to stand to still if every thing else is moving so fast around it. these new changes could be good or bad for religion depending on how people within except them and how those changing live their religious backgrounds.

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