How religion shapes culture

Religion is the starting point for a culture. It is what tells the people what they have to do so that they will be classified as a good person or a faithful person. Culture is what is made out of the people being religious or not. Culture is the ethics of the people and what they do. So if you have a very religious group of people then your culture will be heavily based on religion.

So if you have a culture based heavily on religion the preists would have a good hand in telling the people what they have to do. The government would then be very strict about making sure all the biblical rules are followed exactly. Also the punishments would be found in the biblical text. Religon shapes culture by being the backbone for it and government.