(June 24, 2015 at 11:22 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Last time I checked 'selfies' weren't a part of any faith, so your comparison is rather useless. If the JW somehow incorporated selfies into their rituals while removing references to the Kardashians in specific, then yes that belief would've been influenced by American culture of that time.
I'm differentiating that a cultural influences doesn't equate an entire personality makeover into a new religion. So observing how much the Greek culture transformed the world doesn't mean that all humans have pagan beliefs in their thoughts and beliefs. You could say that in our day the internet culture is transforming peoples and cultures.