Cultural Differences

So today we had another beautiful open discussion about cultural differences in the world and even in groups within one place. For example we went over how Catholics and other faiths within Christianity handle things differently when it comes to mass. For example some faiths will not allow people who are not that religion or not religious at all to receive communion or go to church. While other faiths may allow them to do so. Traditionally with confession you would sit in a darkened booth with a priest on the other side of a screen listening to your confession. Sometimes now the booth has no screen at all or the booth is taken out of the equation altogether. Functionally it is all basically the same, but it has changed over the years. Another topic that we brushed over was the law system in the United States and Saudi Arabia. Here in the United States we have laws that are somewhat based on the commandments ,but there are so many other crimes and laws that we kind of stray away from that. While in Saudi Arabia the laws are strictly based on what is in the Quran. Another thing is that in Saudi Arabia when it comes to women they are very much more traditional. Women weren't allowed to drive until about a year ago. Women are expected to cover up their skin as much as possible. That is just what is traditionally expected in their religion. Here in the US we are quite the opposite, we have some interesting clothing to say the least. We just find it weird probably because we're not used to it. It says a lot about society, yet we live in one.