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Originally Posted by AmazingGrace
Its not always a peer group that gives those convictions!!! Some people actually have convictions that are God given... are you discounting that??? Oh yea I forgot... we are in the non apostolic part of the forum right now!
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AG to be fair to the Mrs., I do believe there have been occasions that many of us have faced and we did do things to "fit In". Only to realize later, when we were no longer around a certain group, what we told were convictions was something else, and the pressure to "do" certain things was no longer there.
I would have to agree that peer pressure is a powerful thing. But it's in every circle and is expressed in many ways like houses and cars ect. I do not believe that the only thing and the only place that experiences peer pressure is the UPC church, it is in any and every social group there is-imo.
Not everyone succumbs to peer pressure or social expectations, but I do believe it is in most of us to want to "fit in".
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