The most important thing I see affecting religion is wealth. If you're from a poor middle eastern country with no possessions, at least you can have religion. Religion does not require money or possessions, only faith. And when you have less, I feel like you are more likely to cling on to religion. I have even seen people here who have less now than they did before, who have turned to religion.
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current ski quiver:
park, all mtn 181 ON3P Kartel 98
park,all mtn: 181 Armada AR7
big mtn, pow: 185 Armada JJ