Although Patrick Michael from the Cato Institute says religious leaders and movies have only a short lived influence, World Watch disagrees.

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So Judah, the Southern Kingdom, is a tribute-paying vassal state to the Assyrian overlord. And of course there's a great deal of Assyrian cultural influence and religious influence in Judah as a result.

那么犹大，南部王国，是纳贡者-向亚述统治者,上交贡赋理所应当的，他们受到了许多亚述,文化和宗教影响。

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As to his son, his son was more under the influence of these traditional religious influences.

而说到彼得的儿子,就是一个深受传统宗教影响的人

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Will the growing influence of the religious left alter the way we look at business and investment?

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Now, members of Congress are asking questions, such as how the suspected terrorist could fly in the first place after his own father had warned authorities his son was possibly under the influence of religious extremists.

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The influence of foreign religious organisations seems to be growing along with rising government loans from Gulf states.

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