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Presley was known to shoot guns at televisions if they displayed something he did not like.
Presley was known to shoot guns at televisions if they displayed something he did not like.
===Religion===
===Religion===
Presley came from a Christian background; he had a superficially religious family and they attended First Assembly of God Church in East Tupelo, Mississippi, and then First Assembly of God in Memphis after the family moved. During his career, he was accompanied by several different gospel groups including The Jordanaires, The Stamps, and The Imperials. He recorded several gospel albums beginning with ''His Hand in Mine''. After concerts, Presley would often perform gospel music all night with some of his band members and friends. It is unknown whether Presley was a devout Christian.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/people/pp/Elvis_Presley.html Elvis religion]</ref><ref>[http://www.cbn.com/blogs/scottross/121207elvis.aspx]</ref>
Presley came from a Christian background; he had a superficially religious family and they attended First Assembly of God Church in East Tupelo, Mississippi, and then First Assembly of God in Memphis after the family moved.<ref>[http://www.beliefnet.com/celebrity-faith-database/p/elvis-presley.aspx]</ref> During his career, he was accompanied by several different gospel groups including The Jordanaires, The Stamps, and The Imperials. He recorded several gospel albums beginning with ''His Hand in Mine''. After concerts, Presley would often perform gospel music all night with some of his band members and friends. It is unknown whether Presley was a devout Christian.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/people/pp/Elvis_Presley.html Elvis religion]</ref><ref>[http://www.cbn.com/blogs/scottross/121207elvis.aspx]</ref> However, Presley would often reference his faith in Jesus Christ on stage.<ref>[http://www.beliefnet.com/celebrity-faith-database/p/elvis-presley.aspx]</ref>
After becoming famous, Presley spoke to a pastor and said (according to the pastor) "Pastor, I’m the most miserable young man you’ve ever seen. I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need to spend. I’ve got millions of fans. I’ve got friends. But I’m doing what you taught me not to do, and I’m not doing the things you taught me to do." It was also noted that Presley had indeed concocted a personal religion consisting of " “a personalized religion out of what he’d read of Hinduism, Judaism, numerology, theosophy, mind control, positive thinking and Christianity.” There is much ambiguity about the nature of the religion of Presley. <ref>[https://hollowverse.com/elvis-presley/]</ref>
Rev. [[Sun Myung Moon]] considered making a movie of Presley's life, also considering the life of Jesus as a topic but made "[[Incheon!]]" instead.<ref>http://movies.tvguide.com/inchon/review/102041</ref> After his death, a copy of Moon's ''[[Divine Principle]]'' was found on a Graceland bookshelf.
Rev. [[Sun Myung Moon]] considered making a movie of Presley's life, also considering the life of Jesus as a topic but made "[[Incheon!]]" instead.<ref>http://movies.tvguide.com/inchon/review/102041</ref> After his death, a copy of Moon's ''[[Divine Principle]]'' was found on a Graceland bookshelf.
===Political Views===
Presley was often seen as apolitical, though he supported [[Democrat]]s like [[John F. Kennedy]] and challenger to Eisenhower in 1956 [[Adlai Stevenson]]. However, Presley had a positive view of [[Republican]] [[Richard Nixon]], and even met Nixon in person. Presley was less of a [[liberal]], as he had a particular disdain of [[hippie]] culture and called for Nixon to prevent [[The Beatles]] from entering the [[United States]].<ref>[https://hollowverse.com/elvis-presley/]</ref>
===Death===
===Death===