Another thing that the Church was often criticized for was the lack of separation between Church and State. In all matters, whether they be religious or political, the Church, mainly the Pope, was the ultimate authority. The Protestants also had a problem with the idea of transubstantiation, or the belief that the bread and wine served at mass are literally the flesh and blood of Christ. The use of Latin in mass was also frowned upon, because no one could understand what the priest was saying. Clerical celibacy yet another thing that the Protestants didn’t like, and because of this, both Luther and Calvin were wedded.
Implying Negroes perceive the ability to strive yet, diminish due to the lack of formal education. On the other hand Miss Tate’s counterpart Lula, devalues the black community by confirming stereotypes. The fact Lula is out-spoken doesn’t necessarily mean she is well-spoken. Her aggressive behavior puts her loved ones at risk. Drowning in her own pool of ignorance, Lula criticizes Jem and Scout’s presence at the black church despite their relation to Atticus Finch, the one lawyer in America self-righteous enough to defend a black man.
Alexandra represents the outdated point of view, and the double set of moral. She is a Christian, she talks about values and sin, but at the same time she is judging everyone: “The thing is, you can scrub Walter Cunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he'll never be like Jem. Besides, there's a drinking streak in that family a mile wide. Finch women aren't interested in that sort of people." Atticus never talks about or moral.
The church is built on Christ Jesus, and not on people. If the people are not ready to worship with us because we don't accept their dress and adornment, why then do we conform to theirs? It is better we don't pay attention to them, than bring them in, and at end corrupt thousands of our dear ones. I think it is better to have a church of two people, than have millions of corrupt and deceitful pretenders who go to extent of turning the Sabbath day into a funfair. It has becoming a norm - in fact, it is already a norm - today for the Christian woman to wear
DB Forum Module 4 The Gospel Message 1. In our culture the gospel message is often perceived as just another path that leads to God. People often reject the gospel message because they feel like it does not include everyone. Therefore, if everyone cannot be included then the gospel message has to compromise or it may not be accepted. That thought pattern is rooted in sin and rebellion because the gospel message is centered on repentance of sin and accepting Jesus as Lord.
The New England colonies, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were conceived and established as "holy experiments" by the puritans. This group of English Protestants, whose only wish was to "purify" the Church of England, began to receive savage punishment from England for their religious beliefs. In turn, driven by religion, thousands of the religious zealots immigrated to New England to worship God in the way that they saw fit. However, although the Puritans did leave England, running from there own religious persecution, once they had established themselves they self-righteously employed the
As a Christian myself I feel this discrimination is brought on by the lack of their knowledge in the bible. People can see public affection at every store, restaurant, alley, and street, just everywhere. When straight men and women show public affection no one cares. But when homosexuals do it, someone has to make a hostile comment. Gays should be able to do everything a straight person gets to do without someone saying something rude.
Therefore, even though Brave New World is a very stable society, it still has some flaws. Citizens in Brave New World are living happily and peacefully without any conflict. In this world, everyone has a job and does not need to worry about being unemployed, as the population is “permanently limited to no more than two billion people”. Brave New World is also a stable society, since “Community, Identity, Stability” is the World State’s motto. There is no competition within castes because each member receives the same food, housing and soma rationing as everyone else of that caste, so there is no jealousy within the society.
Oppression by the Anglican Church was overwhelming, not to mention prevalent sinful behavior that plagued the continent – contradicting core puritan beliefs. A leader of the puritan movement, John Winthrop, aimed to create a “city upon a hill” – a community united under the covenant of god. Said community was unobtainable in England, for lack of space, and oppression by the church. A group of separatists led by Winthrop aspired to start a pure society, free of malicious behavior and catholic corruption; a utopian society based purely on god’s word, the bible. Thus, the Massachusetts Bay colony was formed in the New World, the Americas, an ideal place for Winthrop’s “City upon a Hill”.
Would you accept a female priest in your church? In general religious use, ordination is the process by which a person is set apart for the administration of various religious rites. The ordination of women is nowadays a very controversial issue especially in religions where either the rite of ordination, or the role that an ordained person fulfills, has traditionally been restricted to men because of cultural prohibitions or theological doctrines. Although there may be many advocates of female priests, I have to admit that personally I strongly disapprove of them and I am sure I could not accept one in my local community church. Firstly, from the point of view of the Roman Catholic Church I belong to, the main reason women cannot be consecrated is that Jesus himself chose twelve male apostles.