Mud-Sill Theory vs. Free Labor Questions on the Readings Mud-sill: the lowest foundation of the building What is the mud-sill theory according to Hammond? The mud-sill theory according to Hammond is that in all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, or the duties that no one really wants to do. A society must have this class or the society will not progress, civilize, and refine itself. What is the mud-sill theory according to Lincoln? The mud-sill theory according to Lincoln was that all laborers are naturally either hired laborers or slaves.
The Colonies were described as “melting pots”, because many different types of religions were settled there. Whereas, in England there was no religious tolerance and only one society of churches flourished throughout the whole country, which were the Anglicans. In Rhode Island people were given total freedom to worship any god and an absolute religious tolerance was offered to the citizens. Still the Anglican and the Puritans Congregation were the two main dominating religions of the colony. Although the majority being the Anglicans and the Puritans in the colonies, there were a small number of tax- supported churches and people still considered the separation
In this critique presented by author, Jerre Collins, one aspect that I disagree with his paralleling, would be in trying to relate “The Ones Who walk away from Omelas” to the “Christ–story,” to which I was lead to believe was the Bible. I believe the paralleling of one person’s suffering in order for all of society to be able to benefit some form of gain is as far as the parallel can actually be drawn. In the Bible, society, on an individual basis, was allowed the choice to treat Christ well or poorly; whereas in “Omelas,” no one was even allowed to speak a kind word to the child. The people in “Omelas” understood that even if they removed the child from its poor conditions, the child was already physically and mentally ruined, beyond the point of rehabilitation. Contrarily, Christ was already a perfect person, one who could not be improved upon, who had a history of healing and rehabilitating others.
I think the plot or lesson that the stories are trying to get across is that slavery was an extremely horrible thing. We are very lucky that slavery isn't around as much as it used to because all people are created equally, and everyone has their own rights. The part of the book that I found interesting was a story about a man after the Emancipation Proclamation was passed. Just for your information, the Emancipation Proclamation was a document that stated that
At least, if someone did, that person never got enough support to make any type of change. Their system of justice came directly from their religion. Therefore, the people had to deal with laws that were rather strict and favored certain members of society more than others. Had the people questioned this system, they could have made a code that was fair to all and not as harsh. Unfortunately, the people of Mesopotamia never challenged their way of thinking and had to deal with the harshness of the Code.
This contradicts the positive view towards religion and poses it in a much more negative light. From a functionalist perspective, Emile Derkheim defines religion in terms of the contribution it makes to social integration, rather than any specific belief in God or the supernatural. However this can be counter-argued in that just because an institution helps integrate individuals into groups this does not mean it is a religion. To try and come to a conclusion as to whether religion does actually benefit society as a whole as well as its individuals the problem arises when trying to look at all religions and being able to come to one inclusive decision. All religions vary therefore to generalise all of the religions amongst many different societies and cultures can become increasingly difficult.
The need for worshipping abstract, “almighty” entities is common to the majority of cultures, even if in very different ways. Religion was - and still is – one of the crucial points in the construction of any society and it wasn’t any different in helping the construction of the slaveholding society in America. In the seventeenth century, when the British implemented the slaveholding culture in America, thousands of slaves were brought from African countries in order to facilitate the work of the settlers. With them, they brought a series of customs, including their religious practices. Those rituals were completely different from the ones of Christian slaveholders, like shamanism and other tribal cults.
The community lived under a strict code where pleasure is not allowed as people were expected to put all their heart out for the Lord while working hard to gain the Lord’s approval. Developed as a colony with the purpose of trade and as an enrichment of the motherland, the Puritans held their religious beliefs before anything. As John Higginson reminded the community that “ […]this is never to be forgotten that New England is originally a plantation of Religion, not a Plantation of Trade.” (J). The puritans built their economy off of trade and through acquiring land from the Native Indians through violence. Such actions were defended by the explanation that they were obligated to defend this land, this land that god has granted them for (D).
How do major religions and their leaders regard genetic manipulation? 5. What does Green mean when he writes in paragraph 16, "The challenge is to see that we don't also unleash the demons of discrimination and oppression"? 6. According to his biography, Green does not have any scientific, degrees or practical experience in genetic manipulation.
I developed a sense of right and wrong based not on what I had been taught in church but what made sense. I learned that I had been taught hate and judgment. Instead of acting on what I had been taught, I opened myself up to seeing things through someone else’s eyes. I was never able to understand how love was supposed to understand gender or skin color. I never understood whose gods were the right ones or if there really was a god at all.