Josh Kirkpatrick The Puritan Way: Oppressive Laws Followed to the Tee. Why? Hester Prynne is the epitome of what citizens of The Scarlet Letter’s Puritan society wanted to avoid by following laws, even if they are oppressive and restricting of free will. Rather than being sentenced to death she was sentenced to a dead life; she lost everything except for her personal values and Pearl (which was a curse in itself). Puritan society came down hard on lawbreakers and held to strict traditions set on the interpretations of the bible by the Magistrates.
During the Age of Enlightenment, a religious war was taking place called the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition was when Catholics persecuted heretics, Jews, Protestants, Muslims, etc. These persecutions ultimately lead to the execution or torture of most of the persecuted people. And these Inquisitors killed in the name of God and for God. These killings would cause contradictions between the church's action and its teachings from the Bible.
The Westboro Baptist Church held and carried signs that read “Thank God for Dead Soldiers” and “God Hates You”, along with others, and did so in as manner that was sought to be very legal. The Westboro Baptist Church had been known for being a very extreme hate group in the past was displaying how they sought to get their message across. Phelps and his radical hate group from the Westboro Baptist Church believe that any misfortune that befalls American soldiers is retribution for the country not adhering to their doctrine, in which condemns gays, Catholics, and Jews, and many others. Seeing that Mathew Synder was raised in the Catholic Church, this brought about more reasoning for their picketing. When the case was initially brought to court Snyder was awarded $11 million dollars then it turned into $5 million dollars when the case returned to court then eventually the Supreme court ruled in favor of Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church and overturning any money owed in the lawsuit.
This law is immutable, for mortal greatly to live is greatly to suffer,’ and Creon’s actions after he is persuaded to relent( he goes to bury Polynices before he rescues Antigone). This shows that Sophocles had the view that divine authority had precedence over human authority. This aspect of the play is of interest to present day society as it touches on topical and controversial issues such as civil union between homosexual people. If we had the same beliefs in the present
The Romans could not understand the communion or Eucharist and assumed there was cannibalism happening. This may have derived from Christian language concerning the Eucharist. There several other charges that were brought against Christians during this period. Any activity that the Christians participated in was perceived as a threat to the Roman government. Justin Martyr was one of the most important Apologists of the second century.
Doing otherwise would be thought of as playing God, an act that is considered a sin in Christianity as it is considered to belittle God omnipotence. Pope John Paul II is an example of a religious leader who strictly follows this rule. When targeting mafia violence in Southern Italy, Pope John Paul II stated "I say to those responsible: Convert! One day, the judgment of God will arrive!" and in a trip to Poland in August 2002 he likened another issue, abortion, to murder, an act of violence; he stated “Frequently, man lives as if God did not exist and even puts himself in God’s place… Rejecting divine law and moral principles, he openly attacks the family.” Ultimately, it is believed God is the only one responsible for life and death which is implied by his omnipotence and the fact that he is the creator.
The Scarlet Letter: The Dangers of Hypocrisy In Matthew 23:13 Jesus cries out, “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces.” Shortly after that, Jesus says, “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?” Since hypocrisy can be found in each and every person in some form or another, scores of authors have used their stories to illustrate the dangers of hypocrisy. Nathaniel Hawthorne chose to display this moral in one of his most famous works. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne works through his characters to reveal the perilous dangers of hypocrisy. Hawthorne displays the hypocrisy in his characters through the first scaffold scene.
One of the Puritan ladies in the crowd suggests that Hestor has “brought shame upon us all, and ought to die. Is there no law for it? Truly there is, both in scripture and statute book.” The Puritans wish further torture on Hestor, even though they themselves too have committed similar crimes. But in looking for a reason to bring more harm to Hestor, they break a commandment worse than Hestor’s; using the Lord’s name in vain. Just for their own satisfaction they look to manipulate the writings of their
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through its diction is racist. There are approximately 200 uses of the derogatory term “Nigger”. This offensive term is hurtful towards African Americans because it stirs dormant memories of the injustice and suffering they received from the ruthless whites. Therefore, instead of stirring these painful memories everyone wants to forget, the book could have those words censored. Huck Finn should be banned for reading, because it stirs painful memories of the cruelty and persecution they faced in the past.
The Most Confusing Controversy: Gay Marriages By ----- ---------- College Student The Most Confusing Controversy: Gay Marriages The KJV Holy Bible (Lev 20:13) says, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them." The verse tells us that homosexuals acts are an abomination. Merriam-Webster (2003) defines abomination as extreme disgust and hatred. Why are gay marriages being allowed? Several states have passed a law allowing gay marriages.