Religion Vs Lord Of The Flies

Government Vs Religion: Which has more power?

Have you ever been crushed to your death by a boulder falling on top of you? In the book,”The Lord of the Flies” that happens to someone because of their beliefs of how to maintain some sort of order to survive. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book that has a group of young teenage boys stranded on an island trying to find a way to survive. This raises a lot of conflict between the boys as they don’t know how to maintain order and rather than finding a way to create a new way to create order, they slowly turn into savages at each others necks. As many books are made with some allegorical connection, this book is no different as it shows the conflict between religion and the government

While many people believe The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is not applicable to today’s world, I’d have to say otherwise. Yes, it is still applicable to today’s world, and it will most likely always be applicable to this world. Ever since religion has been recognized, many people have done their best to take away its influence. Now, many laws in Russia will punish someone if they have the Bible in their household. In the past, government leaders have tried to create new religions as a cover up so that people worships false gods. Who knows how different laws will be regarding the beliefs of someone in the future? Our 1st amendment gives us a freedom of religion allowing us to have our own beliefs, but even so, not everyone in the world has this freedom. Religion and the government/politics have always been controversial subjects. People are always on one side than the other. The Bible says that one must not include themselves in politics. Whether it have been in the past or is currently happening, the division between the government and religion has always been a confusing one. The Lord of the Flies shows how the governments of the world may act inhumane and savagely when they have to deal with religious “problems” of sorts. All throughout the past, it has been very clear that the government leaders have had more power than those of religious leaders. Everyone knows that there are two things nobody can escape, death and taxes, and the government leaders know full well about their inevitable death. Nobody can escape death. Not now, not ever, for we are all imperfect beings doomed with sin that will cause us to die. Some religious leaders know the truth, others do not, and certainly not the government. The government can’t promise each and everyone of us eternal life. Their words are just that, words. Words of an imperfect human hold close to no value at all. This timeless conflict will continue for a very very