Written in Disgust of Vulgar Superstition

Rather than even listen to her daughter, Reverend Brown called her and Cates sinners, saying that he hates Cates because he hates the Lord’s enemies. Once again, this contradicts the idea of accepting people with differing beliefs. When Rachel tried to reason with her father, he started praying (almost maniacally), completely ignoring Rachel until she left in disbelief and frustration. While I certainly agree that prayer and following God’s will are important, Reverend Brown’s actions were incredibly rash. He did not even listen to his daughter and try to understand where she was coming from.

The other members of the congregation felt that the sermon “had such a powerful lot to say about faith, and good works, and free grace, and preforeordestination” (183). Twain demonstrates how sermons were no longer effective at converting sinners or motivating saints; instead they had been reduced to a series of... ... middle of paper ... ...ned those who helped slaves achieve freedom. Huck rejects the salvation offered to him by the religion of his society, and instead chooses to “go to hell” (246). Huck rightly observes that “you can’t pray a lie” (246). This was the state of religion in Huck’s society.

I will argue that the obsession with their religion and their belief of how it should be followed is an ideology that fails each of these characters in their purpose. Consequently, the more these characters are faced by failure the more they try to embody God and take actions as if they are the Almighty Himself. Ironically, while using religion as a shield these characters fail to see their own sins. These characters see their sins instead, as the most essential and virtuous deeds and the work of God. From the moment Mr. McEachern picks up Joe Christmas from the foster home he stresses the importance of religion to Joe.

Bento's repulsion to be religiously devoted bluntly reveals the blemishes in the practical result of religion hidden underneath seemingly deep devotion. The tragedy of Santiago Nasar explores the other defects of religion, one that is present in the Church itself, and how failure to uphold moral standards in Church upsets the community. Of course the authors do not write solely to condemn religion, they also bring forth the concept that people must adjust their attitudes toward religion and then irrational, old values set by the past Church.

Is the ladder of religious cruelty a complete account of religious development. What about a sacrificing himself for humanity? This doesn't get mentioned. However we could say that Nietzsche rejects that because he obviously doesn't believe in God and insofar as God is 'one of the suffering'. This confirms Nietzsche's negative view of religion / Christianism.

It is a conservative force as it prevents the subject class from overthrowing the ruling class. Therefore, Owen uses his profound disillusionment with organized religion in his poems and letters to give a damning indictment of this class-divided society. Le Christianisme is a direct attack on religion which can be seen by the two lines “So the church Christ was hit and buried/Under its rubbish and rubble”. Three words are very significant here “buried”, “rubbish” and “rubble”, creating a lexical chain of negative imagery about the church and “Christ”. After witnessing the horrors of war Owen believes religion to be “rubbish” with no use to it.

They frequently give in to worldly lusts and pleasures and are more concerned with their promotions within the church instead of diligently leading their flocks. The real shame comes from the very real scenario that Spener puts forth in which the laity looks at the misbehaving preachers and believe that they are an example of what true Christianity looks like. If these were not enough, there is one more issue that is detrimental to the church: the overly emphasized concern with theology. Much like Erasmus, Spener accuses many of the clergy of preoccupying themselves with useless and meaningless questions and end up wasting precious time and resources when they are needed

For many homosexuals, today’s world is not a very friendly and loving place. They face all sorts of prejudice, misunderstanding, and hatred by the straight world, and the church is the last place they should find this opposition – to an extent. However we as Christians have to draw the line somewh... ... middle of paper ... ... is attending church, intending to become a member, still living in his or her sin and not changing their ways. This is evident that they are continuing to defile themselves by making a mockery of God’s laws, and have no right to be a member of the church family that is striving to obey its creator, and should then be asked to leave. Because when one is caught up in sin, but not willing to change, they are in direct rebellion to God and a danger to the church.

Therefore, he disagreed with the views of the Roman Catholic Church, and Luther felt very indignant at the sale of indulgences. He said humans did not have right to bargain with God about His grace. In the fall 1517, he wrote 95 theses to condemn the Church

Now defending religion is because they fear God and think that they have to kill or end this stigma to please God or else God will be unhappy so first is the fear of God. next is the fear of their own conscience. Now we have the lgbt community who live with this fear and are still living with those dangerous experiences. Fear in those people are making them hide their identity and be ashamed of it