Worlds Colliding : Hypocrisy, Rules And Punishments

Puritans believe God has an influence on humans in our daily life. Edwards asserts, “His mere pleasure that keeps you from being this moment swallowed up in everlasting destruction” (81). This quote explains to us that God’s forgiveness holds us from, at any second, dropping down into the deep depths of hell. God observes our life and helps us every step of the way by pushing us as much as he can in the right direction. Edwards believes, “And yet it is nothing but His hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment” (81). Edwards for the second time says something relatively about God’s hand and how He is the one who holds us and keeps us out of the fiery pits. This quote shows us how God’s pleasure keeps us from falling into a

In the case study Appropriate Punishment Versus Political Expediency, nine African American male teenagers were severely punished for their involvement in a violent altercation at a high school football game. Some people in the local community; especially the African American population became outraged by the school board’s ruling. Other community members, including many white residents, and school board officials thought the punishment was just. This situation exposes many controversial issues occurring within the educational system. Topics such as race relations and appropriateness in student discipline were prominent. With strong political and social context associated with these subject matters, there are complexities in addressing these types of situations. In any event, educational leaders and district representatives should aim to handle matters by considering the child’s best interest. They should also use the principle of subsidiarity to deal with challenges that may arise. School executives ought to implement effective solutions

In his book “Punishment and Inequality in America” Western discusses the underlying racial disparities that have lead to a mass incarceration in the United States. He states that incarceration rates have increased by a substantial amount. The race and class disparities viewed in impromesment are very large and class disparities have grown by a dramatic amount. In his book he argues that an increase in mass incarceration occured due to a significant increase in crime. The increase in mass incarceration can also be correlated with urban street crime that proliferated as joblessness in inner-city communities increased (Western, 2006). He also states that an increase in incarceration rates may be due to the changes in politics and policy which have intensified criminal punishment even though criminal offending did not increase. Although these are substantial reasons as to why incarceration has increased significantly in the US there are many underlying issues. The incarceration rates amongst young black men have increased the most in the United states, black men are more likely to go to prison than white and Hispanic men (Western, 2006). This may be largely due to factors such as unemployment, family instability, and neighborhood disorder which combine to produce especially high rates of violence among young black men in the United States (Western, 2006). A rise in incarceration rates may also be largely due to to increased drug arrests which represent the racial disparity.

Provide the justifications for punishment in modern society. Punishment functions as a form of social control and is geared towards “imposing some unwanted burden such as fines, probations, imprisonment, or even death” on a convicted person in return for the crimes they committed (Stohr, Walsh, & Hemmens, 2013, p.6). There are four main justifications for punishment and they are: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation. There is also said to be a fifth justification of reintegration as well.

Fear was instilled in Puritans as a result of the constant uncertainty of their wellbeing shown through Edwards’ sermons. One concept plaguing them was that sinners will receive an inescapable dreadful fate, and can feel its effects at any time. Puritans were terrified and reflective of their actions when Jonathan Edwards said sinners “are already under a sentence of condemnation to hell” (Edwards 427). Because of this constant worry, Puritans tried to discover whether they were predestined to be in hell and whether they had sinned (Edwards 427). As life after death is still an unknown realm, this possibility still has an effect on today’s

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis suggests that choices made on earth have a consequential effect towards our acceptance into heaven or our plummet into hell. In this book pride manifests itself in a hundred subtle ways as souls whine about perceived injustices or irrational motives. Thankfully, a few tourists do humble themselves, become transformed into marvelously real beings, and remain in heaven. But most don't, about which the great Scottish author George MacDonald, Lewis' heavenly guide, says, “They may not be rejecting the truth of heaven now. They may be reenacting the rejection they made while on earth”.

The priest of a Puritan church in 1744, Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, motivates his congregation to fully convert to Puritanism through the use of fear. Edwards’s purpose is to persuade his audience to change their ways and to commit to the Puritan way of life in order to achieve salvation. He adopts an accusatory tone in order to forewarn his congregation of the wrath of God they will face for their sins if they do not repent. Edwards begins by establishing that “natural men,” or those who have not been reborn religiously, are no better in the eyes of God than those already in Hell, and have the same fate awaiting them (Edwards, 46).

Most people are terrified of death; telling people that they will suffer eternity in hell after death is the final clincher for many people. In Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Edwards pushes the limits to convince readers and listeners to accept God as their Lord and savior. Edwards utilizes his writing style to inform and persuade people, all while evoking fear and moral questioning in his audience.

The period of the Great Awakening has truly revolutionized the morals and ethics that not many people are familiar with today. During this time, one sinful action resulted in automatic placement in Hell, and for that individual to endure in endless suffering and agony. Throughout Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, he attempts to instill fear into his audience by stating the consequences of sin for the mere purpose of preventing people from entering Hell. Therefore, through the use of tone shifts within his sermon, he successfully amplified his message and sparked fear to the people.

On July 8th, 1741, a well-known preacher, Jonathan Edwards, delivered an inspiring sermon describing the horrible afterlife the unconverted would have. In 1741, the American colonies were undergoing a period of religious revival which played a large role in the presentation of Edwards’ sermon. Throughout the speech, Edwards’ purpose was to motivate the “natural men” in his congregation to wake up and make a change in their lives. He adopts a blunt and urgent tone in order to convey to his audience the life they are living now is going to result in Hell for their afterlife. Edwards’ use of negative diction, figurative language, and understanding of syntax to imbue the minds of his people with fear and tries to persuade them to convert to Puritanism.

If you were sitting in your church and you were not paying a lot of attention to your reverend preach about god, and out of nowhere he starts talking about how the skulls of unbaptized children coat the floor of hell. So know your like what the world of chopsticks is he talking about? Then you realize that it's the middle of the 1700`sand this is like god's word and you will not deny it. Then you decide to become a puritan and live a pure life (because you have ptsd from the service).

The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis uses a hypothetical situation to exemplify the choice everyone must make between eternal life and eternal death. Both choices are available and the person has the free will to choose. The narrative in the story is a personal experience of a ghost riding a bus from Hell to Heaven. The story begins in a dark, gloomy place that resembles Purgatory or Hell. It is not necessarily fire and brimstone, but it is obviously not a place where there is any happiness. There are no relationships between the inhabitants and everyone moves as far away from others as possible. People bicker and fight for no apparent reason. The Bible says that Hell is eternal separation from God. The Hell in The Great Divorce represents this

This mesh with Puritans way of living because the Puritans often did things they knew were wrong, but at the same time it satisfied their Puritan ways. If men go against God, how does man expect to get into Heaven? This is also a question Edward presents. If the Puritans keep sinning, how do they expect to live in a Godly manner? But how can men stop sinning when Adam and Ever

Yes, I had a religion teacher in high school that repeatedly preached how everyone should act responsibly on the Internet. A week later, he told the class about an incident on Facebook. He discovered a post on his coworker’s page that had an inappropriate comment on it. This teacher decided to respond back to the comment and argue with the person on the page. This man is hypocrite because he lectured to class about acting professionally on the Internet, and he did not follow his own doctrine.

“You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face” (New International Bible, Job.1.10-11). Here, Satan reminds God of humanity’s inherent nature of evil and deceit, and that without God, they are nothing. Going back to the stories of Adam and Eve, humanity’s choice of sin deems every human unworthy of heaven. According to Puritanism, in a society with no laws or government, humans would spend their lives raping, pillaging, and murdering each other. To them, following God was the only path to true Salvation from their sins. Only those God regards as worthy will find true peace with Him in Heaven. In “Prayers Answered by Crosses”, John Newton argues that salvation comes from overcoming humanity’s inner evil through his desire to seek God, God’s tests of his faith, and the freedom he receives from God’s grace.