Belief of the Greater Good Science, reason, and observation of the physical world confirmed Jonathan Edwards 's deeply spiritual vision of a universe filled with the presence of God. Groomed to succeed his grandfather as pastor of the Congregational Church in Northampton, Massachusetts, Edwards entered Yale when he was only thirteen. Edwards 's formidable presence and vivid sermons helped to bring about the religious revival known as the Great Awakening . Intellectually, Edwards straddled two ages: the modern, secular world exemplified by such men as Benjamin Franklin, and the religious world of his zealous Puritan ancestors. The upholding power that a belief has, as an accessory Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”,” …show more content…
Religion, a collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and worldviews over humanity existence. In many cases, beliefs are what break way the people from their church. The constant disagreement of interpretations from God’s word but religion is what brings these people to render to new frontiers, like that case of the Puritan’s. It established to look for refuge from an unknown land but binds communities together. Since initially puritans, migrated together as a family, it established a sense that they were going to things as one, the community first than themselves. Religion, or more to say, God, was the leading point in which the Puritan’s were able to stumble upon the land since it was given to them. Thus how “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” comes into play, since God has to be praised and adored for him to bless us. God is the greater good and for which we have to follow. If not just like there is God, there is evil and that evil will take you with growing flames. For if it wasn’t for God and his powers you would be standing upon …show more content…
Whatever it maybe, there’s sure going to be a consequence right along with it. Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” combines the ideal beliefs that any Christian lives by and that’s the guilt of committing a sin. We live by the absolute horrifying penalty of going to hell, for the only god to judge us. In order to prevent this we have to obey his law and practice it. History has displayed countless amounts of times were the fear of hell has made us absolutely, earn a one way ticket there. Could it be that we are mixing religion, guidelines, and discipline all wrong? That somehow we can break the never ending cycle, becoming what God has told us not to be? Or there is simply no hope for trying to be the better good for fear will always creep us back to