Puritan Thinking And 18th Century: A Comparative Analysis

Differences between Puritan thinking and 18th Century Deist Thinking Life in the 18th century was no piece of cake. The choices someone picked would either bring them joy or death. The religion one picked also determined how someone would be treated. The books one wrote or read also determined how faithful that person was to their religion. In some religions, Puritans, people would burn books if it insulted their religion and beliefs. But there was also people that believed God was not the one that made the whole universe, Deist. Both religion impacted the United States greatly. One caused people to move around until they felt as if their religion and beliefs were accepted, Puritans. Another one, Deist, believed that there is an explanation

Pynchon questioned the Calvinist doctrine that formed the bedrock of New England Puritanism,” (Christine 2014). In the 16th century many books were burnt either because of their context or because of what they were trying to teach. The religion that did most of this was the Puritans. In fact, it got really bad that the English Civil War is more known as the Puritans Revolution. Puritans marched onto battle believing God was right by their side and that they were fighting for the right thing, their religion. They believed that god was the answer for everything, and if they were to be punish it was because it was what they deserve. They believed it was their job to purify the religion as much as they can so all their books were written to teach to the younger generations the “right ways”. Puritans were also not allowed to enjoy anything: books, dancing, singing, long hair, etc. In fact, Puritans would whip anybody that did not follow the “right way of God”, their kids, their servants, their wives, etc. They believe God is the creator of everything; the universe, miracles and earth quakes, etc. Any book that showed anything

In other words, both believed in God but for different reasons. The Puritans believed God was in charge of everything, they believed God only give them what they deserve or needed. If a miracle happen it was because God wish for it to happen, if one suffered it was because God decided that should be their punishment. Unlike the Puritans, the Deism believed that there was a God but that he did not interfere with human life. Deism believed that God was not the reason they were being punish. They did not believe that God was the one that choose how their life would turn out to be. They also do not believe God punish his son, Jesus, harshly as the bible puts it. But they do believe he was sent to cure their “sins”. They also believe God is responsible for anything that the human cannot do, for example the universe. Their literacy was also very different. If someone was to look for a book in a Puritan library, they would only find books that are related to that religion. But if someone were to look in a Deism library, that person would only find books explaining why God is not the reason how someone live turn out to be. In fact, the Deism religion was widely known as the nature religion in their areas. Both sides had different literacy books. If the Puritans burned and banned the book The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, imagine what would have happened if they were to enter into a