English 208
February 22, 2000
Puritanism
The puritan religion is one that is hardly understood in today’s world of
never-ending excuses and finger pointing. This is human nature at it’s finest. Puritanism
probably couldn’t make it today. In fact, it probably wouldn’t have a chance. Today’s
society would not be willing to make the sacrifices of chosen hardships to make the cut.
One of the most demanding religions, puritan belief forced its followers to change their
life in accordance to God’s holy …showed first 85 words of 887 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 887 total…to produce a God fearing society that
produced healthy Christians. Unfortunately, as bibles became more and more common,
church became less and less necessary. As the church lost some of its power, there was
an influx of immigrants, which helped dismantle the entire city. The religious
intolerance of the Puritans helped limit it’s growth to none at all and eventually the
religion died out. Much like the walls of Babylon were torn down, so too were the walls
of the “city on the hill.”
