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They could speak out, but no one would listen to them, and they were too ashamed to try to talk to someone about the incident. One of the survivors portrayed in the movie had not even told his wife about it because he was so humiliated by the incidents. The journalists of Spotlight felt they had a responsibility to the victims of the church, and investigated the church’s court case to publish an article that would show how corrupt the church and law was for

In this town there was no respect for that which led the townspeople to close themselves off to anything that was not taught in the bible. It led Reverend Brown to lead the townspeople inadequately. The townspeople were relying on Reverend Brown to lead them and that is not wrong of them but the only problem here was that they did not know how to think for themselves. They were so closed minded to new ideas that everything outside the doctrine was wrong. To think freely is to be able to open your mind to new depths, it does not mean you have to agree to them or believe in them it just means that you are able to see out of the lense of someone

There were very few theologians and chaplains in the Confederacy, because no emphasis was put on religion throughout the war. The Confederacy was more eager to have “fighting men” then “preaching men”. Although Davis was not apt to teach religion in the camps, not all the soldiers were built up that way. Many commanding officers did their best to spread the Gospel throughout the camp and encourage each other. Jackson himself tried to declare and avoid fighting on the Sabbath.

“I have confessed myself ! Is there no good penitence but it be the public? God does not need myname nailed upon the church! God sees my name: God knows how black are my sins are!” (P.132) Under those circumstances, both of which will ruin his life completely and others. If he his name gets nailed by the church wall, when he is freed from jail, he will be isolated

With a dislike for Whitefield, clergy members would shut their church’s doors to the influence of Whitefield’s enthusiasm and instead of preaching in the pulpits, he resulted to preaching in the streets and in fields, where ever a crowd would gather. Despite those not liking his way of presenting Christianity, there was another aspect that people in the South began criticizing Whitefield for, his stance on slavery. Whitefield has an interesting relationship with slavery because although he admonishes slave owners for the way they were treating their slaves, his messages did not have a tone of abolition in them, as he would later advocate for slavery to be incorporated

Meeting Homer Barron was her biggest change from her old self, because her father did not allow her be in any relationships, but she went out in public with Homer “driving in the yellow-wheeled buggy and the matched team of bays from the livery stable” (454). Consequently, this was only because she was living in her own reality and believed that Homer would be the one to marry her. Homer was “not a marrying man” (454) and would not marry Emily, but she refused to accept the denial of marriage from him, so she killed him to keep him with her forever. She stayed within her house to keep herself in the Old South. When she told the men to see Colonel Sartoris, she was not aware that “Colonel Sartoris had been dead for almost ten years” (452) at that point.

I had so little hope that to me it seemed as if even the one we worshipped viewed us as lesser beings. As we were in a church, it seemed only appropriate that comments about God were made. But I don’t think anyone was prepared for what Garrison said. He instilled new hope in us, in the form of the religion we practice and the God we worship. Not only did he state that his abolitionism was identical to God’s law, but he defied all social norms and directly went after churches, repeating that the ones who advocate for slavery are atheistical, and Christians who believe that one man may be enslaved by another are believers of the devil.

Hear Him!” He was told not to join any of the churches, for “They were all wrong,” and “They draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”. He then again forbade Joseph to join with any of them. A few days later Joseph told a Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before mentioned religious excitement; and told him about the vision. The preacher then told joseph saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations in these days. After he told the preacher word spread and people thought he lied about it.

The Mormons somewhat practice complex marriage, but their practice only prohibits men to acquire multiple wives. I also noticed that with each one of the new denominations emerging throughout the time period, that slavery was something the majority of these differing religious sects were opposed to. It seems to me that as new religion came about, the ideals of abolition of slavery were more supported and more talked about. Most of the members of these new belief systems wanted nothing to do with the act of slavery, because they felt that it went directly against Christian teachings, and I agree with

There are passages on fasting, on sex and marriage, Communion, church services, speaking in tongues, parents and children. Most of these passages reflect first century AD mores and not modern sentiments, but because fundamentalists see everything in black and white, they cannot separate concept from practice. Today 's culture is very different from the way anyone in Paul 's time would have lived, and there is little to salvage except basic moralities like honesty, kindness, and resourcefulness. But fundamentalists teach that any sort of detraction from these rules is heresy. Children are told they if they sin, they must go and repent for that specific sin immediately or else they are not in God 's favor.