Continuing on

In class we opened by talking about the group of puritans that were in this town. They thought of themselves to be "Godly". One of the questions was, what made them think they were godly? I think that no one has the right to say they are godly because we all are the natural man and are destined to make mistakes. What I believe that can help us get to a godly state is only through the redemption of Jesus Christ. In class we had an open discussion of the different religions that split off from the Roman Catholic church. In the most part it was a peaceable discussion. There is one young lady who was very vocal about her beliefs or unbeliefs, I'm not sure what she was saying. For the people of 1620 their entire lives revolved around the church and the community. They were God fearing people. In our day today, there are people the same way. However, we live in a country now where we can cohabitate with each other and agree to disagree. One person in the class mentioned that back then you could justify hanging someone just for the fact that they disobeyed a rule or law or didn't believe as the rest of the group. Now we can't do that. Religion was a huge part of the community back then and I believe it is just as important today. Religion to me is not just a Sunday thing. It is a part of who you are when you make that commitment.