At the dawn of America, the question of why society did virtuous deeds remained a notorious fact. Either a colonist followed a Puritan belief, that God expected him or her to live a holy life full of virtuous works and kindness, or he or she followed a humanist life geared toward man’s potential and present earthly life. Today’s America, though, has become a divergent place. Numerous proletariats argue that the general public of the 21st century remains driven to treat others empathetically, simply by the feeling of aiding their fellow man, and while these ideas may be true in numerous cases, logical intellectuals would agree that in actuality, the fear of failure and the need for obligatory reward, motivates society to augment humanity.
From a fledgling age, the American culture teaches children “The Golden Rule”, treat people the way they desire to be treated or face the consequences, to such amplitude that individuals carry this lesson for life. All told, acting appropriately due to fear closely mirrors the Puritan belief that humans must be respectable to evade Hell. Hence, countless Puritan writers poised oeuvres concerning …show more content…
Of course, nothing could be so unpretentious. Incidentally, in an intelligent aphorism Benjamin Franklin declares, “What is serving God? Tis doing good to Man” (Poor Richard's Almanac). Franklin’s quote, taken from Poor Richards Almanac, describes the humanist belief that mankind should be respectable simply because they covet to succor their fellow gent and amend the world into a superior place. The humanists believed that following this manpowered way of life was positively the unsurpassed way to worship God, opposed to the Puritans who based all their actions living in apprehension of an “Angry God” (Jonathan Edwards Sinners in the hands of an Angry
From a fledgling age, the American culture teaches children “The Golden Rule”, treat people the way they desire to be treated or face the consequences, to such amplitude that individuals carry this lesson for life. All told, acting appropriately due to fear closely mirrors the Puritan belief that humans must be respectable to evade Hell. Hence, countless Puritan writers poised oeuvres concerning …show more content…
Of course, nothing could be so unpretentious. Incidentally, in an intelligent aphorism Benjamin Franklin declares, “What is serving God? Tis doing good to Man” (Poor Richard's Almanac). Franklin’s quote, taken from Poor Richards Almanac, describes the humanist belief that mankind should be respectable simply because they covet to succor their fellow gent and amend the world into a superior place. The humanists believed that following this manpowered way of life was positively the unsurpassed way to worship God, opposed to the Puritans who based all their actions living in apprehension of an “Angry God” (Jonathan Edwards Sinners in the hands of an Angry