The pathos expressed by Jonathan Edwards was extremely convincing to the puritans due to the way he provided hope and imagery to the puritans on how their daily life actions might led them into a heaven or hell. But is there really a heaven or hell after our life, or is it all just a big myth that people choose to believe or not? Could something as simple as playing games as a little kid really deny you entry to heaven. All the sacrificed to people’s daily lives that are being made really going to pay off? If there a world to exist after our lives is all said and done with. Or is all this just a myth people agree or refuse to believe. Nowadays there is a wide diversity of people’s faith in god and their beliefs. And what will happen to those who stay faithful to him, and those that didn’t bother to believe.
Pathos was extremely convincing to the puritans. This is shown where the puritan would sit in churches listening to 6 plus hour sermons. Not just anyone would have the patience to sit through those sermons unless, you Fa church for something that they had no real feeling towards. And plus all the sacrifices they would have to make into their daily lives. Such as nothing luxurious in their lives, and kids not being able to play games or any other entertaining activities. …show more content…
This is shown in the story where Jonathan Edwards states, “How dreadful is the states of those that are daily and hourly in the danger of this great wrath and infinite misery.” The puritans fear that misery if they disobey the orders given to them in the sermon, that is another example that pathos is convincing Jonathan Edwards has the puritans in fear of what would happen even when he shows them zero proof of that it even
Pathos was extremely convincing to the puritans. This is shown where the puritan would sit in churches listening to 6 plus hour sermons. Not just anyone would have the patience to sit through those sermons unless, you Fa church for something that they had no real feeling towards. And plus all the sacrifices they would have to make into their daily lives. Such as nothing luxurious in their lives, and kids not being able to play games or any other entertaining activities. …show more content…
This is shown in the story where Jonathan Edwards states, “How dreadful is the states of those that are daily and hourly in the danger of this great wrath and infinite misery.” The puritans fear that misery if they disobey the orders given to them in the sermon, that is another example that pathos is convincing Jonathan Edwards has the puritans in fear of what would happen even when he shows them zero proof of that it even