Casey's View Of Religion Essay

The character Casey, a former preacher, interprets sin as being purely natural and claims that it does not have much relation to the bible. Casey rejects his religious background when it comes to the topic of sin, doing so because of his divine interest in women. One of the reasons Casey left the church is because of his attachment to women and passion, which in the preaching world is sin. The bible represents purity without women and Casey denies that assertion and states that women and human passion are natural which then makes sin a natural necessity in life.
‘Here’s me preachin’ grace. An’ here’s them people gettin'’ grace so hard they’re jumpin’ an’ shoutin’. Now they say layin’ up with a girl comes from the devil. But the more grace a girl got in her, the quicker she wants to go out in the grass.’ And; I got to thinkin’ how in hell, s’cuse me,how can the …show more content…
The bible represents chastity, and preaches purity without women, but Casey contradicts this philosophy. The idea of sin, from Casey’s perspective, comes from a more naturalistic and Whitmanesque viewpoint. Casey’s biblical logic on grace shows his natural outlook by saying, “But the more grace a girl got in her, the quicker she wants to go out in the grass.’” Casey questions how if he preaches grace and God's will, how can it be a sin being sexually involved with women if they're full of grace? The “grass” and the connection to women in this instance is pure and naturalistic, which makes sin a natural thing to do. It’s human in its purest form to want passion, and its natural. Casey says he “preaches grace”, and grace is god's overwhelming desire to treat you as if you had never sinned. The definition of grace is claiming that God will treat one like they have never been sinned, so sleeping with the women who are full of God's grace out in the grass (the purest thing that god created) cannot be a sin at