“A transcendent God, as a First Cause, created the universe, but then left it to run on its own. God is thus not immanent, not fully personal, not sovereign over human affairs, not providential. To deists God is only a force or energy to be recognized” (Sire). Deists believe God created the world but has since remained indifferent to it. Because of some historical events that took place, Mark Twain became a Deist which one can see through his work, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri. At a young age, he revered the riverboat pilots and hoped to become one himself. He then learned the lingo of the trade, including “mark twain,” which refers to the river depth at which …show more content…
Another factor in Twain’s rejection of Christianity was that he grew up when the Civil War broke out. Signs of having been trained to accept the cruel and indifferent attitudes of a slaveholding culture added power to his writings. He grew so deistic that “he was even one of the people who put Deistic beliefs in a form which allowed them to be easily disseminated to the general public. His writings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries went a long way in stealthily spreading Deistic beliefs” (Davis).
The deistic view that Mark Twain held can be seen through his greatest fiction, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The story was an imaginative recreation of boyhood adventures with inspired characterization about a boy named Huckleberry. Huck had a life that was …show more content…
Huck said, “I must help other people, and do everything I could for other people, and look out for them all the time, and never think about myself” (Twain 8). The Widow taught Huck the right thing to do as a Christian. Philippians 2:4 states, “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others” (New International Version). God wants his people to put others first and to think less about themselves. God’s intention can be seen through the Widow’s teaching to Huckleberry, and His love can be found when Huck actually helped to free Jim at the end. Huck decided not to do what they were told to do, that is, to return runaway slaves; instead, he went through considerable adventures with Jim, supported him, and cared about him. However, one time Huck fooled Jim into believing he was dreaming about the incident of their separation, Jim got so mad that Huck finally understood how much Jim cared about him and he determined never to lie to Jim again. It serves as a reinforcement of God’s commandment to human beings, “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices” (NIV Colossians 3:9). If Huck was to act with a biblical worldview, he would have to cut off lying to
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri. At a young age, he revered the riverboat pilots and hoped to become one himself. He then learned the lingo of the trade, including “mark twain,” which refers to the river depth at which …show more content…
Another factor in Twain’s rejection of Christianity was that he grew up when the Civil War broke out. Signs of having been trained to accept the cruel and indifferent attitudes of a slaveholding culture added power to his writings. He grew so deistic that “he was even one of the people who put Deistic beliefs in a form which allowed them to be easily disseminated to the general public. His writings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries went a long way in stealthily spreading Deistic beliefs” (Davis).
The deistic view that Mark Twain held can be seen through his greatest fiction, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The story was an imaginative recreation of boyhood adventures with inspired characterization about a boy named Huckleberry. Huck had a life that was …show more content…
Huck said, “I must help other people, and do everything I could for other people, and look out for them all the time, and never think about myself” (Twain 8). The Widow taught Huck the right thing to do as a Christian. Philippians 2:4 states, “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others” (New International Version). God wants his people to put others first and to think less about themselves. God’s intention can be seen through the Widow’s teaching to Huckleberry, and His love can be found when Huck actually helped to free Jim at the end. Huck decided not to do what they were told to do, that is, to return runaway slaves; instead, he went through considerable adventures with Jim, supported him, and cared about him. However, one time Huck fooled Jim into believing he was dreaming about the incident of their separation, Jim got so mad that Huck finally understood how much Jim cared about him and he determined never to lie to Jim again. It serves as a reinforcement of God’s commandment to human beings, “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices” (NIV Colossians 3:9). If Huck was to act with a biblical worldview, he would have to cut off lying to