Why Do People Go Ahead And Defend What They Believe In

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There are many people who are scared to stand up for someone else because they fear of getting in trouble. In my opinion I think that people should just go ahead and defend what they believe in. If someone sees someone else dead in the middle of the road and they might want to help them. But they would be afraid to get in trouble, because if someone else comes they might think that, that person did it. If this would’ve happened to me then the thing that I would do is call the police. I’ll explain how I found them and they will take it from there. In my personal experience I stood up for something I did believe in. That was when I was in 3rd grade. My little brother was being bullied by other boys. I went up to them and told them to leave him alone. They responded with a “no.” They told me that if I didn’t leave they were going to tell the teachers that I tried to hit them. I got kind of scared because the teacher would always believe them. But its was my brother so I had to do something about it. So I left and wen to go get the teachers that always …show more content…
They also believed that the Angelican Church needed to be purified of the influences Catholics. The company hired ships to transport Puritans. Most kids new how to read. If they knew how to read they were lucky because they got to read the bible. Each number of the congregationl elected independent ministers. The Dissenters left because they thought there wasn’t enough room for religious freedom. They also had a lot of disagreements with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Puritans defended their DOGMA. A woman named Anne Hutchinson was a woman who was really strict and everyone had to follow her rules. They were to follow the bible rules. It was very strict. That is why many left Europe to live a better life. Not everyone believed in her so they had to move to make a life that benefited them and their families because they felt that they weren’t being

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