Mccarthy Religion Vs Religion

The man asks a fragile old man if he is lying about his name, and this signifies that identities cannot be proven since they no longer matter, so the old man could easily pretend to be someone else. The man and the boy come across a pitiful looking old man wandering across the road, and the boy wants to help him. After much debate between him and the man, they finally go over to help the old man, and the man begins to ask him many questions such, such as what his name is. The man later asks, “‘Is your name really Ely?’” (McCarthy 171). Since there is no government, no one has official identities anymore. Files are no longer kept on people, so it makes it much easier for people to fake who they are. A population barely exists, so people do not …show more content…
During the old man and the man’s conversation, the man brings up his faith in God, and the old man states, “‘There is no God and we are his prophets’” (McCarthy 170). People view religion as a moral compass for everyone. Since religion is pure and holy, people believe that it guides them to live wholesome lives and to do good deeds. Without religion, many believe that people have no morality, and they have no guide to tell them what is right and what is wrong. With that being said, the old man has lived an extremely long time, and he has seen many things within his lifetime. People in the post-apocalyptic world represent the worst version of humanity, and the old man sees this. The people that rule this society are cannibalistic, and they force women and children to go against their will for their own pleasure. The old man sees these horrors, and he comes to the conclusion that these actions could only be carried out in a Godless society. These people carry out a Godless message, making them prophets of the cause. “God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road” states, “…Ely has lost his faith” (Weilenberg 3). What he has seen has caused him to lose this faith, and his lost faith is expressed through