Penn Religion Vs Greek Religion

“They that receive this light, and come out of that which they are called from, which is sin, they may come to enjoy peace with God.” (Penn 6) The ideology of the inner light contrasts innate depravity, because the Quakers believe that all people can be saved and they are not inherently wicked, they just need to accept the inner light. The two religions also have similarities, Penn gives a series of rhetorical questions during his sermon, “What have you done for Christ? Christ hath died for you; but hast though lived to him? And hast thou died to the world, and died to thy sins and lusts?” (Penn 9) In both religions, they want their followers to live for Christ, or to live pure, and to avoid sinful ways. Both religions can accomplish this …show more content…
Ultimately, the two religions want their followers to have a pure life. During the scientific revolution of the 17th century, a new religion began, Deism. This religion believes in an existence of a god that does not interfere directly with the world. Additionally, the religion praises reason, logic, and observation, which is used to determine the existence of a creator. This specific religion gained popularity among the intellectuals during the Age of Reason. They promoted ideologies of liberty, education, and separation of church and state. Deism contrasts much of Puritan thought, starting with the slogan from the World Union of Deists is, “God Gave Us Reason, Not Religion.” Their slogan is what their religion is based on, reason over religion. They use logic to explain the natural world, rather than giving credit strictly to a divine creator. Next, deists clash with the Puritan ideology of innate depravity, from Paine’s The Age of Reason, “It is from the bible that man has learned cruelty, rape, and murder; for the belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.” (Paine 205) Paine bluntly states that Deism does not follow a cruel God, which is one of the core ideas of