He was one of the few deists that weren’t a major part of the social norm. If he had written his deism a couple of years before the British empire would’ve punished him severely. The puritan God was to oversee everything and was to always be there observing his creations. They spent their lives with the fact that Gods wrath was lurking over their shoulders. Franklins view on God wasn’t similar, but he was his creator but that was the only relationship he had to people. His God wasn’t the one that told man to write the bible, or the one that sent his son to die for man’s sins. God had given free will and life, and then allowed man to control their own future. The puritan idea of human nature was centered on the knowledge of unprecedented sin. The original sin that is told in the bible is about Adam and Eve who under the temptations of the devil eat the apple from the tree of good and evil. The belief for this was that humans are impure and made fundamentally corrupt decisions. Thinking that everyone is born to sin the thought of ever leaving became impossible. The only benefit they had was that human nature was created by God himself. Being chosen and given redemption for ones sins was the only hope the puritans received through the eyes of
He was one of the few deists that weren’t a major part of the social norm. If he had written his deism a couple of years before the British empire would’ve punished him severely. The puritan God was to oversee everything and was to always be there observing his creations. They spent their lives with the fact that Gods wrath was lurking over their shoulders. Franklins view on God wasn’t similar, but he was his creator but that was the only relationship he had to people. His God wasn’t the one that told man to write the bible, or the one that sent his son to die for man’s sins. God had given free will and life, and then allowed man to control their own future. The puritan idea of human nature was centered on the knowledge of unprecedented sin. The original sin that is told in the bible is about Adam and Eve who under the temptations of the devil eat the apple from the tree of good and evil. The belief for this was that humans are impure and made fundamentally corrupt decisions. Thinking that everyone is born to sin the thought of ever leaving became impossible. The only benefit they had was that human nature was created by God himself. Being chosen and given redemption for ones sins was the only hope the puritans received through the eyes of