Puritans were known for their extreme belief in following word for word what the bible instructed. Their religion was their law, and whoever broke the law, was looked down upon and automatically became a castaway. Today, things are a little less severe when it comes to judging others as to how it was before. For example, as we had discussed in my English class, adultery, which was known as a large scale sin, and as we read in the Scarlet Letter, came with heavy punishments that marked the people for life. Today, adultery is not punishable by law. Although, in society, if you are discovered to have committed such action, people look down at you as if you were a wild person without moral values.
However, in other ways, society has become more judgmental. For example,when a teenage girl is pregnant people will give her odd looks. The people automatically criticize the girl. In example, they might think she is living a crazy life and therefore that is the consequence. When in reality, that pregnancy could have been the result of rape. So, the problem with people now a days is that they are quick to judge and never to analyze a situation first.
Another example would be with the way a person dresses. If you are walking down the street, and you see a person in all black with piercings and tattoos, most people look at them as bad people just because of their outside. They automatically think that they are odd, or are into doing bad things just because of the way they dress. In some schools, there is a group of "castaways" that aren't accepted because of how they look, what they have done or where they come from. So, people tend to target each other into what is known today as bullying. So, in reality, we live in a world where we are extremely judgmental.
I completely agree with you in the sense that even though we have gotten better, we are still quick to judge others. The Puritans did it because of religion, but why do you think we do if so many of us aren't as religiously strict as the Puritans were?
ReplyDeleteYou make a very good point when you said that people are less severe when judging others, but quicker to judge. Do you think that, in the future, people will learn to become more understanding towards those that they'll judge before judging ?
ReplyDeleteI do agree with this post, it is true that people are quick to judge, and I feel like Puritans judged severely on the sins you committed. I feel like looking at somebody and thinking about what they are wearing/ how they look and such is simply human nature, which led to people being quick to judge.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying how modernly we are very judgemental. Do you think Puritans were as judgemental or more judgemental than how we are now?
ReplyDeletei completely agree with everything you said.
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