Benjamin Franklin vs. Jonathan Edwards
Benjamin Franklin vs. Jonathan Edwards If you have ever read Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and Benjamin Franklin's "The Autobiography" you will clearly see a difference in their ideas concerning moral perfection. You will notice one of them has a very pushy, forceful way of presenting their views, Jonathan Edward, and one has a more laid back, easy going way of presenting their views, Benjamin Franklin. Just in the way in which they present their views tells a great deal about their actual views. Jonathan Edward's has a very religious, traditional view of moral perfection while Benjamin Franklin has a more ideological and simple way of viewing moral perfection. It is extremely evident from "Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God" that Jonathan Edwards has a very traditional and religious view of moral perfection. Part of this most likely is due to the fact that he is a preacher. "There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there in hell's wide gapping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon, nor anything to take hold of; there is nothing between you and hell but the air; it is the only pow
He is the one that is controlling your life. Basically Jonathan Edward views life as something that revolves strongly around God and religion. " According to Franklin, to achieve moral perfection you must complete the first of the thirteen steps and then you are capable to move on to the next. Benjamin in my opinion has a much more laid back and ideological view of moral perfection. Later in the text he also states, "If God should withdraw His hand, they would avail no more to keep you from falling, than the thin air to hold up a person that is suspended in it. " Franklin puts a lot more thought and time into his ideas of moral perfection. It is up to you to decide if you want to live a sinful or justified life and God will determine what your fate will be. " As you can see from this quote of Jonathan Edward's, he feels that God is the only power that is holding you from you going to hell. He also has a much different way to achieve moral perfection as compared to Edward. It is now obvious that Jonathan Edward and Benjamin Franklin had very differing views on moral perfection. Franklin believes in "fixing" your attention on one virtue at a time. He thinks that people should evaluate their daily ways of life until they have perfected it through a record system. er and mere pleasure of God that holds you up.
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