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Similarities Between The Crucible And Teenage Wasteland
I will be comparing Christian worldview with the The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter and Teenage Wasteland.

First I will be comparing Christian worldview with The Crucible, there are many different Christian worldviews in this novel, the townspeople believe that every word there pastor says is the word from God, they follow the bible to the point they take every word of the bible literal, they go to church every sunday, if you sin it's a huge deal. Modern christianity is not like this at all, not everyone goes to church every sunday, nobody will get killed for believing a different faith, etc…. I am glad that we don't live in this christian worldview because if we did our whole society would change, you should make people believe in the bible

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