When I asked myself who would be the modern puritan, the first thing that popped into my head was the Westboro Baptist Church. They exaggerate some parts of The Bible and are sometimes considered a hate group. Compared to puritans, they are also closed minded and are against difference and diversity. They are a group of people who are devoted to cause offence by saying hateful things based on a few things from The Bible. Puritans also follow things straight from The Bible and would probably be best friends with these guys if they were still around today.
The Westboro Baptist Church is run by a family of Christian lawyers that believe that God hates our society's sin and will bring punishment because of it. What this group of people does is considered a hate crime to some because they picket at the funerals of militants and protest against homosexuals. Most Christians agree that they are a group of very, very cruel people for virtually no reason. They negate some lines of The Bible while taking some lines and making them into extreme motives to do hateful things to others. All in all, The Westboro Baptist Church is a group of spiteful people that are now forbidden to protest within 300 feet of military funerals and are banned from entering Canada and the United Kingdom.
So other than the Westboro Baptist Church being closed minded, how else would they be alike to the Puritan? What are their beliefs that are similar to those of the puritans? Are they strict with their kids about conforming to society? How do they interact with society if they are so hateful towards many groups of people?
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