Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God
“The wrath of God is like great waters…” These are the opening words to Jonathon Edwards’ Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God speech. Already the speech seems crazy and that is just eight words.
I personally think that this speech is very over the top and scary. I would be totally freaked out if someone was telling me these words. It really goes over board with these words. They personally are very frightening and extreme. His beliefs are very extreme as well. Believing that humans have no chance of being redeemed at all is ridiculous. Also thinking that God is ready to shoot you dead at any moment, metaphorically of course, is one the craziest things I have ever heard.
The whole speech is crazy to begin with, but these points especially give me the creeps. He just seems so violent and displeased with human society and there is nothing you can do about it. He really freaks people out and is completely crazy when giving this speech. Personally, I think this a crazy speech and quite frankly ridiculous. I know some people may agree with him (especially people from like four hundred years ago), but I don’t and that’s just my opinion.
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