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Sunflower2013 Posted 13 years ago
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"The Puritans were not uninterested in material prosperity and were prone when it came, unfortunately, to take it as a sign of God’s approval. Yet their fundamental criterion of success was not material wealth but the creation of a community in which a genuinely ethical and spiritual life could be lived."
I am not getting the author's opinion here. It seems to me the author is saying the Puritans care a lot about money which is unfortunate (the author used the word "unfortunately" indicating he/she thinks caring about money is not good). But then the author says the Puritans care about creation of community.
Can I infer that the Puritans generally maintained a balance between material and spiritual considerations? Thanks for your explanation. Thanks....
I am not getting the author's opinion here. It seems to me the author is saying the Puritans care a lot about money which is unfortunate (the author used the word "unfortunately" indicating he/she thinks caring about money is not good). But then the author says the Puritans care about creation of community.
Can I infer that the Puritans generally maintained a balance between material and spiritual considerations? Thanks for your explanation. Thanks....
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sunflower2013 It seems to me the author is saying the Puritans care a lot about money I don't see that. He says that "they were not uninterested" in it. That means to me that they did care about material prosperity at least a little.
- sunflower2013 It seems to me the author is saying the Puritans care a lot about money I don't see that.
- He says that "they were not uninterested" in it.
- That means to me that they did care about material prosperity at least a little.
- sunflower2013 which is unfortunate (the author used the word "unfortunately" indicating he/she thinks caring about money is not good).
- No.
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sunflower2013 It seems to me the author is saying the Puritans care a lot about moneyI don't see that. He says that "they were not uninterested" in it. That means to me that they did care about material prosperity at least a little.
sunflower2013which is unfortunate (the author used the word "unfortunately" indicating he/she thinks car
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