Sinners Follow-Up Post

After reading Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, I was very surprised. I think that the religious point of view in the sermon was very scary and intimidating. I think that if this was read today, people would be surprised as well. Compared to the very uplifting type of religion people are used to now, this is very dark. A part of the sermon that struck me as surprising is, "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all that keeps the arrow one moment from being drunk with your blood." This was surprising because I've always been told that God loves me unconditionally and wouldn't want to hurt me. The thought of someone so powerful who is so angry is very unsettling. I think this could change a lot of people's views on religion. People would be scared, especially if they heard words like these in the speech, "And you children that are unconverted, don't you know that you are going down to Hell, to bear the dreadful wrath of that God that is now angry with you every day, and every night?" Those words could make anybody feel that they are not religious enough.  This sermon could convince any person that they were going to Hell. If this was read commonly today, people would be scared and nervous like the first people who heard it.