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Essay / John Locke's view on humanism: good versus good. Evil - 1072
In the scriptures, God speaks to people encouraging them to perform charitable acts so that people can experience eternal life. Currently, religious organizations like the Mormons who set aside daily life for two years live as outgoing missionaries and to fulfill the word of God. Groups like these Mormon missionaries do good, other Christian sects are not afraid of God. Islam is another monotheistic religion that lives in the fear of God; their faith teaches the existence of a “God [who] is deeply concerned about human beings and their destiny” (Kaltner). Muslims believe that Allah is constantly wondering whether or not someone will live with Him after death. In contrast, Puritans believed that God was good, but still lived in fear of His wrath. “The sovereignty and goodness of GOD” are the first words of Mary Rowlands’ story, but did her faith really teach the goodness of God? Many Puritans chose to do good to avoid God's exasperation. However, the fault in the Puritan belief that people do good in the fear of God is that not everyone believes in God. Many popular and necessary organizations that do good have no religious affiliation