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Salem Witches


             heaven or hell and because of that you had to do everything in your power to get closer to.
             God and end up in the more favorable of the two places. Puritans believed that they alone.
             have the truth and that they are closest to God of all religions, which makes them the.
             biggest menace to Satan. There was a serious climate of fear in the population because.
             they believed if they let down their guard for a second the devil would rush in to pulverize.
             their existence. Puritans believed that the way they could get closer to God was to do.
             anything in their power to get farther away from the Devil, who would pursue them all the.
             time and try to play on their weaknesses to take them over. .
             Puritans believed that people should live a life that was modest and pure and they.
             should all work together in order to survive. These sort of things are what will make you.
             closer to God. Naturally, the people who were accused of being witches were people who.
             were not like this, people who were outspoken or stood out from the crowd. Knowing all.
             the things that Puritans believe it can be seen how they believed certain people to be.
             witches. Their low tolerance made it easy to pick out the wrongs of others and the ones.
             who stood out were often the ones who were named as witches. Puritans were expected.
             to work hard and restrain emotions. Some of the witches who they picked out were.
             beggars or people who voiced their opinions Witchcraft made a natural enemy to all.
             Puritan beliefs. In finding witchcraft they found a way to blame their misfortunes on.
             something. The way they justified killing witches was because it even said in the Bible.
             that no one should tolerate a witch to live. This made the Puritans feel that if they found.
             witches it was their duty to rid the world of them and killing them was the only way to do.
             that. To them it was doing their duty to God.
             The final reason people believed in witches at the time had to do with their leaders.


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