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> I'm not so sure why. Because a lot of "weird" cultural norms in the US are based on its roots of puritanism. > At the same time, the Puritans regarded deat
by k8sToGo 5y ago
> I'm not so sure why.
Because a lot of "weird" cultural norms in the US are based on its roots of puritanism.
> At the same time, the Puritans regarded death as God's punishment for human sinfulness and on their deathbeds many New Englanders trembled with fear that they might suffer eternal damnation in Hell.
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=72 https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=72
- watwut 5y agoImo, the puritanism as root of everything is massively overstated. In this case in particular, puritans talked about death a lot. They have been kinda obsessed with it.