Why did Robinson Crusoe start believing in Religion ?
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After arriving on shore Crusoe believed it was because of gods showing mercy to him as he quoted, “I fell to my knees and gave God thanks for my deliverance, resolving to lay aside all thoughts of my deliverance by my boat” (112). .
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At the beginning of the novel, Robinson Crusoe, an average seventeenth-century Christian male shows himself to be like all the other Christians, trying to satisfy God by rigidly obeying him fearful of his might and power. This “power” that Robinson Crusoe believes God harbors is seen when Crusoe states, “I made many vows…that if it would please God to spare my life in this one voyage…I would go directly home to my father, and never set it into a ship again while I lived” (10). The fact that Crusoe believes God can give and take a man’s life shows how committed he is towards Christianity.
Another example of Crusoe professing his faith in Christianity is seen when he thanks God for letting him come upon on the island safely. After arriving on shore Crusoe believed it was because of gods showing mercy to him as he quoted, “I fell to my knees and gave God thanks for my deliverance, resolving to lay aside all thoughts of my deliverance by my boat” (112). Once again, Crusoe leads to God for support, because in a Christian mindset, whatever happens, is because of God. Even after he survives a shipwreck, Crusoe does not curse God or question why he has summoned this situation upon him, but he thanks God. This mindset further demonstrates the intensity with which Crusoe trusts and wholly believes in the choices made by God, even if they leave Crusoe in a dire condition.
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