Cold Sassy Tree Analysis

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"Ask and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7). Grandpa Blakeslee formulates his interpretation of the bible, not specifically, but generally his outlook or overview of the philosophical tenets of the bible. Grandpa Blakeslee's interpretation promotes the idea that pleading God for relief or otherwise rather than for perseverance to overcome the circumstances one undergoes is not only a misunderstanding (of the purpose of prayer and how a christian lifestyle should be) but additionally an error in the usage (of prayer).

"When Jesus said ast and ye shall receive, I don't think He meant us to pray 'Lord, spare my child', or 'make it rain for the crops', or 'don't let my bizness fail'...." In the excerpt from Cold Sassy Tree, Grandpa Blakeslee claims that pleading for the dispersion of troubles or for physical wants is a misunderstanding of the purpose of prayer. Each example listed in the dialogue contains a physical desire. Grandpa Blakeslee uses each example to provide an explanation as to how the …show more content…

faith doesn't mean the Lord is go'n make lions lay down with lambs jest cause you ast him to, or make fire not burn." Grandpa Blakeslee in his rebuttal of Miss Love's claim that faith equates to an exploitable infinite genie that grants wishes upon command is rebuked by Grandpa Blakeslee's counter that this form of faith depicts a selfish form of misguided spiritual behavior. When someone prays to God for something incompatible with reality, or insoluble with the framework that which God has constructed, they are essentially asking for God to alter or change or suspend reality in their favor and in a fashion that they approve (which is asking for a miracle) - which is an inherently selfish idea. The idea of an altruistic personality is synonymous with a tenacious personality as they both contain anti-selfish

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