Lucretia Mott's Abuse And Uses Of The Bible

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Lucretia Mott was involved in wanting to end slavery and support the rights of women. In “Abuses and Uses of the Bible” Mott wants to make people realize that you do not always need to go by the bible. She believes that some theories in the bible are indeed true however; we need to be aware of “our opinions and denunciatory in our conduct.” (pg 42). The bible is the word of God, our loving perfect God. The scriptures in the bible are claimed to be testimonies from God “as being able to give knowledge of that which is to come, being able to make wise into salvation; giving knowledge of a purer way, but only through the faith of Jesus Christ.” (pg 43). The bible has given us an insight to what the word of God is. The word of God we believe is our guide to the closest thing to perfection. For example, baptism, communion, and confirmation are all forms of devotion and steps we feel we need to take to become closer to God. …show more content…

Mott states that since God is a loving God; why is there slavery and the “crushing of woman’s powers, the assumption of authority over her”? (pg 43) We are losing a sense of humanity based on what the bible says. In Mott’s last sentence “we see them going out satisfied with their forms and devotions, taking comparatively little interest in the great subject of truth and humanity.” (pg 44); she wants us to be aware that we aren’t looking at the bigger picture. Humanity is treating everyone equally with kindness, sympathy and mercy. If God is all loving and perfection, he would want everyone to be treated equally because he accepts us for who we

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