Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

     After reading an excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" I felt many things, mainly confused.  Religion is known to be the sanctuary of many, within religion people find hope and forgiveness.  Edwards is scaring people into believing, giving them the impression that if they don't they will be damned forever.  He is forcing his beliefs on people, as if people can't make decisions on their own.  This sermon by Jonathan Edwards, was quite disturbing. He seemed like a judgmental, cruel, hypocrite.  He judged those who had not been saved yet, commenting on how they should be thankful for life, and God had no reason to keep them on earth for their sins.  He was cruel, in the way that this sermon was not a sermon at all, instead it was an attack on all those who did not follow him, who he believes is some type of mortal god.  John Edwards was either a large hypocrite or in denial, he seemed to have the idea that he had never sinned, which is impossible because everyone makes mistakes and for him to stand in front of these people and make them feel like any less of a person than they are was wrong.  If I were to ever meet John Edwards, I don't think that I'd like him very much since he has a very twisted idea of what religion is, and chose to use his powers for bad.  Lastly, the way that John Edwards explains this God of his, is insane, the question that I was constantly asking myself while reading this excerpt was "If this God is one to take pleasure out of killing those who make mistakes and sending them to hell forever instead of forgiving them, why praise him?"