Jared's+Reflection+on+Religion+in+America

The Puritans left their legacy of hypocrisy; their demands for religious purity were so rigorous that few could possibly adhere to them all. Thus, for most Puritans “the outward guise of purity was but a lie,” (Hawthorne, 78). They lied about themselves to gain the respect of others, as is still common practice today. Religiuos hypocristy exists in many forms, such as the one seen here. Christianity is both the massive shining beacon of light and a justification for the KKK to comit hate crimes.