The Modern Puritan

    The Puritans, according to history and literature, were viewed as a group of American settlers who followed strict laws of their religions so tediously that even the slightest sin meant that you were bound to damnation. They tried to live their lives with such perfections that they overlooked or disapproved anything outside their religious lifestyle and rules. In today’s society the Puritan lifestyle is considered Amish or to some people nonexistent. However, the type of lifestyle that the Puritans lived can be found in any grouping or close organization that fosters an imperial identity of how their members should live, like cults for instance.       Cults, although secret, are formed so that people can follow some religious aspect or ideal.
Cults are similar to the Puritans by how in certain cults, people have to dress a certain way, have their hair a certain way, and even act a certain way to proclaim that they are a member of any cult they are a part of.  The difference, and this goes for all close organizations or groupings, are that even though these people live by this singular ideal, they don’t exert strict laws like the Puritans did. If so, then the leaders of those groups would be considered “The Modern Day Puritans.”