In today’s society, people go to church to be close to god as much as possible like the puritans . In today’s society people believe in predestination just like people back then people see you if you were born to do good and be saved by good believe that you're going to go to hell for the sin that you committ. Some people believe that one's destiny can't be changed just like I believe, but others in today’s society believe that you can change your destiny by the way you act and not the need to be close to god. Puritans believe in a life of hard work, self discipline and religious duty, people today will believe in going to work be self disciple and go to church at night therefore puritans and …show more content…
During the puritan’s lives, if you live by society’s norms, then you were consider a witch and were sentenced to death if you didn’t give the names of others that supposedly also took part in witchcraft. The major difference between then and now is that your social ranking isn’t determine by your involvement in the church. A person’s wealth determines social satus. Today’s society is now more acceptable of people’s way of life than before.if a person was accussed of doing something by a child, they were automatically guilty without question. The present of a child witness now isn’t