For one the villagers had many restrictions on what you could do. In their life you were basically suppose to eat, sleep, and go to church. Anything else was sinful or just not tolerated. Satan played a key role in the Puritans life. They believed the Devil was a real as God. This scared the Puritans into worshiping God more just to make sure they didn’t go to hell. They also thought that if something bad happened to someone then they deserved it because that is God punishing them. Therefore when people started eating the fungus grain and having side effects they believed it to be
For one the villagers had many restrictions on what you could do. In their life you were basically suppose to eat, sleep, and go to church. Anything else was sinful or just not tolerated. Satan played a key role in the Puritans life. They believed the Devil was a real as God. This scared the Puritans into worshiping God more just to make sure they didn’t go to hell. They also thought that if something bad happened to someone then they deserved it because that is God punishing them. Therefore when people started eating the fungus grain and having side effects they believed it to be