1692年的塞勒姆女巫审判是一个持续了一年的事件，在这个事件中宗教激起了一个小殖民地的集体歇斯底里。审判包括对数百人的巫术指控，对那些不幸的人来说，这意味着他们的死亡。这些审判以及与之相关的证据都是基于善与上帝的关系而恶与魔鬼的关系。清教徒是来自英国的殖民地，他们为了逃避光荣革命的影响来到了马萨诸塞州的塞勒姆。他们来到美国，希望在新教会的统治下开始新生活，因为他们认为英国的教会是腐败的。他们在基督教和天主教思想的基础上形成了一种新的宗教，并视自己为无所不知。有一种强烈的信念，每个人都需要遵循自己的生活方式，这样才能过圣洁的生活，并与神有更紧密的联系。清教徒还将他们的信仰建立在这样一种观念之上，即为了获得这种令人向往的纯洁生活，人们必须避免魔鬼的诱惑和邪恶。当奇怪的无法解释的事件开始发生在他们的社区，萨勒姆的清教徒转向他们的宗教寻求解释。女人、孩子和一些男人的行为开始违背他们严格的信仰，对他们来说，唯一合理的解释是上帝生气了，派了魔鬼来惩罚他们。为了努力修复他们与上帝的关系，清教徒相信他们唯一的机会是摆脱恶魔的邪恶灵魂，它似乎接管了一切。魔鬼被认为进入了这个小社区，并以女巫的形式占据了一些居民的灵魂。清教徒不顾一切地想要回到正义的道路上他们开始了女巫之路以净化整个城镇。他们相信自己的所作所为在道德上是正确的，他们对上帝的责任是摆脱女巫，女巫占据了他们的社区。宗教是影响塞勒姆女巫审判的力量。塞勒姆镇发生的一切都与个人与魔鬼做了某种交易有关。大多数时候，研究的对象都是女性，因为她们被认为不如男性，并且嫉妒她们。在法律看来，所有巫术证据都是基于他们的宗教信仰，而不是物理证据。
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 was an event that lasted a year in which religion fueled mass hysteria in a small colony. The trials consisted of accusations of witchcraft against hundreds of people, and for the unfortunate one’s it would mean their death. These trials and the evidence associated with them was all based around the idea of good which was connected to God versus evil where the connection lied with the Devil. The Puritans were a colony of people from England who were escaping the effects of the Glorious Revolution and found themselves in Salem, Massachusetts. They came to America in hopes of starting a new life under the rule of a new church as they believed the church in England was corrupt. They formed a new religion based off Christian and Catholic ideas and viewed themselves as all-knowing. There was a strong belief that everyone needed to follow their way of life in order to live holy and have a stronger connection to God. The Puritans also based their beliefs around the idea that in order to achieve this desirable pure life one must avoid the Devil’s temptations and wickedness. When strange unexplainable events started occurring within their community the Puritans of Salem turned to their religion for an explanation. Women, children, and some men started behaving in a manner that went against their strict beliefs and the only plausible explanation to them was that God had become angry and sent the Devil to punish them. In efforts to repair their relationship with God the Puritans believed that their only chance was to get rid of the Devil’s evil spirits which had seemed to take over. The Devil was believed to have entered the small community and had taken over some of the residents’ souls in the form of a witch. The Puritans were desperate to get back on the path to righteousness that they started the witch trails in order to cleanse the town. They believed what they were doing was morally correct and it was their duty to God to rid of the witches that had possessed their community. Religion was the striving force that influenced the Salem Witch Trials. Everything that happened in the town of Salem was connected to the idea that individuals had made some type of deal with the Devil. A majority of the time the trails focused on women as they were viewed inferior to men and envious of them. In the eyes of the law all evidence of witchcraft presented was based on their religious beliefs and not on physical proof.
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