Religion In Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography

Benjamin’s Life In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography named The Autobiography written in his own words, Benjamin wrote about important topics, but the most influenced subject in his work was religion. Throughout his autobiography, he spoke about how he was about educated about religion as a Presbyterian and he had personal opinions about what he learned. Of course, he never doubted or questioned religion, but some of his teachers seemed to be disqualified to be teaching about religion beliefs. In Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography, Benjamin described how some of the teachers seemed to blindsided about their teachings, and he stated, “…some of the Dogmas of that Persuasion, such as the Eternal Decrees of God, Election, Reprobation, etc., appeared to me intelligible, other doubtful…” (533).
Benjamin attended a friend’s worship service, but the friend’s teachings were not meeting Benjamin’s standards. Benjamin believed his friend was not enforcing any of the religious principles to his followers. Benjamin thought there should be rules for every religious person to follow throughout their lives, and Benjamin believed the five rules would help people gain Morality in their life. In The Autobiography, Benjamin stated directly his religious rules, “1. Keeping holy the Sabbath Day. 2. Being diligent in Reading the Holy Scriptures. 3. Attending duly the Public Worship. 4. Partaking of the Sacrament. 5. Paying a due Respect to God’s Ministries...” (534). Benjamin spoke about the five rules to make some of the “religious people” practice what they preach to their people, and he incorporates his beliefs into his own private prayer book named Articles Beliefs and Acts of Religion. At the end, Benjamin used his religion beliefs to help others to learn about the one true God. He expressed his opinions about how he felt like that some church leaders were disqualified to teach the Holy Scriptures and how the Presbyterians were just people than good